Donald Trump has, for the moment, almost total control over America’s political institutions. He lives in the White House, Republican-appointed justices fill six of the nine seats on the Supreme Court – three of them filled by Trump himself – and Republicans are in the majority in both the House and the Senate.
Despite this, the President has managed to pass very little legislation through Congress. His second term has been a flurry of activity, but almost all of that has been through Executive Orders – which could be overturned immediately if a Democrat won in 2028.
So, when Congress finally passed a popular housing bill, supported by the Trump White House, this month, it should have been a major accomplishment for the President, even if it had passed with broad support from Democrats, too.
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This was a genuinely major bit of legislation, tackling a crisis that matters to millions of Americans.
