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Welcome back to The Best & The Brightest. I’m Peter
Hamby.
In recent days, I’ve detected a common thread running through Republican messaging at all levels of the party: the need for speed. Donald Trump, of course, is returning to the Oval with unrivaled attentional powers, full Republican control of government, and more political capital than ever before—but with only 18 months before midterm season arrives, the
coming two-year window will be critical for muscling through his MAGA agenda. For today’s issue, I chatted with a handful of insiders, including California’s newest senator, Adam Schiff, to get a sense of how, exactly, Trump’s historic single-term presidency might unfold.
But first, here’s Abby Livingston on the latest congressional chatter…
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Abby Livingston
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The House speaker’s race made blindingly obvious just how much Mike
Johnson’s political life depends on Donald Trump, but the incoming president may be facing a less-obedient legislative leader across the Rotunda in the form of Senate Majority Leader John Thune. Johnson, having retained his gavel only by dint of Trump’s last-minute arm-twisting, can be expected to...
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Republicans are racing against an 18-month deadline to jam through
their agenda before a likely midterm shakeup, and Trump’s inevitable lame-duck status, make legislation impossible. Meanwhile, Democrats Adam Schiff and Ritchie Torres are preparing a playbook to capitalize on G.O.P. overreach.
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Republicans have been talking a lot lately about speed. On Monday,
Republican Congressman Mike Lawler told CNN’s Jake Tapper that he and other G.O.P. members will be flying down to Mar-a-Lago this weekend—even before Donald Trump is sworn in—to strategize on a new tax bill. Incoming White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told Axios that her plan for Trump 2.0 includes “getting off to a quick start and staying on that pace.” And there was Trump, himself, calling into the Hugh
Hewitt show this morning to discuss whether Republicans should pursue a single massive budget reconciliation bill with all the G.O.P. menu items bundled together—“one big, beautiful bill”—or deal with the border and taxes in separate bills. Trump said he’d be open to either, “as long as we...
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