2018 legislative preview: Toughest issue is biggest one – budget

On many issues, the party is extraordinarily divided, says James Wallner, senior fellow at the R Street Institute. “The last thing they want to be doing is tackling a lot of really divisive issues in the middle of a primary season.”

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