Trump 2.0 has featured people who believe that Congress don’t matter….
Embolden by Some Republican Lawmakers AFRAID to buck Trump’s moves to ignore and circumvent the legislative bodies procedures, policies and legislation and the Law?
The Trump Admin HAS mostly ‘done its own thing’….
Mass layoff’s….
Ignoring intent in how agencies and departments work…..
Moving money around withOUT Congressional approval….
Levelling Import taxes, something Congress does ….
Barring member’s of Congress from access to federal facilities ….
Pushing the Justice Department to investigate member’s of Congress that Trump seeks to intimidate….
Almost 50 member’s of Congress have indicated that they’ve had enough….
The ones staying?
Are SAYING they want to confront Trump & Co….
Will they?
Can they get out of their own way?
Frustrated lawmakers are looking to 2026 in the hopes that they can reclaim some of the power many fear they’ve ceded to the White House under President Trump.
Over the course of 2025, the Trump administration unilaterally shuttered or drastically weakened federal agencies, implemented widespread tariffs, canceled congressionally approved spending and conducted military operations in the Caribbean.
Democrats repeatedly cried foul, and even some Republicans aired concerns about the White House brushing aside Congress. Scores of lawmakers opted for retirement before the calendar even turned to January.
Now many are wondering whether anything will be different next year, especially with the added political pressure of the approaching midterm elections.
“Yeah, I’ve been concerned for ten years about that,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said when asked about clawing back Congress’ relevance. “I don’t know that it’s getting any better. Seems to be getting worse.”….
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While the power that President Trump wields over the Republican Party was a major factor in how 2025 played out, dynamics within Congress that led to gridlock also played a role.
A tiny, ideologically diverse Republican majority in the House and a Democratic caucus that is dedicated to opposing the GOP have combined to make it exceedingly difficult to pass meaningful bills through the House — and near impossible to pass bills that can overcome a Democratic filibuster in the Senate.
“A conference that has Andy Harris and Chip Roy and Brian Fitzpatrick and Don Bacon are never going to produce meaningful legislation on things like that … on things that can pass with all Republican support. It’s never gonna happen,” said one GOP operative, referring to leaders in the hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus and moderate members who frequently break with their party leaders.
“It’s part of why all the serious people are going to f—ing leave,” the operative added.
“I think there’s been such a long history of allowing executives to act … and this president is pushing it farther than most,” he said. “Well, I’m just going to keep forcing people to confront [the question], ‘Do you agree with this or not?’”
Some Republicans, meanwhile, expressed unease when Trump moved to rescind funding that had passed on a bipartisan basis, first using a maneuver that allowed Republicans to claw it back on a party-line vote, then acting unilaterally to cancel additional spending.
“Congress alone bears the constitutional responsibility for funding our government, and any effort to claw back resources outside of the appropriations process undermines that responsibility,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said at the time.
To be sure, lawmakers have managed to push back in some instances. But the highest-profile examples have involved a small group of Republicans banding together with the minority to bypass leadership….
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