Breaking down Democrats' top priorities once sworn in
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[0:00] Well, after the Democratic midterm
[0:02] sweep, big questions about the future of
[0:04] both parties and the political map
[0:06] heading into 2028. Democrats made big
[0:09] gains and it's still not over yet.
[0:11] Here's where the new balance of power
[0:13] currently stand. Democrats now have 256
[0:16] seats. Our CBS News forecast expects
[0:18] that number to jump to 259.
[0:22] Republicans have 166 seats, and we're
[0:25] still waiting on more races to be called
[0:27] for that chamber. Meanwhile, in the
[0:29] Senate, Democrats have 54 seats and
[0:31] Republicans have 44. Two Senate races
[0:34] are still too close to call at this
[0:36] hour, but I want to bring in CBS News
[0:37] political director Finn Gomez. Finn, now
[0:40] that the confetti has settled for
[0:42] Democrats here, it's going to be time to
[0:44] get to work. Affordability drove many
[0:47] voters to the polls this election.
[0:49] What's going to be priority one once
[0:50] this new Congress is sworn in?
[0:54] Uh you said it and you said it uh with
[0:56] emphasis and I think it's affordability.
[0:58] Look, it's going to be front and center.
[1:00] Democrats have told us that they've
[1:02] campaigned on lowering cost for American
[1:05] families and now voters uh are going to
[1:08] expect them to deliver and I think
[1:10] that's that's what Hakee Jeff who's
[1:13] expected to be uh this the the next
[1:15] speaker of the house according to many
[1:17] Democrats that we spoke to. That's what
[1:19] Hakeem Jeff Hakee Jeff essentially told
[1:22] our congressional correspondent Nicole
[1:24] Killian uh last Saturday while he was
[1:27] campaigning for Virgi