Republicans win control of both houses of US Congress — reports
The Republicans will head all the committees in both houses and define the legislative agenda of the US
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The Republicans have won most of the seats in the Senate at midterm elections on November 4 and also widened their majority in the House of Representatives
© AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Photo: Republican leader Mitch McConnell at the voting precinct at Bellarmine University in Louisville, US, November 4, 2014
© AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite The Republicans have won Senate seats in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia, which were earlier held by the Democrats
© AP Photo/Charlie Riedel In the US state of Kentucky, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell defeated Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes
© AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Overall, 36 of the 100 Senate seats were at stake
© AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast The results of the elections mean that the new Congress, which is due to convene in January, will be fully controlled by the Republicans, who will head all the committees in both houses and define the legislative agenda
© AP Photo/Chuck Burton