As noted on these pages, after the House Freedom Caucus served the White House an embarrassing defeat on AHCA 1.0 the Administration pivoted from policy construction outsourcing to insourcing. This pivot became apparent via Press reports indicating the Trump Democrats were taking over tax reform construction.
Now, according to Axios, it appears the Administration has insourced policy implementation as well, having pulled implementation responsibility from the incompetent Paul Ryan in favor of Mike Pence:
Look for the Trump Democrats to take an even heavier hand in tax reform implementation.
