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President Donald Trump is forcing the Republican Party into a politically perilous position in advance of the upcoming midterm elections \u2014 and they are now relying on a gamble that traces back to former President Richard Nixon\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEven as Congress abandoned plans to pass an immigration-spending package before Memorial Day, as Republicans revolted against the Trump administration\u2019s pursuit of a $1.776 billion settlement fund for his allies, key House Republicans were discussing a sprint toward a third bill under the so-called budget reconciliation process that would advance by the end of next month,\u201d reported Bloomberg’s Zach C. Cohen on Tuesday. Cohen pointed out that Republican lawmakers want to pass three reconciliation bills, something that has not happened since Nixon accomplished this more than half a century ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tantalizing tool for a party trying to defend majorities in the House and Senate while the high cost of living dominates voters\u2019 economic anxieties,\u201d Cohen explained. \u201cBut just because House Speaker Mike Johnson and top deputies have been huddling for weeks to find a constellation of policies that could get near-universal support, that doesn\u2019t mean anything will become law, even with passage being completely within Republicans\u2019 control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet this will be difficult because Republicans can only afford to lose two votes on any given day with full attendance to pass anything unless Democrats defect, which is unlikely. Considering that Trump has alienated many Republican lawmakers, from House members like Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) to Senators like Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Yet the issue is even deeper than this.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kinds of policies that help incumbent Republicans fend off primary challengers in heavily red districts don\u2019t necessarily work with the general electorate in the purple ones, and vice versa,\u201d Cohen wrote. \u201cDeep cuts to social services could make headroom for what couldn\u2019t fit within the deficit caps last year, but at a political cost that lawmakers may not be willing to bear. Enacting or even passing that bill out of one chamber before the August recess may give Republican campaigns enough time to sell to voters that they\u2019ve taken action on whatever\u2019s included, though Democrats would have their fair share of criticism that would be hitting screens and mailboxes as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The result is that \u201cabsent a fiscal cliff like Republicans had hanging over their heads last year, it\u2019s hard to get members to agree to acquiesce to the parts of the bill they don\u2019t like.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He concluded that \u201cyou can take at their word that there are corners of the Republican conference that fear what the ballooning national debt\u2014roughly the size of the US\u2019s gross domestic product\u2014will do to the country\u2019s ability to pay for the rest of its expenses that are crowded out by interest on bond payments, risking a potential catastrophic default on the national debt. But addressing the deficit has always been seen as an issue that requires bipartisan support.\u201d<\/p>\n

In short, \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to find about $2 trillion in savings annually without considering both spending cuts and tax increases, which neither party has the political fortitude (or support) to shoulder alone. So Republicans are trying to tackle the most intractable problems of our day with the narrowest of majorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The GOP is determined to pass this legislation to distract from Trump\u2019s unpopular $1.8 billion slush fund for his supporters and $1 billion ballroom. The consensus among Republican lawmakers is that those issues will be politically toxic for them in the upcoming midterm elections, despite their recent efforts to gerrymander in key states to their advantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think Democrats are still favored to win the House, even though Republicans have helped themselves through redistricting,\u201d managing editor Kyle Kondik of the political analysis publication Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball, told AlterNet. \u201cThe national environment just seems like it’ll be enough to push Democrats to the majority.\u201d<\/p>\n

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