President Donald Trump, though working with razor-thin majorities in the House and Senate, has won in almost every single legislative fight of the 119th Congress. But is there a risk his congressional winning streak will come to an end?

So far, Trump’s second term has been characterized by general cooperation from Republicans in Congress to advance his ambitious legislative goals.

That’s a far cry from his first term, when Republicans in the Senate helped kill his attempt at a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and he was repeatedly denied funding for a border wall.

In January, Trump sealed the deal by calling Republican holdouts in the House to reelect Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La. Then, he got his Cabinet confirmed, even amid grumblings from some Republicans over confirming nominees such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. 

Later, despite internal disagreements over the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill, he used both the carrot and the stick to ensure passage every single step of the way. More recently, he got Congress, which covets its control of the budgetary purse strings, to accept his request to cut funding from foreign aid and public broadcasting.

With the issue of whether to compel the release of files on the now-deceased convicted sex offender

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