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Title: Trump Scores His First Win in Congress
Source: 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
Keywords: None
Views: 33893
Comments: 76

It didn’t take long for President-elect Donald Trump to make his mark on legislation in Congress.

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.


I was wondering how 0bama is handling all this stuff?

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#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?”

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   10:57:03 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#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?

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   11:07:16 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#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?

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   11:12:45 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#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?

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   11:26:51 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#41. To: buckeroo (#24)

As Trump would tell you: the plans are in the ol' smokey backroom.

Exactly his meeting with Obama was to tell Trump he is not to prosecute Clinton - he made a deal.

Kind of like what Bill Hicks said about becoming President.

I have this feeling man, 'cause you know, it's just a handful of people who run everything, you know … that's true, it's provable. It's not … I'm not a fucking conspiracy nut, it's provable.

A handful, a very small elite, run and own these corporations, which include the mainstream media. I have this feeling that whoever is elected president, like Clinton was, no matter what you promise on the campaign trail – blah, blah, blah – when you win, you go into this smoke-filled room with the twelve industrialist capitalist scum-fucks who got you in there.

And you're in this smoky room, and this little film screen comes down … and a big guy with a cigar goes, "Roll the film." And it's a shot of the Kennedy assassination from an angle you've never seen before … that looks suspiciously like it's from the grassy knoll.

And then the screen goes up and the lights come up, and they go to the new president, "Any questions?"

"Er, just what my agenda is."

"First we bomb Baghdad."

"You got it …"

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

Deckard  posted on  2016-11-19   11:53:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#42. To: Deckard (#41)

Exactly his meeting with Obama was to tell Trump he is not to prosecute Clinton - he made a deal.

You're making stuff up and talking out your ass. Druggies aren't honest.

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-11-19   12:00:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#43. To: A K A Stone (#42)

You're making stuff up and talking out your ass.

Come on man, get serious - Trump will NEVER prosecute Clinton, that isn't how politics works in D.C.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

Deckard  posted on  2016-11-19   12:03:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#44. To: Deckard (#43)

You are a liar. You said Trump made a deal. You don't know shit what is going on. You're lying. You're not honest. Shame on you.

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-11-19   12:04:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#45. To: A K A Stone (#44)

Of course he made a deal.

How old are you anyways, 12?

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

Deckard  posted on  2016-11-19   12:08:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#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?

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   12:18:14 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#47. To: Gatlin (#46)

Because of all your posts attempting to sway my opinion, I am becoming more and more afraid.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-11-19   12:28:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#48. To: buckeroo (#47)

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?

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   12:50:21 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#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?

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   13:18:09 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#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?

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   13:29:14 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#51. To: buckeroo (#50)

So, since you would not answer, I trust that I hit all the possible reason you could be “nervous” and fear Trump’s approach to keeping America safe and thoroughly relieved you of the concern that made you ”more nervous about this nation's future than ever before?

God Bless America….and Long Live President-Elect Donald Trump!

Let’s stand and join with Lee Greenwood now in singing God Bless the U.S.A. .

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   13:38:13 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#52. To: Deckard (#45)

How old are you anyways, 12?

More likely 10.

Fred Mertz  posted on  2016-11-19   13:51:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#53. To: Gatlin (#51)

Let’s stand and join with Lee Greenwood now in singing God Bless the U.S.A. .

Because of Trump?

buckeroo  posted on  2016-11-19   14:02:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#54. To: Gatlin, shoveling the bull, golden spoon (#50)

even a retired Air Force Major can have a tiny bit of that

Trump steer manure, BS!


The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party

Castle(C), Stein(G), Johnson(L)

Hondo68  posted on  2016-11-19   14:14:54 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#55. To: buckeroo (#53)

Let’s stand and join with Lee Greenwood now in singing God Bless the U.S.A. .

Because of Trump?

No because it is Saturday and I want you to do the one-leg standardized field sobriety test to see if you fall flat on you face.

You have said that you get “shit-faced” on Saturday and over the weekend …

Did you pass….oh well, it’s still early in the day!

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   14:22:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#56. To: hondo68 (#54) (Edited)

Edit: Pulled, my post was just too nasty...even for you.

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   14:24:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#57. To: Gatlin (#55) (Edited)

You are worried about me? Keep banging on your keyboard and let the world see you as you are: one ignorant sukka!

Here is your earlier post:

Let’s stand and join with Lee Greenwood now in singing God Bless the U.S.A. .

Because of Trump?

No because it is Saturday and I want you to do the one-leg standardized field sobriety test to see if you fall flat on you face.

You have said that you get “shit-faced” on Saturday and over the weekend …

Did you pass….oh well, it’s still early in the day!

buckeroo  posted on  2016-11-19   14:25:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#58. To: buckeroo (#57)

You are worried about me?

I am never worried about you....I only want to laugh at you.

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   14:45:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#59. To: buckeroo (#57)

Here is your earlier post:

Let’s stand and join with Lee Greenwood now in singing God Bless the U.S.A. . Because of Trump?

