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Congress doing bare minimum to keep government running [kicking can - again]
WTOP News (Washington DC) ^ | April 27, 2017 5:32 pm | AP

Posted on 04/27/2017 4:07:36 PM PDT by COBOL2Java

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is doing the bare minimum to keep the country running, readying a short-term spending bill to keep the lights on in government past Saturday, when President Donald Trump will mark his 100th day in office.

The short-term legislation will carry through next week, giving lawmakers more time to complete negotiations on a $1 trillion government-wide spending bill for the remainder of the 2017 budget year. The government is currently operating under spending legislation that expires Friday at midnight, so action is required before then.

In addition to the failure to come up with a spending deal that could pass ahead of Trump’s 100-day mark, the House GOP looked unlikely to give Trump a victory on health care before then. A revised health care bill has won the support of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, holdouts on an earlier version that collapsed last month, but GOP leaders were struggling to round up votes from moderate-leaning Republicans.

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1 posted on 04/27/2017 4:07:37 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
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To: COBOL2Java

The swamp draining of Congress is up to us.

We MUST Cantorize the weasels.

There will be no improvement in Congress until we do.


2 posted on 04/27/2017 4:10:31 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: COBOL2Java

Heaven Forbid we let 17% of the government shut down....

I mean it would be absolute pandemonium!


3 posted on 04/27/2017 4:13:59 PM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: COBOL2Java
Congress doing bare minimum to keep government running

Exactly as it should be.

For the last 100 years, they've done far more than is necessary and now we have Leviathan/Gangster government.

4 posted on 04/27/2017 4:20:58 PM PDT by Spirochete (GOP: Give Obama Power)
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To: GraceG
Heaven Forbid we let 17% of the government shut down....

I mean it would be absolute pandemonium!

Once again the RATs say "Boo!" and the stupid party faints


5 posted on 04/27/2017 4:23:16 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
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To: COBOL2Java

Once again Jon Ossoff’s body double fails epically


6 posted on 04/27/2017 4:31:31 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: COBOL2Java

TERM LIMITS!!!!!!! It’s the only way to clean out this swamp.


7 posted on 04/27/2017 4:34:07 PM PDT by sarasotarepublican (Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason)
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I remember a man that came to Washington vowing a couple dozen times to drain the swamp. I wonder what ever happened to him.


8 posted on 04/27/2017 4:36:17 PM PDT by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: COBOL2Java

PRyno, Mr. Budget Wonk, needs to be fired.


9 posted on 04/27/2017 4:41:02 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: proust
I remember a man that came to Washington vowing a couple dozen times to drain the swamp. I wonder what ever happened to him.


10 posted on 04/27/2017 4:42:46 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
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To: COBOL2Java
[kicking can - again]

Its what they do best!

11 posted on 04/27/2017 4:45:04 PM PDT by Don Corleone (.leave the gun, take the canolis, take it to the mattress.)
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I remember a man that came to Washington vowing a couple dozen times to drain the swamp. I wonder what ever happened to him.

Are you advocating for the Executive to take over the Legislature?

12 posted on 04/27/2017 4:46:20 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: COBOL2Java

He’s dead. I recall the SC in May 1995 voted 5-4 to not to allow term limits to be placed on Congress persons. Not a good end for what was fought for


13 posted on 04/27/2017 4:49:22 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (If America Cared would a moslem cair?)
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To: COBOL2Java

The Gang of 535, aka CONgre$$, sure like the paychecks and benefits. They should all RESIGN. 320+ million Americans. We all know better Americans than these creeps.


14 posted on 04/27/2017 4:52:54 PM PDT by PGalt
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I’ve read Ryan remains popular in his district. We may hate him for the rino snake that he is but l don’t see him losing the Speaker. He’s and his gang of “moderates” are as big a problem as Chuckee Schmukee


15 posted on 04/27/2017 4:57:00 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: COBOL2Java

Chuck Schumer looks like a character in a Hieronymous Bosch painting.


16 posted on 04/27/2017 4:58:57 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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Actually whenever the Rats meet it looks like a Bosch painting.


17 posted on 04/27/2017 5:08:27 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Future Snake Eater
"Are you advocating for the Executive to take over the Legislature? "

Why not? The "Legislature" these days doesn't seem
to be able to do its job. The Democrats did not seem to mind
when their Executive started legislating with his
executive orders the previous eight years. Maybe Trump should
do the same.

19 posted on 04/27/2017 5:16:48 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: sarasotarepublican

We have term limits, we just have to use them.
Stop voting for weasels.
We showed you how it is done in June of 2014 when we kicked out the sitting Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a primary.


20 posted on 04/27/2017 5:19:30 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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