[Political Junkie Too]

Here is a question for you, though: “Who will have the most power in DC outside of Trump?” … Think about it: when the Rs held the Senate by a slim majority, who were the power brokers? John McTurd, Flakey, Corkscrewed, and Tom Collins. … But who in the House will now step into their party’s position of being able to hold up legislation and their agenda?

There is a big difference between minority power in the House versus the Senate.

The Senate has a cloture vote, which gives the minority a strong power (although weakened since removing the 60 vote threshold). There is no equivalent power in the House; the House has a cloture rule where debate is time-boxed, and managers allocate the time for debate to their side until expired. Then they vote.

In the House, a win by one seat is as good as a win by 100, if you have party discipline. Pelosi has it, Ryan did not.

-PJ

[God luvs America]

this is assuming the majority in the Senate grow a pair...hopefully the Kavanaugh fight is the shape of things to come from them...

[LS]

Tell that to speaker Reed, who despite the majority could not get his caucus together without destroying the party.

Hello, Woodrow Wilson!