The results are in. The work is not.

On November 3 voters handed both chambers of Congress to Democrats. That changes who writes the bills, who runs the hearings and who holds the subpoenas. It does not change who holds the veto pen. Here is what that means, in plain terms and with sources, and what this site does from here.

What happened

• The House flipped. Democrats won a House majority, projected by NBC News and CNN on election night.
• The Senate flipped. Democrats gained six seats: North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Ohio, Kansas and Iowa. Josh Turek's Iowa win clinched the majority (NPR, CBS News). Texas had not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988; Kansas not since 1932 (Houston Public Media/NPR, NPR).
• Governors. Texas Governor Abbott conceded to Gina Hinojosa (NBC DFW). Ohio elected Amy Acton (NBC News).
• Florida did not move. Byron Donalds won the governor's race 49.9 to 48.8 over David Jolly, and Ashley Moody held the Senate seat 50.8 to 48.1 over Jennifer Nixon (CNN Florida results). About one point in a state of 23 million people. That is unfinished business and this site is based here.

What a Democratic Congress can do

The new Congress is seated on January 3, 2027 under the Twentieth Amendment (Constitution Annotated). From that day:

• Run the hearings and issue the subpoenas. Majority control means committee chairs, and chairs can compel documents and testimony. House Democrats have said they will open investigations into the administration's use of office for private benefit, Musk-linked contracts, immigration enforcement and the handling of the Epstein files (ABC News, Straits Times). Oversight of the USAID shutdown and of Ukraine policy is on the list too (DW, Kyiv Independent).
• Decide what gets a vote. The Speaker controls the House floor. Bills that were blocked from a vote for two years, including Ukraine aid and Russia sanctions, can now reach it (Kyiv Independent).
• Block nominees. Cabinet and judicial nominations, including any Supreme Court vacancy, need Senate confirmation (Straits Times, Des Moines Register).
• Write the spending bills. Appropriations start in Congress. Must-pass bills such as defense authorization are where Ukraine provisions and other conditions get attached (Kyiv Independent).
• Reassert the war power. The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to declare war; the February 28 strikes on Iran went ahead without a vote (DW). The War Powers Resolution gives Congress a path to force a vote (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq., Cornell LII).

What it cannot do, yet

• Override a veto alone. A veto override takes two thirds of both chambers: 290 votes in the House if everyone votes, 67 in the Senate (Des Moines Register, U.S. Senate, vetoes). Democrats do not have those numbers without Republican votes. Trump has already said he will veto what this Congress sends him (The Independent).
• Pass most bills with 51 senators. Most legislation still needs 60 votes to end debate in the Senate (U.S. Senate, filibuster and cloture, ABC Australia).
• Remove a president. The House can impeach by simple majority; removal takes two thirds of the Senate (Straits Times).

So the next two years are a fight over votes that are now forced into the open: every veto is a recorded choice, every blocked nominee is a recorded choice, every Republican who votes to sustain a veto on prices, health coverage, Ukraine or an undeclared war is on the record for 2028.

What this site does now

Through Election Day this was a voter tool. From here it is a record and a scorecard.

1. The record keeps growing. Every sourced story, cost number and fact check stays, and new ones are added as the hearings, vetoes and votes happen. Start with the record and what it costs.
2. A running veto and vote ledger. Each bill the new Congress passes, what the president does with it, and how each member voted, with the roll call linked. First entries land when the 120th Congress acts in January.
3. Promises against results. Prices, health premiums, the deficit, the wars, Ukraine, Starlink and government contracts, each with the promise, the date and the number today.
4. Post-midterm memes. The gallery has a new After the midterms shelf; every image downloads and shares in one tap.
5. Share one thing a week. The share buttons stay on every number. Shares from a person reach people the ads never did: on this site, more visits came from shared record links than from CTV, YouTube, LinkedIn and Reddit combined.
6. Keep it on your phone. This works as an app. Add it in ten seconds and it is one tap away whenever something happens.

Have a correction, a source or a vote we missed? Send it. Every page carries its sources; judge for yourself.

Sources

• NPR, Nov 3–4 2026: Democrats win the Senate
• CBS News: Senate control, 2026 midterms
• NBC News live results: Midterms 2026
• CNN live results: Congress and Florida
• Houston Public Media/NPR: James Talarico wins Texas Senate seat
• NBC DFW: Texas results, Abbott concedes
• Constitution Annotated: Twentieth Amendment
• U.S. Senate: Vetoes and Filibusters and cloture
• Cornell LII: War Powers Resolution, 50 U.S.C. ch. 33
• ABC News, Nov 4 2026: Democrats take the House: investigations and agenda
• Straits Times, Nov 4 2026: What happens next
• Des Moines Register, Oct 20 2026: What a Democratic Congress would mean
• DW, Nov 3 2026: Ukraine, Iran and beyond
• Kyiv Independent, Nov 4 2026: Democrats seize control of Congress
• The Independent, Nov 4 2026: Trump maps a path to govern without Congress
• ABC Australia, Nov 4 2026: What happens next