No because it is Saturday and I want you to do the one-leg standardized field sobriety test to see if you fall flat on you face.

You have said that you get “shit-faced” on Saturday and over the weekend …

Did you pass….oh well, it’s still early in the day!

My Post #55 is unedited….it is exactly the same as this one you say: “Here is your earlier post:”

WTF are you talking about, shit for brains….try doing the one-leg-stand using the other leg and see if that works better for you.

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   14:52:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#60. To: Gatlin (#59)

Oh ... you poor puppy.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-11-19   15:03:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#61. To: buckeroo (#60)

Oh ... you poor puppy.

WTF are you talking about, shit for brains….

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   15:17:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#62. To: Gatlin (#61)

"the last time democrats were this upset, we had freed the slaves"

that quote says it all

calcon  posted on  2016-11-19   15:46:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#63. To: Gatlin, inner Mohammad triggered, McCain Republicans, *Arab Spring Jihad* (#56)

Edit: Pulled, my post

LOL

Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel Mohammad.


The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party

Castle(C), Stein(G), Johnson(L)

Hondo68  posted on  2016-11-19   16:35:55 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#64. To: calcon (#62)

"the last time democrats were this upset, we had freed the slaves"

that quote says it all

Yes, it does....says it all.

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   17:09:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#65. To: Deckard (#45)

Of course he made a deal.

How old are you anyways, 12?

Why would Trump have to make a deal? Do you think he has to ask Obama for permission for something? Do you think Obama has something to offer?

Tell me what Obama could Obama possibly offer Trump for any kind of deal on any subject in the universe.

You really showed yourself not only to make stuff up but to have a very active imagination. Were you tripping on shrooms?

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-11-19   20:42:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#66. To: hondo68 (#63)

Edit: Pulled, my post was just too nasty...even for you.
Don't hold back …
Such a desperate personal request from you should not go unanswered.
Since you have expressed this obvious interest in nasty messages and you have expressed such a great desire to participate in them….while it is out of my line and holds no interest to my, may I suggest you Google:
     TOP NAUGHTY CHATLINE NUMBERS – The best naughty chatlines phone sex numbers.
I have never tried one….but they have to be right down your alley, to get it up and get going.

Gatlin  posted on  2016-11-19   21:38:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#67. To: A K A Stone (#65)

Your agenda posters are closet libtards. They know they are closer to (D)'s than (R)'s... that's why they bitch about GW more than O'bunghole or KILLary.

A sick faggot loving 6% group.

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-11-19   21:55:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#68. To: GrandIsland (#67)

GWBush was the worst POTUS the USA ever elected to office. What makes matters worse, the stupid people voted for him twice.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-11-19   22:06:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#69. To: buckeroo (#68)

GWBush was the worst POTUS

Racist, socialist... pen & cellphone O'bunghole was far worse... and if you weren't a drug loving libtarded fuckhead, you'd see that.

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-11-20   18:14:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#70. To: GrandIsland (#69)

GWBush pushed a globalist agenda upon the ME as a knee-jerk reaction to his pals in Saudia Arabia direct actions, sanctioning their destruction of the New York Trade Towers with no publick investigation. He intentionally made Saudia Arabia's involvement a SECRET.

Didn't GWBush say: "Nation Building?" What the FUCK is the USA doing by performing some black majiick trick, "nation building BS?" Because you want a pay raise to eat more donuts?

buckeroo  posted on  2016-11-20   18:23:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#71. To: buckeroo (#70)

Another 4 years of that Kenyan bastard would result in a USSC, ALL FUCKING 9 OF THEM, gun/man hating tree huggers. Without your second amendment rights, you're FUCKED. You won't even be able to complain about the GW's. You filthy asshole.

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-11-20   20:31:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#72. To: Gatlin (#26)

what's Your Biggest Fear of a Trump Presidency?

He will make America great again, which means more warmongering, more foreign wars, more conflict, but seriously It ain't gunna happen

paraclete  posted on  2016-11-23   0:17:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#73. To: paraclete (#72)

what's Your Biggest Fear of a Trump Presidency?

He will make America great again, which means more warmongering, more foreign wars, more conflict, but seriously It ain't gunna happen.

Thank you Nikita Khruschev...

rlk  posted on  2016-11-23   0:35:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#74. To: paraclete (#72)

I hope you enjoy the next 4 years as much as I've enjoyed the last 8, bitch.

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-11-23   1:20:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#75. To: GrandIsland (#74)

I hope you enjoy the next 4 years as much as I've enjoyed the last 8, bitch.

I always enjoy a circus, right now we are watching the clown in chief take over from the second string bunch of clowns who have been revving up the crowd, the grand parade is about to start and all the usual characters are there, the fat man, the bearded lady, but, then, I don't have to explain circus to someone who lives there

paraclete  posted on  2016-11-24   6:40:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#76. To: paraclete (#75)

Circus

Negative. The circus always has monkeys.... come January, monkey free zone

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-11-24   13:34:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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