Now that the White House and Congress have taken up the herculean task of repealing and replacing Obamacare, everything else in Washington must wait.

That’s true for both procedural and political reasons. Republicans control only 52 Senate seats, so they are pursuing repeal through a complicated budget-related process called reconciliation. That allows them to avoid Democratic filibusters and pass legislation with just 51 votes rather than 60. The GOP healthcare bill is unlikely to get one Democratic vote in the Senate, much less eight.