Tom BurtonCo-Founder, COO and CTO of LeadSmart Technologies

How small is the window to pass meaningful legislation? #PolicyStrategy

Name: How small is the window to pass meaningful legislation? #PolicyStrategy
Uploaded: 2025-07-23T18:59:08+00:00
Duration: 42 s
Channel: Tom Burton
Description: Short YouTube policy-strategy clip (by Tom Burton) arguing that administrations that control both the House and Senate usually lose control after…

23 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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Short YouTube policy-strategy clip (by Tom Burton) arguing that administrations that control both the House and Senate usually lose control after midterms and therefore have a limited effective window—roughly 18 months—to pass major legislation; within the final six months before midterms, members are often in their districts campaigning or hesitant to vote, constraining lawmakers' ability to enact change.

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Said this on the show a while back when I read it, but the vast majority of of administrations that controlled both the Congress and the Senate in the U.S. it's like staggering, statistically high that they don't continue to control that after the midterm elections. You want to push things through that. You want to get to be law. You've got about 18 months, because when you get into that six month window now, you've got all of the people that are missing for votes because they're in their districts campaigning, or they maybe get a little bit nervous about what they may support. So to your point, yes, 100% correct, the impact coming to your administration. But your ability to make those changes has to happen.