A Day in the Life of Majority Rule

The Michael Cohen testimony was not likely to be earth shattering, but hearings need not be to be useful, including to air things out to the general public who are not political nerds and get a sense of each side. Plus, some useful stuff will come out, including bringing things back front and center. It's a race, not a sprint. Plus, AOC et. al. had great moments.

Meanwhile, a background gun check bill that passed the House, basically on a party line vote. Using a procedural maneuver [people upset about that, but total majority control is not a good approach either], Republicans got a limited win by getting a tack-on that requires the federal background check database to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) when an undocumented immigrant tries to buy a gun. Swing district Dems went along.

Precedent suggests it will be blocked in the Senate, but the facts are on the record for when sanity rules there too.

ETA: Remember too that Cohen also testified behind closed doors.