Regaining control of both the Senate and House Tuesday night put Democrats in position to stymie and possibly reverse parts of President Trump’s health care agenda, and delivered a potentially fatal blow to health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement.
Democrats also flipped governorships in four states, further bolstering the party’s ability to reshape the president’s health care policies, which over the last two years included steep Medicaid cuts, an embrace of vaccine skepticism, and disruptive reductions in federal health agency staffing.
Still, Democrats’ aspirations could be tempered by President Trump, who has veto power, and the reality that the party lacks the 60 Senate seats needed to overcome a filibuster.
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