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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
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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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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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