Leubsdorf: Expect another closely divided Congress next year

After two years of bitter congressional conflict, both parties are spending hundreds of millions of dollars in hopes of gaining working majorities in next year’s session.

But it’s a long shot — for both. More probably, 2025 will again see divisions in both houses so slender that the party winning the presidency will again find action difficult, starting from Inauguration Day.

The Republicans have a slightly better chance of being able to act. If Trump wins and they narrowly control both House and Senate...