The routine election certification on Monday of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory marked not only a contrast from the violent events four years earlier but also laid bare the Republican Party’s eagerness to embrace his agenda.
Trump, once an outcast from his party for the 2021 Capitol riot, was firmly back in the driver’s seat as Congress cemented his comeback without fanfare, even among Republicans who once rebuffed him or voted to convict him in his second impeachment trial.
“I was one of his staunch supporters in his previous term. Indeed, much of his healthcare agenda were things that I wrote and/or helped conceive of,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), one of seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump and faces a primary challenge for
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