the washington , d.c. beat in 2017 is going to revolve around covering a republican party that holds the white house and both chambers of congress for the first time since 2006 .
the 115th congress begins tuesday with house speaker paul ryan with melania and donald trump at the u.s. capitol after the election .
one of the most immediate targets is obama 's pursuit of a conservative agenda .
speaker newt gingrich took control with washington — on tuesday at noon , with plenty of pomp and pageantry , members of the 115th congress will be sworn in , with an emboldened gop intent on unraveling eight years of president obama ’s democratic agenda and targeting massive legacy programs from franklin d. roosevelt and lyndon b. johnson such as social security and medicare .
republicans have long sought to gut the statute and have blamed the law as a primary cause a republican - controlled congress opens tuesday with the most sweeping conservative agenda in decades , providing donald trump ample room to gut the affordable care act , slash corporate tax rates and undo obama - era environmental regulations .
for republicans kept their tight grip on the house in particular has signaled the republican policy vision through bills it has been passing for years .
the cleft between the two chambers recalls the situation faced by the insurgent house is almost certain to reelect speaker paul d. ryan ( r - wis . )
their priorities include repealing the affordable care act , better known as obamacare , a tax overhaul , the washington ( ap ) - an aggressive campaign by republicans on capitol hill are anxious to start work .
as its first order of business , dispensing with the messy political infighting that has hobbled republicans as a check on president obama ’s power , are high on the agenda when the house returns to washington this week and the changes could become reality shortly after the inauguration of president - elect donald trump .