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The Morning After A Post-Election Briefing The Honorable Mike Ferguson, Senior Advisor November 9, 2016 Trump wins White House 276 Electoral College votes MN, MI, NH and AZ still too close 2 Republicans keep Senate Against all odds,


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The Morning After

A Post-Election Briefing

The Honorable Mike Ferguson, Senior Advisor November 9, 2016

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Trump wins White House

  • 276 Electoral

College votes

  • MN, MI, NH and

AZ still too close

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Republicans keep Senate

Against all odds, GOP holds off Dem onslaught

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  • Net GOP loss of 1 seat
  • Ayotte too close to call,

Louisiana runoff in December

  • Dems in 2018: 25 senators

facing re-election

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2016 Senate GOP survivors

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?

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Ryan’s raucous rank-and-file

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  • House GOP now smaller,

more conservative

  • Trump won big in scores of

GOP lawmakers’ districts

  • Criticism for Ryan over his

criticism of Trump

  • Ryan needs Dem votes for

budget in lame duck…but needs GOP votes for Speaker election in January

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Senator Sherrod Brown

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  • First elected to Senate in 2006

from Ohio

  • Top Democrat on Senate

Banking Committee in 2017

  • Supporter of Dodd-Frank
  • Senior member of tax-writing

Finance Committee

  • Previously served in House,

Ohio secretary of state

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Congressman Patrick McHenry

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  • First elected to House in 2004

from North Carolina

  • In House GOP leadership as

chief deputy whip

  • No. 2 vote-counter for GOP
  • Senior member of House

Financial Services Committee

  • Previously served in Bush

Administration, state House

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Lame duck

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Lame duck

  • Must-pass: Renew government spending

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  • Other items may be punted to 2017
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Lame duck

Possible consideration in lame duck:

  • Key Pentagon reauthorization
  • Tax extenders
  • Trans-Pacific trade agreement

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Lame duck

  • ‘21st Century Cures’ medical innovation

with Cancer ‘Moonshot’ funding

  • Repeal of CMS’ Medicare Part B demo
  • Mental health reform
  • Comprehensive energy legislation

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2017

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  • Gridlock – gone!
  • Trump, GOP Congress expected to move on tax reform

coupled with infrastructure spending

  • Plan could boost economic activity, job creation
  • Use reconciliation to repeal Affordable Care Act
  • Debt-ceiling deadline in March
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