Sounds good then.
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Budget deal reached in Congress- No funding for border wall
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Sounds good then.
So would I. But Trump showing up at my door and handing me a million seems just as likely with the way the Republican congress is behaving right now. And yes I would take that too even though I hate his guts.
Goro Majima
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Fortunately it seems that not even a demagogue like Trump can change the tendency of Congress to be mostly centrist/moderate.
Once 2018 comes and the Democrats hopefully take back the house, we're back to gridlock as usual in terms of legislation.
Once 2018 comes and the Democrats hopefully take back the house, we're back to gridlock as usual in terms of legislation.
I mean, if that's really the play, then that's bad news for the administration. Because I sincerely doubt the Trump government is going to have more political capital in a few months somehow. What are moderate Republican House members going to do after months more of the White House just fucking up?
Trump can do a lot of damage - errrr I mean, "fulfill some of his agenda" from within the executive branch, but his ability to help legislative lifts doesn't bode well for his party.
balladofwindfishes
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This is basically a budget that would have been passed had the Democrats held the House, it is like looking into a weird bizarro timeline where stuff was different (GOP won the Senate and Presidency, Democrats took the House)
Likely a preview of the 2020 and 2021 budgets.
Lord Frieza
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Silence. Probably working out how to spin it like a good thing for them somehow
Basically, the only thing that kept the Republicans together was their hatred of the Clintons and of Obama... Now, Obama is out of office unable to run for president again, and Hillary Clinton has been denied the presidency. The Republicans' enemies are either powerless or defeated, but the hatred is still there and is now being turned inward towards the party itself. Now it's true that Democrats fight each other as well, especially between the centrists and the progressives, but they will unite in the end.
thats putting too much thought to it.
Its much easier to say no and be united as a minority where nothing is expected of you. Its much harder to say yes and have to do something.
Lord Frieza
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I won't say that hatred has been turned inward as much as they've got so many people who want different degrees of things they just can't operate on a lot of key things like health care or tax reform.
CrunchyFrog
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This is a definitive loss on just about every front for Trump and the GOP. How they manage to spin this I have no idea, unless that 100 days propaganda campaign ad of theirs is the real response
Lord Frieza
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Probably has a lot to do with it
old manatee
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Get rekt Wall stans.
BoogieWoogie
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Oh its easy to see how they'll spin it. The budget got additional funding for the military/security, that's all they need.
SwiftDeath
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Man I keep jumping pages in this thread to try and see where the catch is but it seems fine?
Like I'm not one for increased defense spending but other than that it seems pretty reasonable and even good for the left?
Maybe all Mondays aren't the worst thing ever
Like I'm not one for increased defense spending but other than that it seems pretty reasonable and even good for the left?
Maybe all Mondays aren't the worst thing ever
The GOP really really really did not want to shut down their own government.
More_Badass
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Still waiting for the other shoe to drop. After the last few months, it almost seems too good to be true
balladofwindfishes
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What's with the piddly 1% drop in EPA funding?
Just so they can go back and say "we cut funding to the EPA!" I guess?
Just so they can go back and say "we cut funding to the EPA!" I guess?
Saint Gregory
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The period that we're in now is typically the strongest that a newly elected president ever has during their tenure. If you look back on how much legislation the Bush 43 WH got passed in their first 100 days after a contested election and compare it to what Trump has checked off of his to-do list it paints a completely bleak picture for him going forward once this "honeymoon" period ends. He somehow seems to be more lame duck now than Obama was in his final year in office with the exception of actually getting a supreme court pick seated.
BlackLagoon
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Oh, but even there is the delicious part where the Trump admin has to present a concrete plan to congress to defeat ISIS, which should give the Democrats plenty of room to attack and criticise.
ShadowSwordmaster
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NIce.
HP_Wuvcraft
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This is what happens when the GOP are faced with looking like fucking idiots of epic proportions a year before the midterms.
DeaconKnowledge
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That wall will not do anything to stem immigration, and it's construction will be a constant reminder of Republican waste and inefficiency for decades to come. Hard to campaign as the protectors of small government and low waste when your opponent can simply point to the expensive, ineffective wall your party insisted on building.
AntraxSuicide
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This is what happens when you've got party leaders who are competent (Schumer, Pelosi) and party leaders who aren't (Ryan). Mitch knows his shit and gives no fucks about Trump or HFC people trying to kick him out; he'll be Senator McConnell long after there's a President Trump or any of the fuckhead Representatives in the HFC. The only thing that would lose him his seat is passing their dumb bills, which is why he never will.
I'm sure Trump is doing everything he can to get more GOP in office!
Not first time he is struggling with using them in attempt trying to be cool.
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https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/859395434439221252
Electric Eye
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Looks like someone explained how it works to him and he's now repeating it as some kind of newfound revelation no one knew about. What an idiot.
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