Hassett: White House can still accomplish much even if Democrats control Congress

The remarks matter less for what they promise than for the signal they send: a senior economic official is publicly pre-committing to cross-party cooperation before any vote outcome is known, which is a notable framing choice for an administration whose economic agenda has moved largely through executive channels. The absence of any named policy or legislative priority is the telling gap — without specifics, the cooperative posture reads as positioning rather than a plan. Whether that framing survives contact with an actual divided Congress, and which agenda items it is meant to protect, is the open question.