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Title: Trump Scores His First Win in Congress
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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
Keywords: None
Views: 33798
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?
Because of all your posts attempting to sway my opinion, I am becoming more and more afraid.
#48. To: buckeroo (#47)
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.”
#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?”
#38. To: buckeroo (#37)
Well, Trump’s immigration plans are scary business for sure….for some folks. Maybe you feel his call to deport illegal Mexican immigrants and to temporarily ban Muslim immigration sounds racist on the surface? But when you look one layer below the surface, then you can see that he is consistent about protecting U.S. Citizens from illegals. That’s somewhere in the job description of the POTUS….dontcha think? If you are a citizen, Trump has the strongest approach to immigration plan for keeping YOU safe, although it is bad news for illegals. Is it Trump’s approach to the immigration problem the basis for the fear that makes you ”more nervous about this nation's future than ever before?”
#39. To: buckeroo (#38)
Ah, there’s the question for some about his having a finger on the button for the nuclear arsenal. You do realize that Trump has a long history of opposing sketchy wars, while at the same time, like Ronald Reagan, he wants to project maximum force to deter others from starting something. Is it your fear of Trump’s approach to keeping America safe the basis for the fear that makes you ”more nervous about this nation's future than ever before?”
#40. To: buckeroo (#39)
Also keep in mind that Trump is the non-drinker. If you want to assess the risk of bad presidential decisions under pressure, you have to factor in how many of the other candidates would be on prescription meds or enjoying a stiff drink after work. And what about the general health of a candidate? That probably matters for decision-making under pressure. Trump is the safe bet on this dimension. Is it your fear of Trump’s approach to keeping America safe the basis for the concern that makes you ”more nervous about this nation's future than ever before?”
#46. To: buckeroo (#40)
Clinton is probably in the pocket of the military industries. She was more likely to start expensive wars for profit, like past presidents. THAT seems dangerous to me. Trump is the least likely to start a war to benefit the defense industry. Trump seems like the lowest risk of any candidate we have ever seen. Is it your fear of Trump starting a wat the basis for the concern that makes you ”more nervous about this nation's future than ever before? ”
#47. To: Gatlin (#46)
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Oh yea, let’s not overlook the elephants in the room….race and gender. I’m the same race and gender as Trump, so I see no risk of him discriminating against people like me. However, I can understand that to some women and few minorities, he probably seems unpredictable, unsympathetic, and powerful. That’s a possible scary combo to some….but definitely an asset to others. Do you have a fear that Trump might seem to be unpredictable, unsympathetic and powerful and that is what makes you ”more nervous about this nation's future than ever before?”
#49. To: buckeroo (#47)
Maybe you are looking on the empathy dimension. You need to realize that Trump is slowly removing the idea of political correctness from empathy. He is doing away with PC while he will show empathy in his own ways. But you will need to make sure you know when a joke is a joke and sarcasm is sarcasm . You can do that, unless you are a huge pussy….but then, you have strongly demonstrated that you are. You can hate Trump’s sense of humor, his sarcasm and his insensitive ways. But you will also get used to it….you will need to because it will be around for 4 and hopefully 8 years. And when you do that, you’ll no longer see it as a lack of empathy. Because it isn’t and you will not have a fear of Trump’s empathy dimension if that is what makes you ”more nervous about this nation's future than ever before?”
#50. To: buckeroo (#47)
Maybe your problem is that you see Trump’s ambitions as coming from narcissism and ego. well, relax, every famous person has some of that. It has been said that even a retired Air Force Major can have a tiny bit of that. But I can tell you where emotions go to hide forever inside your body, Trump’s approach is what passes for empathy, it’s because he cares. When you look deep, you will not have a fear of Trump and you will overcome what it is that makes you ”more nervous about this nation's future than ever before?”
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