Nice analysis! I wonder whether there now will be a foundation for at least some cooperation with Senate Democrats. After all, Democrats have sought, and achieved, considerable bipartisan agreement.
Nice analysis! I wonder whether there now will be a foundation for at least some cooperation with Senate Democrats. After all, Democrats have sought, and achieved, considerable bipartisan agreement.
I think it will be essentially the same dynamic as in Trump's first term (and past two years). The Senate will generally hammer out bipartisan appropriations and non-controversial bills, the House GOP caucus will be unable to pass almost anything because of their extreme MAGA nihilist wing, and Johnson will need Dem votes to pass basically whatever the Senate agreed to.
That said, they'll go straight partisan reconciliation on a new tax bill and probably immigration, since that latter is where Trump has promised the most/spent the highest political capital. Although the ? is Thune's caucus willing to go where Trump and Stephen Miller want to go on immigration (back to pre-60s immigration law).
Nice analysis! I wonder whether there now will be a foundation for at least some cooperation with Senate Democrats. After all, Democrats have sought, and achieved, considerable bipartisan agreement.
I think it will be essentially the same dynamic as in Trump's first term (and past two years). The Senate will generally hammer out bipartisan appropriations and non-controversial bills, the House GOP caucus will be unable to pass almost anything because of their extreme MAGA nihilist wing, and Johnson will need Dem votes to pass basically whatever the Senate agreed to.
That said, they'll go straight partisan reconciliation on a new tax bill and probably immigration, since that latter is where Trump has promised the most/spent the highest political capital. Although the ? is Thune's caucus willing to go where Trump and Stephen Miller want to go on immigration (back to pre-60s immigration law).