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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Criticizing President Trump on trade policies did not prove to be a winning strategy last night…”</span></i></strong><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Democratic House flip means big changes for Ways & Means<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888">November 07, 2018 at 11:59 AM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">While Tuesday's election results largely followed conventional wisdom, with Democrats winning a House majority
and taking some tough losses in the GOP-led Senate, the Republican House losses mean an overhaul of the Ways & Means Committee is coming,
<u>with major implications for trade</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Democrats beat four sitting Republican members of Ways & Means: Reps. Peter Roskam (IL), Erik Paulsen (MN), Mike
Bishop (MI) and Carlos Curbelo (FL).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">The Republican side of the committee will also see the retirement or resignation of eight members after this year.
Two of those open House seats will likely go to Democrats, including that of Rep. Dave Reichert (WA), who chairs the trade subcommittee and did not stand for another term. The Democrat in the race to succeed Reichert in Washington looks positioned to take
the seat, although the race has not been officially called.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">The results could mean just 12 Republican Ways & Means members will retain their seats on the committee. They
include Chairman Kevin Brady (TX), although he will lose his chairmanship now that Democrats have taken control of the House.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Almost all Ways & Means Democrats won their re-election campaigns, with the exception of Joseph Crowley (NY),
who lost his primary to a fellow Democrat in a surprise upset in June. She went on to win the election.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Ranking member Richard Neal cruised to victory in Massachusetts and <a href="https://insidetrade.com/node/164912"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">is
a favorite to take over as chairman</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">In the other chamber, the Senate Finance Committee will see a lot less upheaval, though Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
is retiring at the end of the year. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who is the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, is next in line for the chairmanship based on seniority; he has said he will announce this week whether he wants to chair Finance.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Sen. Dean Heller (NV) was the only Republican on the committee running for re-election; he lost his seat to his
Democratic challenger. Nine of the 12 Finance Democrats, on the other hand, were defending their seats. Of those nine, seven won another term, one lost her seat and one race is still too close to call.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Sens. Debbie Stabenow (MI), Maria Cantwell (WA), Robert Menendez (NJ), Thomas Carper (DE), Ben Cardin (MD), Sherrod
Brown (OH) and Bob Casey (PA) won on Tuesday night. Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO) was among the red state Democratic senators to lose her seat.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Sen. Bill Nelson's race in Florida is still too close to call, although his Republican challenger has a slight
edge and some outlets have called the race for the GOP. The race could be headed for a recount, <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-ne-florida-senate-results-recount-20181107-story.html#nt=screamer"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">according
to </span><em><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The Orlando Sentinel</span></em></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><strong><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Criticizing President Trump on trade policies did not prove to
be a winning strategy last night</span></u></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">, with the exception of Democratic challenger Abby Finkenauer in Iowa. She defeated Rep. Rod Blum and had previously released
an ad focused specifically the impact of tariffs on farmers in the state.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">Like McCaskill, other red state Democratic senators, many of whom criticized the president on trade in their
agriculture-heavy states, took a beating. Sen. Joe Donnelly (IN) lost his race, and Sen. Jon Tester is imperiled in Montana</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">, although that race has not yet
been called.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">And Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (ND), who made <a href="https://insidetrade.com/node/164842"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">tariffs
and trade among the main issues of her campaign</span></a>, could not overcome the handicap</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black"> of her party affiliation in a state Trump won by more than 30 points.
Rep. Kevin Cramer, an enthusiastic Trump backer, won the race.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">The race for the open Senate seat left by retiring Sen. Bob Corker (R) in Tennessee also featured
<u>trade as a defining campaign issue</u> and also ended on the side of the president. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R), who had once tried to distance herself from the president before embracing him as the election got closer, prevailed over a popular former Democratic
governor, <u>Phil Bredesen, who was not a fan of Trump's trade moves.<o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">In Minnesota, the effect of trade and tariffs on farmers was a major talking point during the campaigns, particularly
in rural districts. The state's voters re-elected both of their Democratic senators -- Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, who won her special election after being appointed to replace former Sen. Al Franken -- but two of its congressional districts could flip to
Republicans.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black">House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson won re-election in the western part of the state, but
his district could now be surrounded by red on the map. Republicans flipped a more rural northwestern district -- an open seat left by the retiring Rep. Rick Nolan (D) -- and the Republican candidate is up just slightly in the southern, also more rural, part
of the state in a district vacated by Rep. Tim Walz (D), who ran successfully for governor. -- <em><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Hannah Monicken </span></em>(<a href="mailto:hmonicken@iwpnews.com"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">hmonicken@iwpnews.com</span></a>)
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