Jeffries Promises to 'Get Out of the Gate Fast.' Trump's Red Hat Says One Word: Veto.

House Democrats plan early votes on Obamacare subsidies, Medicaid, tariffs and the Iran war. Their own allies admit most of it hits a wall in the Senate and on the president's desk. Republicans should stop playing defense and put a better affordability plan on the table.

By Clara Hughes

Hakeem Jeffries is already measuring the drapes. "We're going to get out of the gate fast," the New York Democrat, in line to become the next House speaker, told the Associated Press. When the new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, his majority will exceed 250 of the 435 seats, the AP reported, and he wants the first votes to be on health care, President Trump's tariffs and the war with Iran. President Trump answered before the votes were even counted. On election night he posted a photo of a red hat bearing a single word: "Veto." Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: what's actually on the Democrats' early to-do list, the price tag behind their Medicaid fight, why their own progressive wing is already demanding the end of the filibuster — and the affordability counteroffer Republicans should make