 it is very hard to see what the president can do working with congress because it's hard enough to get anything done in an election year it's very difficult to do it when you're the lame duck and then throw in that it's a republican controlled house it's very unlikely we're going to see a lot of action between this white house and capitol hill over the next six months he of course can do three things through executive action which is what we'll be paying attention to now over the six months