Five Lessons for Lawmakers from Trump I

Center for Effective Lawmaking Co-Directors Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman have published a commentary for the Niskanen Center that examines what lawmakers can expect with the new Trump administration and unified Republican control of government based on the lessons learned from the previous Trump term. This includes:

• both Republican and Democratic ideas will become law;
• members of each party can take the lead on their priority issues;
• the prioritization of lawmaking by Thune and Johnson offers new opportunities;
• congressional lawmaking is increasingly behind-the-scenes and via omnibus legislation; and
• bipartisan lawmakers are more effective.

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