The prospect of money influencing legislative outcomes is troubling enough, but the judicial system is intended to be impervious to this kind of thing.
Between website troubles, legislative roadblocks in the House of Representatives, and polls showing Americans' declining faith in government, it seems sensible to expect continued gridlock or conservative drift.
With Democrats like John D. Dingell, a Michigan Democrat and the longest serving member of the House, leading the charge, the auto industry had little trouble winning legislative battles even before Republicans gained control of the Senate.
And those legislative walkabouts are what trouble me.
The official's comments were the latest indication that tax legislation, one of the President's top legislative priorities, was in serious trouble.
And then they have their sources that don't exist". Trump's diatribe marked the latest attack against the news media by a president who, according to people close to him, has felt increasingly frustrated over his stalled legislative agenda and political troubles.
The industry, through the Edison Electric Institute, has built a superb lobbying arm that can seek legislative remedies for its troubles -- as it did when dividends were under attack.
But it is clear that the members of Trump's inner circle often are not on the same page, which could spell trouble for his legislative agenda.
But long before Comey took the spotlight about Russia and Flynn, the GOP's legislative victory lap was in trouble.
In periods of one party dominance, perhaps ironically, the dominant party can encounter troubles passing their legislative agenda, and governing more generally, precisely because the party is so large.
