Majority party coalitions can be hard to manage, but a functioning congressional majority requires both wings of the Republican Party to come together on tough votes to produce at least 218 votes in the House and (most often) 60 votes in the Senate. The conservative House Freedom Caucus has a reputation for “refusing to get to yes” on tough votes. On healthcare, however, they got to yes after negotiations between Rep. Mark Meadows (a key conservative) and Rep. Tom MacArthur (a key moderate) bore fruit. This could be the start of a more smoothly functioning Republican House majority, says Covington’s Gabe Neville. http://bit.ly/2qWeW4G
