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Democrats Gain Senate Strength, Republicans Hold Onto House

Published November 07, 2012

Republicans held onto their strong majority in the House of Representatives in Tuesday's U.S. election, but Democrats took a number of key Senate races, boosting their slim majority in the Senate. This means that President Barack Obama, who was re-elected, will again have to face the country's big challenges with a divided Congress, as VOA congressional correspondent Cindy Saine reports.


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