, Columnist
Trump Can’t Make Senate Republicans Do Anything
But he still can stall them when he wants to.
Senate Republicans have approved Trump’s judicial nominees … because he has nominated people they wanted.
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At the same time that Republican senators are sticking with Donald Trump over his scandals, they’re showing less and less loyalty to him in other ways. In the last few weeks:
That comes after enough Senate Republicans joined with Democrats to pass measures (but not to override vetoes) against Trump’s declaration of emergency over the border wall and attempting to stop U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen.