US House Republicans get to work, but Democrats raise concerns

Speaker Kevin McCarthy led the US House of Representatives in a vote on its first bill, to revoke funding to the federal tax agency [Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo]

Washington, DC – The United States House of Representatives has gotten back to work after Republican legislators united to resolve a gruelling deadlock over who would be the next speaker, the chamber’s presiding officer.

But Democrats are warning that a Republican-controlled House with an empowered far-right contingency could spell trouble not only for President Joe Biden’s agenda but also for the basic functions of the US government.