Three Weeks Out, Fuel Prices and Election Fights Shape the Midterm Race
Republicans defend narrow House and Senate majorities on Nov. 3 as high diesel prices, Iran and voter-roll battles dominate the closing stretch.
By Watchman Report staff ·
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With the Nov. 3 midterms three weeks away, Republicans are defending narrow majorities in both chambers of Congress, according to Reuters and Roll Call. Roll Call describes the House as an uphill battle for the GOP.
Energy costs are central to the campaign. The Hill reports that the White House's Russian diesel deal was driven by pressure over pump prices linked to the Iran conflict, while a growing number of Republican senators have criticized it.
At the same time, federal investigations and voter-roll disputes involving members of Congress and state election officials have raised questions from legal experts about norms that traditionally keep prosecutors out of the final weeks of a campaign, Roll Call reported.
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