Posted on 11/23/2016 3:47:26 AM PST by spintreebob
NBC/Survey Monkey. As of October 23, 2016.
It is no surprise that Democrats in the U.S. Congress will oppose Donald Trump but the most important resistance to fulfilling the president-elect's agenda is beginning to emerge from Republicans on Capitol Hill.
The party held onto control of the Senate at the Nov. 8 election but by only a thin margin, putting powerful swing votes in just a few hands.
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When politicians disagree with each other it isn't always pro or anti Trump... or pro or anti Obama. Sometimes the politicians are motivated by their promises to voters. Sometimes by their own understanding of the facts of the situation. Sometimes by lobbyist and donor interests.
My understanding is that the Democrat Party now holds fewer offices at the national and state levels than at any time since 1929.
But, apparently, Republicans in the Senate can make a wise move by siding with the Democrats.
We’re not likely to see anything from the main MSM outfits that isn’t pure manufactured bovine excrement level propaganda for the duration.
Personally, I’m taking a 180 degree off perspective on anything said or claimed by any of them at this time.
I like the label “fake news”. This could be the end to, or at least a limiter on all the MSM propaganda. Maybe they will never stop lying, but if people refer to it as fake news, maybe some of the mindless readers will get the hint they have been reading lies.
Trying to get GOP Rinos to suck up to the MSM and be praised
The press is not to be trusted. For the truth check his tweets or https://www.greatagain.gov/
The usual RINO culprits:
John McCain,
Lindsy Graham
Lisa Murkowski,
Susan Collins,
Jeff Flake
The only RINO on this list that I accept is Collins from Maine. The rest of the RINOs are from conservative states
and should be primaried. Flake will be sent packing in 2018,
I cannot understand how South Carolinians keep reelecting Graham.
“I like the label “fake news”... if people refer to it as fake news, maybe some of the mindless readers will get the hint”
It’s genius.
Just call it what it is, and hoist them on their own petard.
Why McCain & Graham keep being re-elected? A number of reasons order & weighting are situation dependent. (Talking about primary elections!)
1. Incumbency - habit, name recognition & = powerful stuff!,
2. Divided opposition,
3. Politically incompetent opposition,
4. Cross-over voting.
A Democrat would never oppose his Party. He would be ruined forever. Not so with Republicans. They are honored, acclaimed, admired. What the heck?
Received this email. Have not seen this list before and will do some more research.
PAUL RYAN’S PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS
A List of Republican Budget Cuts
Notice S.S. and the military are NOT on this list .
These are all the programs that the new Republican House has proposed cutting.
Read to the end.
* Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy — $445 million annual savings.
* Save America ‘s Treasures Program — $25 million annual savings.
* International Fund for Ireland — $17 million annual savings.
* Legal Services Corporation — $420 million annual savings.
* National Endowment for the Arts — $167.5 million annual savings.
* National Endowment for the Humanities — $167.5 million annual savings.
* Hope VI Program — $250 million annual savings.
* Amtrak Subsidies — $1.565 billion annual savings.
* Eliminate duplicating education programs — H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon , eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
* U..S. Trade Development Agency — $55 million annual savings.
* Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy — $20 million annual savings.
* Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding — $47 million annual savings.
* John C. Stennis Center Subsidy — $430,000 annual savings.
* Community Development Fund — $4.5 billion annual savings.
* Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid — $24 million annual savings.
* Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half — $7.5 billion annual savings
* Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20% — $600 million annual savings.
* Essential Air Service — $150 million annual savings.
* Technology Innovation Program — $70 million annual savings.
*Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program — $125 million annual savings..
* Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization — $530 million annual savings.
* Beach Replenishment — $95 million annual savings.
* New Starts Transit — $2 billion annual savings.
* Exchange Programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts — $9 million annual savings
* Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants — $2.5 billion annual savings.
* Title X Family Planning — $318 million annual savings.
* Appalachian Regional Commission — $76 million annual savings.
* Economic Development Administration — $293 million annual savings.
* Programs under the National and Community Services Act — $1.15 billion annual savings.
* Applied Research at Department of Energy — $1.27 billion annual savings..
* Freedom CAR and Fuel Partnership — $200 million annual savings..
* Energy Star Program — $52 million annual savings.
*Economic Assistance to Egypt — $250 million annually.
* U.S.Agency for International Development — $1.39 billion annual savings..
* General Assistance to District of Columbia — $210 million annual savings.
* Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority — $150 million annual savings.
*Presidential Campaign Fund — $775 million savings over ten years..
* No funding for federal office space acquisition — $864 million annual savings.
* End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
* Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act — More than $1 billion annually.
* IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget — $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
*Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees — $1 billion total savings.
* Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees — $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
* Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of — $15 billion total savings.
*Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
* Eliminate Mohair Subsidies — $1 million annual savings.
*Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — $12.5 million annual savings.
* Eliminate Market Access Program — $200 million annual savings.
* USDA Sugar Program — $14 million annual savings.
* Subsidy to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) — $93 million annual savings.
* Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program — $56.2 million annual savings.
*Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs — $900 million savings.
* Ready to Learn TV Program — $27 million savings..
* HUD Ph.D. Program.
* Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.
*TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years
The question is, what is all this doing in the budget in the first place ? ? ?
Please Send to everyone you know......... OR WISH TO KNOW .......
OR JUST PLAIN WORTHY OF KNOWING THIS IMPORTANT STUFF ! ! !
You forgot one important item.
Confiscate the Clinton Foundation funds.
Should be worth a few billion to the treasury.
In watching how Trump conducted his campaign and paying close attention to how he’s behaved since the election, I have reason to believe (and hope) that Trump will turn out to be a much more competent adversary to the Gang of Eight and their cohorts than any of his predecessors. Trump is a believer and absolutely committed to the promises he’s made to the American people and I strongly suspect that, should any of the clowns on that list oppose what he was elected to do, he will destroy them - and not in the manner that the Clintons would have used. The remainder will stand around staring at one another wondering, “What the hell just happened...?”
When was the last time we had a president who ran not for his own glorification, but for the sake of the country - someone who neither needed, nor really wanted the job?
I think the “leadership” of the Republican Party is about to find out that they are dealing with something they don’t understand and for which they are utterly unprepared.
not MY list, but your suggestion is great. Clinton cash to the DOJ;)
I can’t stand Collins.
This list is a good start. But we should not end there.
In addition to just cutting money, we should evaluate
what can State and Local government do better than the Feds?
What can private sector do better than government?
Eliminate the ATF. Eliminate Fed taxes on Alcohol, tobacco, firearms. Make it a state and local responsibility with taxes at the state level (if they so choose).
Move some ATF agents to FBI. Others will go voluntarily to state and local law enforcement... or to the private sector.
Get FBI out of bank robbery. That is a state and local issue. FBI should focus on terrorism, cyber-crime, political corruption.
Get the Feds out of transportation. The interstate highway system is done. Mission Accomplished. Now the need is maintenance and spurs and connectors between the highways. Let the states collect all airport, gas, oil, tire and other transportation taxes.
The main function of Transportation projects is to provide bribes to congress to vote for omnibus budgets they would otherwise vote against as line items.
The Clintons sent $1.8 Billion to Qatar shortly before the election according to the Russians. Snopes says not true. I have to admit that I trust the Russians more than the couple skanky commies lying on Snopes
Freepers have such great ideas = I believe President Elect Trump needs to hear from us;).
The mistake of the establishment is that they only talked with others in the establishment. The only way for Trump to not become like them is to have communication with us who are not in the beltway; not in DC-NY-LA-SanJose.
So how do we accomplish this?
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