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Arkansas Granny

(31,519 posts)
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:56 PM Sep 2018

If all of this coming out is true, when will Congress act?


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Yamiche Alcindor

@Yamiche
A former Trump administration official tells me that during budget negotiations with Congress, WH officials would tell lawmakers BEFORE they met w/ Trump that no matter what Trump said, the WH would NOT commit to the deals Trump made. It was to thwart Trump's in the room deals.
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If all of this coming out is true, when will Congress act? (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Sep 2018 OP
Congress will not act, at least not this Congress. LonePirate Sep 2018 #1
Who is making these big decisions? dewsgirl Sep 2018 #2
"anonymous senior officials." And apparently, we're supposed to be cool ecstatic Sep 2018 #12
They will act... CincyDem Sep 2018 #3
And when they stop getting their money. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #6
Yep. CincyDem Sep 2018 #7
It's NOT Congress! It's Republicans! Please don't use RW framing as they try to spread responsibilty Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #4
As soon as Turbineguy Sep 2018 #5
FORMER? If you're former stop hiding! Roland99 Sep 2018 #8
only when republicans have lost sufficient power. janterry Sep 2018 #9
Never. milestogo Sep 2018 #10
It seems the consensus is that Congress won't act. I'm inclined to agree. Arkansas Granny Sep 2018 #11

ecstatic

(32,715 posts)
12. "anonymous senior officials." And apparently, we're supposed to be cool
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 08:56 PM
Sep 2018

with anonymous conservative resisters' ideas of what saving the country means.

CincyDem

(6,366 posts)
3. They will act...
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 08:04 PM
Sep 2018

...when they stop getting their judges.

...when the stop getting their tax breaks.

...when they stop getting their social services cuts.

...when they get their hands on social security dollars, Medicare dollars and out 401k money.

...when the stop getting their defense over spending.

The , and only then will they act.

 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
9. only when republicans have lost sufficient power.
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 08:30 PM
Sep 2018

They won't act out of moral creed, but out of political bankruptcy.

Arkansas Granny

(31,519 posts)
11. It seems the consensus is that Congress won't act. I'm inclined to agree.
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 08:41 PM
Sep 2018

Its pretty disgusting to see that Republicans will stick to Trump regardless what he does or the detrimental effect it has on the country, just so they retain power. They're as bad as Trump.

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