After his (or Paul Ryan's?) healthcare bill was pronounced dead last Friday, many politicos and pundits began openly wondering if President Trump's entire agenda was already on life-support, mere months into his presidency.
Hospital puns and apocalyptic rhetoric aside, the question remains: is Trump's first major legislative failure a harbinger of political paralysis to come? Given this major blow and Republican infighting, can Congress pass anything meaningful? And what of the fate of the filibuster?
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