Would you take this alternate post 2000 TL compared to the one we had in OTL

[dw93]

List of Presidents

42. Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
43. Al Gore (2001-2009)
44. Mike Huckabee (2009-2013)
45. Barack Obama (2013-2021)
46. Ted Cruz (2021-Present)

List of House Speakers

Tom Foley (1989-1995)
Newt Gingrich (1995-1999)
Dennis Hastert (1999-2007
John Boehner (2007-2011
Nancy Pelosi (2011-2015
Kevin McCarthy (2015-Present)

Senate Majority Leaders:
George Mitchell (1989-1995)
Bob Dole (1995-1996)
Trent Lott (1996-2001)
Tom Daschle (2001-2003)
Bill Frist (2003-2007)
Mitch McConnell (2007-2013)
Chuck Schumer (2013-2019)
Mitch McConnell (2019-Present)

[darklordoftech]

Why isn't Bob Dole Senate Majority Leader in 1995-1996 in this timeline?

[dw93]

Why isn't Bob Dole Senate Majority Leader in 1995-1996 in this timeline?

Oops, forgot about his brief 2nd stint as majority leader.

[politicallefty]

Domestic policy looks pretty awful during that time period, though the Iraq War looks to be avoided. (Cruz keeps both Houses of Congress in 2023?!)

I think you're looking at a liberal Supreme Court in Gore's second term, even with Republicans controlling the Senate. He'd be appointing the new Chief Justice and replacing Justice O'Connor. There'd be a lot of room for compromise, but at worst one of those would be a centrist (the other being firmly centre-left). I wonder what Souter and Stevens would've done, considering neither would want to be replaced by a Huckabee appointee. It's possibly either leave during Gore's second term, but I'd say it's more likely they wait out Huckabee and get replaced by Obama (particularly Stevens). Obama also gets to replace Scalia without issue in 2016. There's also a good chance Ginsburg stands down in 2017 or 2018. At that point, Kennedy and Thomas are the only Republican-appointed Justices on a solidly liberal Court. I don't see Kennedy retiring under a D-Pres/D-Sen scenario. Breyer would definitely still be on the Court though.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Yes