Article snippet: Roughly 100 days into the new Congress, the business of legislating is slowing to a crawl on Capitol Hill. Of the 10 bills that have been signed into law so far this year only two were substantial enough to require roll call votes in the Senate. Both — a government funding deal and a lands package—were holdovers from last year. Asked what big items were on the Senate GOP legislative agenda, Sen. MORE (R-Texas) acknowledged it wasn’t clear. “Now that we have divided Congress it really depends pretty much on Ms. Pelosi [and] what she’s willing to do. So far we don’t really know the answer to that,” said Cornyn, referring to Speaker MORE (D-Calif.). The shift reflects a government divided between Democrats in the House and Republicans in the Senate and White House, and is a shift from the complete control the GOP enjoyed in the first two years of the Trump presidency. By this point in 2017, Senate Republicans had held 111 roll call votes, compared to 64 when they left town Thursday. The GOP had also confirmed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, rolled back several Obama-era regulations and taken a first step toward trying to repeal ObamaCare. Given the unlikelihood of Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) and Trump teaming up on bipartisan legislation, lawmakers are likely to stick to smaller bills between now and the 2020 election. Sen. MORE (R-S.D.) said “things that are sort of incremental” are likely the “only things that are actually going to get done this... Link to the full article to read more