Why Did Vice President Pence Shorten His Hawaii Trip to Return to Washington?

IWB ^ | Gabrielle Seunagal

[davikkm]

Hours ago, Vice President Pence made headlines by shortening his trip to Hawaii so that he could fly back to Washington D.C. Pence’s original plans to visit the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor have also been put on hold. Speculations about the swift change of the Vice President’s plans have been attributed to the Friday deadline that Congress must meet in order to pass a new spending package. The impending doom of a government shutdown awaits them if they are not successful. Additionally, the White House is scheduled to release a new tax reform plan this week. Given the following, it makes sense of Pence to return to Washington earlier than he originally planned.

President Trump made it clear that the spending bill should also include a “down payment” on the Southern border wall. Many people believe that this course of action complicates the crafting of the spending bill. Despite these claims, the President insists that the border wall will serve as an effective tool to halt the flow of drugs and other negative influences into this nation. Democrat leader Chuck Schumer declared that Republican leaders should tell the Commander in Chief to deal with the wall “at a later time.”

[Sacajaweau]

Cuz........

[cba123]

Stand firm on the wall payment Mr. President.

Do not back down, on this issue.

[rrrod]

NOKO

[davikkm]

Rest:

Moreover, critics have already slammed the upcoming tax plan before its release. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin alleged that the plan would increase the country’s national debt and add to the deficit. Other reports indicated that carbon tax could serve as an offshoot of the tax plan. Democrats favor this idea, while Republicans oppose the notion. So far, there are no answers as to whether or not the tax plan will be “revenue neutral.” The President recently announced that the plan’s rate will range between 15% and 20%, but other reports have cited 28%.

The gridlock and discord in Washington should serve as alarming to each and every American. A government shutdown is a mark of failure and the Friday deadline does not give Washington officials much time to get it together. The confusion associated with tax reform is a very negative indicator, given the catastrophe that ensued from health care reform. Regardless of party affiliations, leaders in Washington need to put egos aside and work together for what is in the best interests of the American people who voted them into office. Hopefully, the Vice President’s early return will engender a positive effect on the success of the spending bill and tax reform.

[RummyChick]

He is backing down on the wall.mexico says it violates a treaty over water flow and they will take it to international court.

[RummyChick]

Carbon tax Gary will push for it. That is Team Kushner.

[Yosemitest]

"Speculations about the swift change of the Vice President’s plans have been attributed to the Friday deadline
that Congress must meet in order to pass a new spending package."

The GOP Has a Nuclear Option ...

... A proposal is being pushed by some Senate Republicans that would seek to ensure that a House-passed bill could be passed intact by only a simple majority of senators.”

“How would that work?
Well, the vice president, of course, is the president of the Senate.
The thinking goes
that if the Senate parliamentarian ruled that parts of the bill can’t be folded into budget reconciliation, Vice President Mike Pence could simply overrule that.
Sen. Rand Paul wants the White House to make that commitment now:
‘That alone, I think, would break the logjam,’ he told reporters Thursday.
Perhaps, but that’s not all it would break.
This would be the executive branch’s changing the rules of the upper legislative body.
Filibusters could be broken, perhaps in any circumstance, at the whim of the vice president.
In honor of a certain former veep, that would be a BFD.”

In comment number 1 of The GOP Has a Nuclear Option ...

... "Under the Budget Act of 1974, which is what governs reconciliation, it is the presiding officer, the vice president of the United States, who rules what is permissible on reconciliation and what is not,” Cruz said.
“And that is a conversation I have been having with a number of my colleagues.” ...

[taildragger]

The same reason Obama is back on American soil proper. If the defecate hits the rotary oscillator soon with the norks, keeping them safe and out of harms way and or risking their capture or worse, is only common sense.

[apillar]

The impending doom of a government shutdown awaits them...

And by "impending doom" of a "government shutdown" (which really isn't because only about 20% shuts down) they mean a paid vacation for some Government Employee's a few tourists inconvenienced at national parks and monuments.

[COBOL2Java]

Speculations about the swift change of the Vice President’s plans have been attributed to the Friday deadline that Congress must meet in order to pass a new spending package.

OR, maybe it's got nothing to do with that, and all to do with what's going on in North Korea.

[StormEye]

" The impending doom of a government shutdown ..."

"Oh the Humanity!" Such suffering. Nobody will survive!

[CARTOUCHE]

New moon tomorrow night. Strategic significance in re: the current NORK issue perhaps?

[Gen.Blather]

“The gridlock and discord in Washington should serve as alarming to each and every American.”

In view of the dramatic differences in outlook and desires between conservatives and Democrats, I would find nothing more alarming than a Nancy Pelosi, for example, praising some piece of bilateral legislation. It would mean that the Republicans (as opposed to conservatives) had capitulated on something designed to bring American citizens further into the 1984 police state.

[LambSlave]

Probably NPRK

[DoodleDawg]

Hopefully, the Vice President’s early return will engender a positive effect on the success of the spending bill and tax reform.

Hope is rarely an effective strategy.

[RummyChick]

Could be. 100 senators going to EOB on Wednesday for briefing on nk

[LS]

There is no “impending doom” of a shutdown, and Trump wins, as I showed in my American Spectator article yesterday.

[kabar]

Getting started early today on your attacks against Trump and his family.

[RummyChick]

Are you trying to claim Gary cohn isnt for carbon tax????

If so..you need to read more.