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An impatient President Trump is putting new pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to get rid of the filibuster in order to speed progress on legislation repealing ObamaCare and reforming the tax code.
In a message posted Tuesday on Twitter, Trump urged Republican senators to invoke the so-called nuclear option and “switch to 51 votes, immediately, and get Healthcare and TAX CUTS approved, fast and easy.”
Trump also suggested his party wasn’t as cutthroat as Democrats when it comes to passing legislation, writing, “Dems would do it, no doubt!”
It’s just Trump’s latest attempt to press McConnell to eliminate the power to filibuster legislation, something Republican lawmakers firmly rejected when the president floated the idea only a few weeks ago.
That he used Twitter to do so was no surprise — but may have irritated McConnell, who has urged the president to rethink his use of social media.
Tuesday’s tweet indicates the president’s patience on his legislative agenda is waning.
McConnell has downplayed expectations, repeatedly refusing to put a timeline on the ObamaCare fight even as Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) have raised pressure.
McConnell also has raised doubts over whether there is even a path to passing a bill, telling Reuters, “I don’t know how we get to 50 [votes] at the moment.”
He did warn earlier this month that “we can’t take forever.”
Other Senate Republicans have suggested an informal goal of holding a healthcare vote before the August recess, just days before Trump’s 200th day in office.
GOP leaders hope to have the first draft completed by the time lawmakers return to Washington next week from the Memorial Day recess.
On tax reform, McConnell has sounded more optimistic, saying prospects are “pretty good.”
The tacit message to colleagues: Don’t let an interminable debate over healthcare derail tax reform.
Yet Senate Republicans can’t even get to tax reform until they conclude work on ObamaCare.
The GOP is using special budgetary rules to pass both measures with just 51 votes. But it can’t complete tax reform until it finishes work on healthcare, because the tax reform bill is subject to a 2018 budget that assumes savings on ObamaCare legislation passed for the 2017 fiscal year.
Once senators pass a new budget resolution to create a special reconciliation vehicle for tax reform, they will no longer be able to use the one they now plan to use to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
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Thank god. This was downright embarrassing. Happy to see her being utterly shunned.
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You don't get much more anti-trump than pretending you're a member of ISIS holding his severed head in your hands.
Like really, what was even her goal with that?
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You know the DNC is total shit when even Hillary Clinton says it was/is worthless.
Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the Democratic National Committee gave her “nothing” after she clinched the nomination.
“I set up my campaign and we have our own data operation. I get the nomination. So I’m now the nominee from the Democratic Party. I inherit nothing from the Democratic Party. I mean, it was bankrupt,” she said at the Code Conference in California.
“I had to inject money into it to keep it going.”
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On June 01 2017 07:50 killa_robot wrote:You don't get much more anti-trump then pretending you're a member of ISIS holding his severed head in your hands. Like really, what was even her goal with that?
"I'm trying to be relevant again!"
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^ Pretty much as well as once again failing to be funny.
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United Kingdom13775 Posts
On June 01 2017 07:53 GreenHorizons wrote:You know the DNC is total shit when even Hillary Clinton says it was/is worthless. Show nested quote +Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the Democratic National Committee gave her “nothing” after she clinched the nomination.
“I set up my campaign and we have our own data operation. I get the nomination. So I’m now the nominee from the Democratic Party. I inherit nothing from the Democratic Party. I mean, it was bankrupt,” she said at the Code Conference in California.
“I had to inject money into it to keep it going.”
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Well now I'm starting to almost feel sympathy for ded party. They gave her the nomination and suffered getting Russiaroll'd and she still throws them under the bus.
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This further evidence the narrative from the The War Room was right and everyone involved in an election has no idea what they are doing.
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That's Clinton in a nutshell. Hell I wouldn't be surprised if her new progressive fundraising group was just to funnel money for her next campaign for Mayor, or God forbid POTUS.
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Ohio is officially off my shit list for being the first one to pull the trigger on this. About fucking time drugs companies got some bad press raking in pain killer profits and not ever wondering, "maybe this is terrible".
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On June 01 2017 07:53 GreenHorizons wrote:You know the DNC is total shit when even Hillary Clinton says it was/is worthless. Show nested quote +Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the Democratic National Committee gave her “nothing” after she clinched the nomination.
“I set up my campaign and we have our own data operation. I get the nomination. So I’m now the nominee from the Democratic Party. I inherit nothing from the Democratic Party. I mean, it was bankrupt,” she said at the Code Conference in California.
