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Democrats prepare to take Congress as GOP grapples with stunning losses
CBS News Politics and Legal Insurrection describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedAfter Democrats' sweeping House and Senate victories, the party is laying out how it plans to wield power, while President Trump and Republicans react to their midterm losses.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "Democrats prepare to take Congress as GOP grapples with stunning losses". The right frames it as "Bennie Thompson Warns DHS to Preserve Records as Democrats Prepare Investigations".
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CenterDemocrats prepare to take Congress as GOP grapples with stunning losses
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Right / center-rightDemocrats Prepare Sweeping Trump Investigations as Jeffries Leaves Third Impeachment on the Table
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Bennie Thompson Warns DHS to Preserve Records as Democrats Prepare Investigations
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