Next year could be a wild ride in Washington after Democratic wins
The Boston Globe · Jim Puzzanghera, Tal Kopan ·
The dynamics in Washington will be different next year than the last time Democrats had a majority in the House or Senate under Trump during his first term.
WASHINGTON — Buckle up, America, for “President Trump vs. Congressional Democrats: The Sequel.”
Tuesday’s midterms deluge that swept Republicans out of power in Congress creates another political physics experiment starting Jan. 3: What happens when an irresistible force (Democrats riding a blue wave of voter discontent to large House and Senate majorities) meets an immovable object (a president loath to acknowledge any sign of weakness)?
In the original version after the 2018 midterms in Trump’s first term, he and the House Democratic majority, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, clashed sharply and repeatedly, including two government shutdowns and an impeachment. But both sides also worked together to pass a revised trade deal with Canada and Mexico as well as enact two rounds of pandemic relief.
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