GOP eager to take Congress; Pelosi says Dems intend to win

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to claw back power in Congress, energized Republicans are working to break the Democrats’ one-party hold on Washington and threaten the future of President Joe Biden’s agenda. As polls began closing Tuesday on the East Coast, Democrats risked seeing their fragile grasp on power slip. With the narrowly held House and an evenly split Senate, the party faced a new generation of Republican candidates —  among them political newcomers, including deniers of the 2020 election and some extremists inspired by Donald Trump. They could bring a new intensity to Capitol Hill with promises to end Biden’s once-lofty plans and to launch investigations and closer oversight — even, potentially, impeachment of the president.