Now that he's a lame duck, Senator Bill Cassidy is showing a willingness to buck President Donald Trump and his agenda.
The senior senator from Louisiana's vote to pass a war powers resolution to end the Iran War is a sign of that willingness to stymie Trump's plans before the end of his term on January 3.
"There's some will there to do something," LSU political science professor Robert Hogan told WWL's Tommy Tucker. "If you listen to what he said in his concession speech, he was saying some strident things about Trump that he was unable to muster over the last several years."
According to Hogan, Cassidy likely will use his positions on Senate committees--especially the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee--to prevent Trump's nominees from getting into office.
"There are other nominations that are waiting," Hogan said. "He has an enormous amount of sway in terms of the bully pulpit. A lot of people in the Senate listen to what he says given his health credentials."
Hogan believes that Cassidy will be one of several primaried Congressmen that will go on a Trump revenge tour over the final seven months of the 119th Congress.
"I think (Cassidy)'s someone who very well could be a thorn in the side of Trump in the way that (Kentucky Rep. Thomas) Massie has been and Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina," Hogan said.
