By announcing the outcome of the midterm elections and losing the Republican Party's control of the House of Representatives, the party has a parliamentary body that is more inclined to conservative policies, increasing the party's association with President Donald Trump and becoming more united on his rhetoric and hard-line program.
Although some Republican moderates who have maintained their membership in the House of Representatives may see the result as a condemnation of Trump's strategy, which has focused relentlessly on illegal immigration in the final stage of campaigning, they will represent only a small minority.
Many of the Republicans, who lost in mid-term elections, were moderate suburban residents who tried to distance themselves somewhat from Trump and his political rhetoric, but lost nonetheless.
Leaving a smaller group dominated by conservatives from rural areas in which Trump enjoys considerable support.
Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican House of Representatives in the House of Representatives has always been a conservative, and will remain so after the midterm elections.
"Nothing will be approved unless it gets the approval of a very conservative US Senate and a very conservative president," Cole was quoted as saying by Reuters.
At a White House press conference on Wednesday, Trump took an unusual step by criticizing the Republicans who lost in the House elections and said that if they had adopted his policies further, they would have retained their seats.
That was a clear warning to those who stayed in Congress to line up behind the president.
