Trump will still be President after midterms. I could see some symbolic vote on it (which isn’t nothing) but temper that optimism regarding ICE actually being abolished before 2029.
I keep confusing Senate/Congress, but don’t the Reps currently have absolute majority, which is very likely to be broken after the midterms (not only this midterm, but generally the opposition is much more likely to win)?
The GOP has a majority in the House and the Senate, as well as the Presidency and an obviously biased Supreme Court.
This midterm its basically assumed that the dems will take the House, and it’s plausible they will take the Senate. Unfortunately, it’s impossible that Dems gain enough for a veto-proof majority, so not much can actually be done from passing legislation.
I’d add some caveats that there is a political benefit to passing popular legislation and letting a Republican president shoot it down, and it’s possible (though unlikely, imo) that Trump gets so incredibly unpopular that members of the GOP cross party lines to give some legislation a veto-proof majority. I consider it unlikely because if they haven’t done it yet, it seems unlikely they ever will.
Trump will still be President after midterms. I could see some symbolic vote on it (which isn’t nothing) but temper that optimism regarding ICE actually being abolished before 2029.
I keep confusing Senate/Congress, but don’t the Reps currently have absolute majority, which is very likely to be broken after the midterms (not only this midterm, but generally the opposition is much more likely to win)?
The GOP has a majority in the House and the Senate, as well as the Presidency and an obviously biased Supreme Court.
This midterm its basically assumed that the dems will take the House, and it’s plausible they will take the Senate. Unfortunately, it’s impossible that Dems gain enough for a veto-proof majority, so not much can actually be done from passing legislation.
I’d add some caveats that there is a political benefit to passing popular legislation and letting a Republican president shoot it down, and it’s possible (though unlikely, imo) that Trump gets so incredibly unpopular that members of the GOP cross party lines to give some legislation a veto-proof majority. I consider it unlikely because if they haven’t done it yet, it seems unlikely they ever will.