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Title: Trump Scores His First Win in Congress
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MSM
URL Source: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit ... QJx?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp
Published: Nov 17, 2016
Author: staff
Post Date: 2016-11-17 21:57:23 by buckeroo
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Views: 33872
Comments: 76
Republican leaders announced Thursday they would punt major spending decisions into 2017 in accordance with the incoming administration’s wishes. That means Congress plans to pass only a stopgap bill that will fund the federal government through March rather than an omnibus appropriations bill that would set spending priorities for the first eight months of Trump’s term. “I think the new incoming government would like to have say-so on how money is going to be spent going into 2017,” House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters at a press conference. “We’ve got a lot of funding priorities that we would like to have changed relative to the Obama funding priorities. It’s as simple as that.” Had Hillary Clinton won the presidency, Congress in all likelihood would have pushed harder to strike a big spending agreement in its lame-duck session, a move that would have cleared the way for her to focus on other legislative priorities during her first weeks in office. But Republicans know they will get a better deal with Trump than under President Obama, so they will keep spending levels as they are for another few months by passing a continuing resolution in the next few weeks. The decision was made after Vice President-elect Mike Pence met with House Republicans on Thursday morning and conveyed the Trump transition team’s preference. It’s also a victory for conservatives who have fought against passing any major legislation in a lame-duck session, arguing that lawmaking are less accountable to voters when they act after the election but before the new Congress is seated. They were angry last year when Congress passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill just before Christmas with little time for debate. For Ryan, the move additionally serves as political protection against a revolt that could threaten his reelection as speaker. While Republicans unanimously nominated him as their leader on Tuesday, a number of conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus warned that if Ryan either tried to pass an omnibus spending bill or approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the lame-duck session, they would vote against him during the formal House vote for speaker in early January. Both of those measures are now dead for the year. The drawback for Trump is that he will now have to spend time and political capital on a debate over federal spending during his first months in office, at a time when he will be trying to get other items on his agenda through Congress. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi warned Republicans they might come to regret that decision. “I think they’re making a big mistake for themselves,” she said at her own press conference. “They’re going to have a kettle of fish in March that they can’t even imagine.” Yet Republicans might have another reason for kicking the spending fight in 2017: It could allow them to roll back more regulations enacted by the Obama administration. Under the Congressional Review Act, the House and Senate can nullify major regulations with a simple majority vote if they act within 60 legislative days of the rule’s enactment. Simply passing a stopgap spending bill now would likely lead the GOP to adjourn Congress a few weeks earlier than planned. And that would stop the legislative clock and allow the House and Senate in January to repeal regulations that went into effect earlier in 2016. (Because Congress was out of session so often this year, the window of “60 legislative days” already stretches back to May.) According to an analysis by the conservative American Action Forum, Republicans would already be able to nullify 48 major regulations in January if Congress does not adjourn early, including rules expanding overtime pay, restricting personal drone use, curtailing drilling in the Arctic Shelf, and mandating significant changes to regulations on food labeling. The GOP’s decision on Thursday, in other words, could have ramifications far beyond congressional spending.It didn’t take long for President-elect Donald Trump to make his mark on legislation in Congress.
I was wondering how 0bama is handling all this stuff?
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#2. To: buckeroo (#0)
Don't worry about it, or anything else....President Trump will take care of everything. You can now: "Stand at Ease" ...
I am more nervous about this nation's future than ever before. Standing at ease is only what a total idiot can do; this sounds a lot like you.
Let’s only discuss the first part for now: Start by telling me: Why?
Trump is the kinda guy that rambles on & on & on but may act on his rambleness. As POTUS, he may get you mixed up with an illegal and ship you back to Zimbabwe where you may not be able to participate in the LF forum anymore; they have limited Internet capability. Although, I would be happy to see you go, I can tell that GI would miss you.
Specifically, what? That’s not a specific….yet you talk about Trump rambling on & on & on. List some of the specific rambles that cause you to be “more nervous about this nation's future than ever before.”
