Jonathan Bernstein: “Still, I think those who interpreted this as chaos were absolutely correct. Eleven House Republicans immediately released a letter basically telling everyone that they were still dissatisfied with their leadership.” Yes, they have been willing to maintain peace within the chamber for now, but there is no guarantee that they will support any major legislation that deviates from their idea of perfection. And the bills they collect could lose votes from elsewhere in the conference or in the Senate.”
“And yes, it appears that Mr. Trump ultimately helped bring this plan to fruition, but only after the radicals succeeded in turning a routine exercise into a new stain on the party. , I take this as evidence of Trump’s influence. I don’t count them for sure. I don’t think they broke up because they were intimidated by Trump, but because there were no better candidates for Congress after all, and they accomplished their immediate goal of showing influence. I think it’s much more likely.”
“The bottom line here is that it’s easy to elect a speaker, but it’s hard to legislate, even with a much larger partisan majority and much more legislative experience than House Republicans. Maybe they can get away with it, but there’s about as big a mismatch as there can be between their very ambitious agenda and their ability to get things passed.”
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