Republicans are favoured to win the Senate. What would they do?

Donald Trump’s go to to Capitol Hill on June thirteenth served as a reminder that—regardless of the candidate guarantees—Congress would have a vital position in shaping coverage if he returns to the White Home. Though Republicans largely help their presumptive nominee and his programme, the finer factors of a possible second-term agenda stay up for debate.

The Economist’s election-forecast mannequin reckons that Donald Trump is extra doubtless than to not retake the presidency. A Trump victory would in all probability be accompanied by Republicans gaining management of the Senate and maybe increasing their majority within the Home. Congressional Republicans are already contemplating the artwork of the potential ought to they achieve this.