I am starting to worry about you, tater. I am starting to wring my hands, in a cold sweat anymore and in tremendous tension because of, "Trump phenomena." Trump rambleness is included within the discussion, too. And, I guess it may not be all Trump's fault either. I think you caused the phenomena.
Put your worry aside for just a moment and: List some of the specific rambles that cause you to be “more nervous about this nation's future than ever before.”
Because you wear, "TRUMPER_ETTE" across your sweater while riding a battery powered scooter with three wheels in an old foggie's home? BTW, you have to lower your skirt lines or yukon will search for you, again.
Buckeroo: Because you wear, "TRUMPER_ETTE" across your sweater while riding a battery powered scooter with three wheels in an old foggie's home? BTW, you have to lower your skirt lines or yukon will search for you, again. Your adolescent sophomoric ill-humored comment did nothing to show a list of the specific rambles that cause you to be “more nervous about this nation's future than ever before.” Why can’t you do that?
#35. To: buckeroo (#29)
There are lots of folks who fear Obama because of his policies and some even hate him because of his race, but all were able to explain their reasons, yet you cannot even basically explain why you are literally afraid of Trump on a visceral level as if a monster is already in house and you don’t know where it is hiding. You have such a high level visceral fear of Trump and yet I feel no fear of Trump….not even one iota. Trump has always looked like the safest candidate in this election cycle, although I don’t share his politics on a few topics. So I have to continually ask myself: Why do I have zero fear of Trump while you are operating in full panic mode? Should I be more afraid too? I have my reasons to believe my reaction to Trump is more accurate yours and if you would only explain your reaction….then maybe I can understand you. I’m not generally immune to fear – when it is real – so this is a bit of a puzzle to me. Let’s see if we can discuss it a bit. For a starter, do you fear Trump’s position on social programs? Trump hasn’t made much noise about cutting social programs. So, is this your problem….is your fear coming from that? It would be odd if it were because most people think Trump would be a great choice for the economy and a strong economy keeps the social programs intact. So, is it that you see Trump’s position on social programs to be a problem and the basis for the fear that makes you ”more nervous about this nation's future than ever before?”
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestI was wondering how 0bama is handling all this stuff?
#6. To: Gatlin (#2)
#7. To: buckeroo (#6)
I am more nervous about this nation's future than ever before. Standing at ease is only what a total idiot can do; this sounds a lot like you.
I am more nervous about this nation's future than ever before.
#8. To: Gatlin, GrandIsland (#7)
Why?
#14. To: buckeroo (#8)
Trump is the kinda guy that rambles on & on & on but may act on his rambleness.
As POTUS, he may get you mixed up with an illegal and ship you back to Zimbabwe where you may not be able to participate in the LF forum anymore; they have limited Internet capability.
#18. To: Gatlin (#14)
List some of the specific rambles that cause you to be “more nervous about this nation's future than ever before.”
#19. To: buckeroo (#18)
I am starting to worry about you, tater.
#21. To: Gatlin (#19)
Put your worry aside for just a moment and: List some of the specific rambles that cause you to be “more nervous about this nation's future than ever before.”
#29. To: buckeroo (#21)
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Gatlin: Put your worry aside for just a moment and: List some of the specific rambles that cause you to be “more nervous about this nation's future than ever before.”
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I can easily see you are having a great deal of difficulty In explaining why Trump terrifies you. I realize that it isn’t unusual for some people to fear politicians, but it is unusual they cannot explain why….and you can’t.
#37. To: buckeroo (#29)
Well, if it isn’t social programs, then maybe it‘s healthcare as a life-and- death issue that is causing you this visceral fear. Let’s see now, Bernie wanted universal healthcare and so did Clinton….Trump wants that as well. Although they all would go about it in different ways. Are you doubting Trump’s ability to change minds and get things done in the healthcare arena ? I would hope not, because Trump seems like the best solid bet for healthcare. Is it that you see the future of healthcare under Trump to be a problem and the basis for the fear that makes you ”more nervous about this nation's future than ever before?”
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