Pelosi vs. McConnell could dominate Congress in 2019

[DonViejo]

The leaders could make deals that benefit their parties — and President Donald Trump.

By JOHN BRESNAHAN and BURGESS EVERETT 09/05/2018 11:10 PM EDT

The 116th Congress could see the start of a two-year slugfest between two partisan heavyweights — Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. More gridlock, government shutdowns, and the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump could result from the faceoff, according to senators and members in both parties.

Yet a Pelosi-McConnell-run Congress might also yield deals benefiting both parties — and Trump, who could claim credit for any bipartisan packages as he mounts an expected reelection bid in 2020. Both Pelosi and McConnell may push for a deal on infrastructure spending, for example, an agreement that would affect every state and congressional district. Trump would also gain politically from any such package.

With Democrats increasingly favored to win the House in November and Republicans to keep their hold on the Senate, the Pelosi-McConnell dynamic is poised to become one of Washington’s most consequential political relationships — one fraught with tension but also holding the potential for legislative breakthroughs spurred by decades of congressional deal-making.

More than a dozen lawmakers and aides from both parties discussed what the relationship between Pelosi and McConnell might bring if they end up leading their chambers.

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[Iliyah]

1. The rate the GOPers are going in the USA's trust factor

I could see McTurtle going down as leader and GOPers in a minority.

[CentralMass]

2. I fear that the speaker is too civil, too nice, to deal with a pack of jackals.

We seemed to have capitulated far too much during the Dubya Administration. The GOP must be held accountable for its criminal, treasonous, wreckless plundering of this country. We cant keep sweeping their misdeeds under the rug.