Democrats “cut loose” might go ahead and cooperate during the lame duck session if they have good reason to expect they will be rewarded new positions controlled by the party/administration or by its core supporters/supporting organizations after their term is over.
Exactly.
And you can bet Pelosi & Gang are telling members there is a fate worse than losing your congressional seat. It’s getting on Nancy’s “you’ll never work in this town or in Dem politics again” list.
These people don’t care whether they are Representatives or not. At this point, they will be happy with a nice cushy job in Washington — and even feel relieved that they don’t even have to run for reelection again.
Queen Nancy holds all the cards in this game.