McConnell and Ryan are wasting time.
Is it not apparent that both of them tried a little end run yesterday morning and Trump yanked them all with the stage hook within minutes?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3510419/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3510389/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3510487/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3510519/posts
Try as they may, we know who is in charge and now he will constantly reinforce that, every hour it is needed. They thought they had a lul between Congress coming back into session and the inauguration. Their assumptions were thrown in their faces like elephant dung. That stupid thing about the Ethics Board they started off with would have been three weeks or more of very bad press, rightfully so, and Trump deep sixed it in one tweet. Essentially pulling their carcasses out of the fire. He saved them and now they know it.
Now, when he says jump, they will but he is smart enough to know he has to keep his eye on them.