Massachusetts lawmakers on what might change after election

well the presidency and the Senate have already been decided the majority of the House of Representatives has not been determined 22 news reporter Clare Overton joins us live in studio with how this may impact residents here in Western Massachusetts Siara on Wednesday it was determined that Donald Trump was the next president-elect and on that same day Republicans took the majority in the Senate after flipping a few seats but now today three days after the election many seats in the House of Representatives still remain unknown and therefore no majority just yet it's not settled yet I think that whoever wins it's likely to be by a handful of seats three days after the election and many races across the country for seats in the US House of Representatives remain unknown and US Congressman Richard Neil believes either side could still win we picked up three seats in New York which was our goal and then we lost two seats in Pennsylvania which we did not see coming to have the majority in the House of Representatives one party needs to secure at least 218 seats and once they reach that number not only does it mean they have more members but representatives from their party will become the chairs of the Committees I think that what we were able to accomplish during the four years that I was chairman certainly uh was important to the people of Western and central Massachusetts but when you look at the legislative achievements it was important to the country back in 2019 us Congressman Richard Neil became the chairman of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee which is focused on reviewing and making recommendations for government budgets the rescue package the infrastructure Bill uh the chips act the Butch Lewis act the inflation reduction act these were seismic pieces of legislation that will be measured I think for years to come in a favorable light Congressman Neil believes that many of these laws and bills will not be undone through the next Administration as they already have been adopted by many so clear right now there are still more than 20 seats that remain undecided and 11 of those seats are in California yes and it might take a little while to determine those seats because per California law County election officials have 30 days past the election to count every valid ballot and they accept those mail and ballots 7 days after the election day as long as they are postmarked by election day so it could be a little longer before we receive all of those results for the House Seats all right