Fall 2019 will be interesting.
The US has surpassed it's debt-ceiling and will hit a hard limit in fall 2019. The markets will not like that.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresaghilarducci/2019/04/25/the-u-s-debt-ceiling-expired-on-march-1-and-nobody-cared-but-they-will/#77cf3fc06b3f
At the same time, the US Senate has abandoned passing bills in favor of ramming through as many republican judges as possible as fast as possible.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212095608
At the same time, Republicans are calling on Democrats to stop with the investigations and go back to legislating.
At the same time, House resolutions like the anti-corruption HR 1 are held in limbo because they aren't getting a vote in the Senate.
Add all of these up and what do you get?
When the debt-ceiling and the budget are due, Democrats should hold the Senate hostage. No democratic votes for either budget or debt-ceiling until the Senate has taken care of its backlog, including HR 1.
1. Leave it to the Republicans to find a solution to satisfy the Freedom Caucus.
2. Show that it was the Republicans who were busying themselves with anything but legislating.
