Jonathan Bernstein: “Nevertheless, I think those who interpreted this as confusion were completely correct. Eleven House Republicans immediately released a letter basically letting everyone know they were still dissatisfied with his leadership. Yes, they are willing to keep the peace within the conference for now, but there is no guarantee that they will support major legislation that diverges from their idea of perfection. And bills that pass muster may lose votes elsewhere in Congress. meeting. Or in the Senate.”
“Yes. Trump appears to have helped get this done after all. But only after the radicals succeeded in turning routine training into yet another dark side for the party. So I wouldn’t exactly consider this evidence of Trump’s influence. “I think it’s much more likely that they folded not because they were intimidated by Trump, but because in the end there was no better candidate for chairman and they achieved their immediate goal of proving their influence.”
“The point here is that electing a speaker is easy, but legislating is difficult, even with a much more partisan majority and much more legislative experience than House Republicans. Somehow, they will do it somehow. “But the discrepancy between their extremely ambitious agenda and their ability to get things passed is as wide as it gets.”
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