Well, spending bills must originate in the house, but the senate will be a solid 55ish majority, so either democrats get noting ( killed in the senate) or they play ball and get some things while compromising on others. Trump will not have to veto a whole lot as the senate will filter most legislation out or make it agreeable to his agenda. Pelosi just said a line about infrastructure, economy and the like, it seemed as if she copied and pasted Trumps speech from last night, minus the illegal immigration portion
Expect republican represenatives to play fairly tough with anything not bipartisan, as a show of force for the next election cycle.
I place the blame for the loss of the house squarely on the GOP obstructionists over the last 2 years ( almost). Trump should have seen fast tracked bills to build the wall, close the illegals problem, get laws passed that restructured the asylum process etc. Now we are about to enter a do-nothing congress, once again.
The up side- a strong senate majority to confirm appointees of any and every sort w/o relying on the weak statist few who got the glory over the last minute Kavanaugh debacle. The house has no real power in that matter.
The enemies of the US will test our resolve over China and the ME/Israel.
Mobs will mess up cities some more, it is what the new norm for the leftists is, Hillary will be wondering....uncivilly.
The deep state is a big concern- they dragged butt for months, years over providing documents on Hillary, Russia, etc, bet now they have files packed and ready to go....
But they won’t impeach, for the senate won’t convict....
Too bad we (seem to have) lost the house for now, but after next two years of BS and waste fraud and abuse, the next half of the congress critters are up for another round.
Long run, Trump appoints one or even two more SCOTUS Justices...., Dems wallow around proving the only thing they have is malice and aforethought towards the POTUS, no legislative ability. Senate makes kill shots on everything the house moans about and send across the building.
Sigh.
Sigh, is right. But, I do take heart in your thorough and thought filled post.