I joined NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe to discuss the fights awaiting congressional Republicans and where the party splits.
RASCOE: But the big question is where there is, and it’s a question being asked increasingly among House Republicans. Liam Donovan joins us now. He’s a veteran political operative who now heads up Targeted Victory, a Republican consulting and public affairs firm. Good morning.
LIAM DONOVAN: Good morning.
RASCOE: So productive is in the eye of the beholder. But what odds do you give that Republican and Republican-leaning voters will see what the GOP-led Congress has done so far as productive in November?
DONOVAN: Well, I think the productivity has been so front-loaded, which is leading to some of the frustrations late in this year, particularly coming out of the shutdown. But that’s going to be the challenge of Republicans over this next year. And I think they understand that. I think Mike Johnson is aware of that, but they need to take the accomplishments of the first half of the year, particularly around the extension of the previous Trump tax cuts and the expansion on those, especially with respect to the provisions that people really do like. And they – and as they learn heading into next year, remember, things like no tax on overtime, no tax on tips – those sorts of provisions don’t go into effect until next year.