Posted on 04/29/2017 2:23:11 PM PDT by Hojczyk
President Trump begins his second 100 days with major campaign promises held hostage by a stubborn Republican Congress even as GOP voters show faith in his leadership.
The repeal of Obamacare was on life support after legislation pushed by the White House was shelved Friday for a second time in weeks amid Republican opposition in the House. The logjam denied the president a key legislative victory in his first 100 days.
The prospects for tax reform were equally uncertain after Republicans two days earlier announced opposition to critical elements of Trump's blueprint. The president was even denied money for construction of a wall along the Southern border in a must-pass spending bill.
The roadblocks have materialized because Republicans in Congress feel empowered to assert independence from Trump on issues of disagreement. That's despite the president receiving high job approval ratings from the Republican voters who elected him.
"It's obvious that there's a lot more undercurrents and undertows and crosscurrents here than maybe the administration originally anticipated," Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., said in an interview with the Washington Examiner. "My first responsibility is to reflect my constituency."
Trump presided over the confirmation of a Supreme Court justice he nominated, signed executive orders to unwind regulations implemented by former President Barack Obama and signed bills undoing laws enacted by his predecessor, putting the little-used Congressional Review Act to effective use.
But the president's goals for reforming healthcare, taxes and immigration, and for rebuilding infrastructure could have a permanent, lasting impact on the country long after his presidency. And, they are either stalled amid Republican infighting or have yet to take flight.
That's because Trump has surprisingly little political influence with conservatives. They represent districts that strongly supported the president in 2016, but bucked him anyway when the original version of the Obamacare
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Ahh ... held hostage by a RINO Establishment Congress.
More despicable than the rats! We truly have a way out of this mess and they stand in the way, we must complete the revolution, we must vote all them out
We need a phone campaign to these idiots.
Time to drain the swamp of these low-life, good-for-nothing scoundrels who get up every day wondering how they can expand their political horizons and future at the expense of America.
AWAY WITH THEM. THROW THE BUMS OUT!!!
The GOP is the most disgusting group of self-serving,
EXEMPT, LIARS on the surface of this planet.
They are the scum that covers the swamp of corruption.
Do Illinois Republicans not want their taxes cut?
We can thank the first George Bush for the mess were in..
Tossed the Reagan agenda the first day..
They need the big tax write of for state and local taxes..
They will pay way more taxes...there all fools for living there
The GOP is the most disgusting group of self-serving,
EXEMPT, LIARS on the surface of this planet.
They are the scum that covers the swamp of corruption.
Another writer falsely trying to blame the Obamacare logjam on conservatives. The Freedom Caucus has been supportive of this latest version (I'd prefer full repeal, of course), but the Tuesday Club types are the ones truly standing in the way. It's probably time to burn up the phone lines, regardless.
”And we will win, and you will win, and we will keep on winning… Believe me. And we will win so much, you will get tired of winning; and you will say: please Mr. Trump, we can’t take all of this winning… And I will say to you, NO. …We will win more, and we will keep winning,.. and we will win, and we will keep on winning…. I love you”…
~ President Donald Trump
The GOP is going to fund abortion mills, not fund The Wall, stop Tax Reform, and will not repeal and replace Obamacare.
There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the Republican Party and the ‘Rats.
Take away the deduction for state income tax and property tax and most people in Illinois will see their federal taxes go up.
David Drucker (whoever he is) has called the truth out!
Forget beating around the bush.
Our savoring of the win has to be cut short as we need to fight the RINOs by calling them and drivnig them crazy.
And tweeting Trump to tell him to turn up the heat man!
Go after Ryan. HE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND.
And don’t let little leftists whisper in your ear in dark corners.
We can elect a GOP majority in 2018 that will act on the President's agendas , instead of acting like a bunch of Democrats trying to save open borders and their illegals as future voters.
In the next two elections, Trump and we can remove these obnoxious and dangerous GOPe's from Congress.
We can elect a GOP majority in 2018 that will act on the President's agendas! Instead of acting like a bunch of Democrats trying to save Obama Care, open borders and their illegals as future voters.
In the next two elections, Trump and we can remove these obnoxious and dangerous GOPe's from Congress.
The whole thing reeks of institutionalized corruption.
I can’t put into words how much I hate that man.
“They need the big tax write off for state & local taxes....”
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Yep, and that is ONE reason for these blue state RINOs to oppose this tax legislation. Many of these same swamp creatures would also vote for a bail-out of Puerto Rico if it came to a vote (which it hopefully never will). The reason is that such a bail-out would set a precedent for later bailing out the spendthrift (i.e., ‘RAT run states such as Illinois, California, Connecticut) states.
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