When they have even fewer seats. They actually lost a house seat this last election. They’ll have just three seat majority - and a one seat majority for some of it too because they plan to pull people from the house
Trump also threatened to primary anyone who voted for a bill without raising the debt ceiling. 170 republicans voted for a funding bill without a debt ceiling increase. He’s managed to weaken his future threats because he doesn’t seem likely to primary that many
On the senate side, he’s already had to pull Gatez because they didn’t have the senate votes for it. They’re not in lockstep about everything
Don’t get me wrong, they’ll probably still get plenty of terrible stuff through, but they are not all in agreement about everything and there are still plenty of winnable fights here. They had larger house majorities after 2016
When they have even fewer seats. They actually lost a house seat this last election. They’ll have just three seat majority - and a one seat majority for some of it too because they plan to pull people from the house
Trump also threatened to primary anyone who voted for a bill without raising the debt ceiling. 170 republicans voted for a funding bill without a debt ceiling increase. He’s managed to weaken his future threats because he doesn’t seem likely to primary that many
On the senate side, he’s already had to pull Gatez because they didn’t have the senate votes for it. They’re not in lockstep about everything
Don’t get me wrong, they’ll probably still get plenty of terrible stuff through, but they are not all in agreement about everything and there are still plenty of winnable fights here. They had larger house majorities after 2016