President Donald Trump’s new budget reconciliation law is already starting to define next year’s midterm elections. CQ Roll Call’s Daniela Altimari and David Lerman assess the political repercussions for both parties of the mammoth legislation and what it took to get the package across the finish line.

Several key provisions in the tax-and-spending package make permanent items such as the 2017 tax rates.

Experts say the elimination of the federal electric vehicle tax credit could be the catalyst to complete Chinese domination in the global EV space.