“I had to inject money into it to keep it going.”
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If she's right that doesn't help the argument that the DNC's favoritism of Hillary was consequential.
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United Kingdom13775 Posts
Far as how covfefe may have happened, sometimes iPhones are retarded and ignore a random 90% of what you type, leaving nonsense in its wake. Trump probably isn't the type to proofread.
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On June 01 2017 07:42 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:Show nested quote +An impatient President Trump is putting new pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to get rid of the filibuster in order to speed progress on legislation repealing ObamaCare and reforming the tax code.
In a message posted Tuesday on Twitter, Trump urged Republican senators to invoke the so-called nuclear option and “switch to 51 votes, immediately, and get Healthcare and TAX CUTS approved, fast and easy.”
Trump also suggested his party wasn’t as cutthroat as Democrats when it comes to passing legislation, writing, “Dems would do it, no doubt!”
It’s just Trump’s latest attempt to press McConnell to eliminate the power to filibuster legislation, something Republican lawmakers firmly rejected when the president floated the idea only a few weeks ago.
That he used Twitter to do so was no surprise — but may have irritated McConnell, who has urged the president to rethink his use of social media.
Tuesday’s tweet indicates the president’s patience on his legislative agenda is waning.
McConnell has downplayed expectations, repeatedly refusing to put a timeline on the ObamaCare fight even as Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) have raised pressure.
McConnell also has raised doubts over whether there is even a path to passing a bill, telling Reuters, “I don’t know how we get to 50 [votes] at the moment.”
He did warn earlier this month that “we can’t take forever.”
Other Senate Republicans have suggested an informal goal of holding a healthcare vote before the August recess, just days before Trump’s 200th day in office.
GOP leaders hope to have the first draft completed by the time lawmakers return to Washington next week from the Memorial Day recess.
On tax reform, McConnell has sounded more optimistic, saying prospects are “pretty good.”
The tacit message to colleagues: Don’t let an interminable debate over healthcare derail tax reform.
Yet Senate Republicans can’t even get to tax reform until they conclude work on ObamaCare.
The GOP is using special budgetary rules to pass both measures with just 51 votes. But it can’t complete tax reform until it finishes work on healthcare, because the tax reform bill is subject to a 2018 budget that assumes savings on ObamaCare legislation passed for the 2017 fiscal year.
Once senators pass a new budget resolution to create a special reconciliation vehicle for tax reform, they will no longer be able to use the one they now plan to use to repeal and replace ObamaCare. Source
One wonders if Trump is actually unaware that healthcare and tax reform are already being pursued with 51 vote strategies. This is why, in a way, Democrats should hope that Trump does complete his first term.
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On June 01 2017 08:57 LegalLord wrote:
Far as how covfefe may have happened, sometimes iPhones are retarded and ignore a random 90% of what you type, leaving nonsense in its wake. Trump probably isn't the type to proofread.
And what happened to the rest of the tweet?
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On June 01 2017 08:52 Plansix wrote:https://twitter.com/NPR/status/870054785927454720Ohio is officially off my shit list for being the first one to pull the trigger on this. About fucking time drugs companies got some bad press raking in pain killer profits and not ever wondering, "maybe this is terrible".
It's even more impressive when you consider how many pharmaceuticals have their HQ in Ohio. Would've been the last state I would've guessed to start this, but the opioid epidemic is extremely bad there.
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United Kingdom13775 Posts
On June 01 2017 08:58 KwarK wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2017 08:57 LegalLord wrote:
Far as how covfefe may have happened, sometimes iPhones are retarded and ignore a random 90% of what you type, leaving nonsense in its wake. Trump probably isn't the type to proofread. And what happened to the rest of the tweet?
Lost among that 90%.
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Canada11350 Posts
I think a little more punctuation makes the tweet a little more sensible.
Despite the constant negative press: covfefe!
We still don't know what covfeffe is and perhaps it's still not quite a complete thought but at least we know that through it all we still have covfefe and that is some consolation is it not?
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On June 01 2017 07:19 pmh wrote:
So what does covfefe means? I think he did write it on purpose,like if it would be a keyboard slip it would be something like covferafe or something,covfefe just makes no sense as a spelling mistake.
It's just Bush all over again. Except this time we got memes and plenty of places to highlight the latest POTUS screw up.
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