Holding a majority in Congress requires winning across a wide variety of districts, with different interests, demographics, and political leanings. It makes actually governing in Congress that much harder.
That’s the dilemma facing House Republicans this week as the GOP megabill is pulled between hard-line conservatives from deep red districts and their colleagues who represent moderate and even left-leaning territory.
President Donald Trump is coming to the Hill this morning to meet with Republicans, presumably to try to close the deal.
But he and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) have to placate two groups with divergent policy motivations, political incentives, and ...