Republicans still control Washington, so they should be able to at least get Trump’s Cabinet and Supreme Court nominees approved. Not to mention they could be putting red-state Senate Democrats in politically difficult situations, especially those 10 up for reelection in states that Trump won. A former top Senate Democratic staffer wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post urging Senate Democrats to withhold consent on just about everything. Senate Democrats declined an invitation by Trump to meet with his Supreme Court pick at the White House on Tuesday night. On Tuesday, Senate Democrats are boycotting two of them.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2017 20:15 UTC