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Listen: GOP and Democrats have conflicting forecasts for 2018

Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress have contrasting views of how the recently passed GOP tax legislation will impact their respective parties in 2018.

The sweeping Republican tax bill will help the GOP retain its control in Congress next fall, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) told The Hill for the Power Politics podcast.

Or Democratic candidates will prosper in 2018 because of what House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) sees as the unpopularity of tax cuts that primarily benefit corporations and the rich, coupled with a president who has dismal approval ratings.

During separate Power Politics conversations in the Capitol, the two House leaders explained why they view the political terrain so differently heading into an election year that history suggests may prove a challenge for the party in power.