Trump, McConnell and Ryan: an unlikely new power trio for DC

In a press release Tuesday night, he congratulated Sen.

But even if Hillary Clinton has won, as expected, it really doesn’t matter to Mitch whether the Republicans maintain control of the Senate – or even a majority of the House, for that matter.

Republicans flipped three state legislative chambers, including the Iowa senate and Kentucky house, which turned for the GOP for the first time in nearly 100 years. But there is reason to be optimistic about our senior senator. “That’s still our view and you can expect us, with a new president who has the same view, to address that issue”.

If there is hope that Republicans can somehow moderate or restrain Trump, writes Ezra Klein at Vox, it is that the incentives of government are different from the incentives of opposition.

“We’re going to lower taxes, we’re going to fix health care and make it more affordable and better”, Trump said moments later. The law established the exchanges for uninsured people to buy policies from private companies.

So, good luck, Mitch McConnell with the actual governing thing. Former Rep. Geoff Davis, R-Ky.

Perhaps the biggest question is whether the Republicans who control Congress would pass Trump’s plans into law – or substitute their own, more doctrinaire plans instead. The Democrats’ list includes two independents, Vermont’s Bernie Sanders and Maine’s Angus King, who align with them.

“The playing field is so favorable in 2018”, Jennings said, “it’s not beyond the realm of possibility”. But he also declined to discuss the Senate’s immigration agenda further. He can schedule votes, decide committee assignments and chairmanships.

After meeting Thursday with President Barack Obama, Trump worked with House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican.

Republicans have used reconciliation previously to get around the Senate’s filibuster and approve ObamaCare reform.

McConnell loves the Senate rules and would be loath to change them.

Voss doesn’t think McConnell would change that, tempting though it may be for many Republicans wanting to ensure a conservative appointment to the Supreme Court.

But, as majority leader for the next two years and potentially longer, McConnell wasted little time on fanfare.

McConnell is what is known on Capitol Hill as an institutionalist, a strong believer in the traditions and practices of the Senate.

In each case, McConnell wins. His voters would not take kindly to conservative Republicans coopting Trump’s victory. Therefore Fusion Media doesn’t bear any responsibility for any trading losses you might incur as a result of using this data. We should use it responsibly. Trump generally sees eye to eye with Republicans in Congress in calling for major tax cuts, including those for the wealthy, although details of their plans are not an exact match. Pat McCrory in North Carolina, who may have lost his bid for re-election.

Speaking to reporters Wednesday morning, McConnell said until this week, Kentucky had the unfortunate distinction of being the only state in the South with a Democratic legislative body.

“I say we have term limits now”.