When a talk show host has the power, through his legions of fans, to exert that kind of pressure on congressmen ...
When a congressman calls to grovel and beg forgiveness for suggesting that Congress is in charge and not the talk show host ...
When the nominal Republican leadership doesn't stand up and say, "You're damn right we're in charge. And the Next member who apologizes for that fact is getting censured" ...
Then we really have a bigger problem than whatever is in the particular bill they're talking about.