Posted on 05/02/2017 9:46:09 AM PDT by EXCH54FE
Democrats think they have set the stage to block President Trump’s legislative priorities for years to come by winning major concessions in a spending bill to keep the government open.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) secured nearly $5 billion in new domestic spending by exploiting disagreements between Trump and GOP lawmakers over spending priorities.
Democrats’ lopsided victory on the five-month deal, which is likely to be approved this week, means it will be very difficult — if not impossible — for the GOP to exert its will in future budget negotiations, including when it comes to Trump’s 2018 budget blueprint.
That’s because Republicans are hopelessly divided over how much to spend on government programs, with a small but vocal minority unwilling to support such measures at all. That has forced Republicans to work with Democrats to avoid politically damaging government shutdowns.
And that means Democrats are in the driver’s seat when it comes to budget battles, even with Trump in the White House.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Why shouldn’t the Democrats be confident?
They have effective control of Congress because of their friend and ally Paul Ryan, who also wants to stymie President Trump’s agenda.
eight years without a budget... why would we let that stop us now?
just do exactly what 0bama did... spend where needed and don’t ask permission
let them enjoy it for a while
Well to be fair; it’s not just the democrats who have blocked Trump on this spending bill.
Plenty of Repubs have also joined in. They too have sabotaged things and averted real progress.
Paul Ryan is George Soros’ highest paid Republican employee.
http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/12-top-republicans-backed-by-soros-in-2016/
Build and man the Wall with Foggy Bottom’s budget.
You give the GOP the WH, the House and the Senate and they still can’t do it because of the democrats.
We are on our last leg. Get rid of the filabuster.
Yep, it is time to go back to the 51 Rule, the hell with this 60 vote BS. It is also time to vote a lot of these life-time office holders OUT.
Why, those sly little Democrats, even when they lose, they win.
Like a puppy on a tether, they come out yipping and all ferocity, charging fearlessly.
Until they hit the end of the tether. Then astonishingly, they flip up and backward, knocking themselves silly. They get up, dazed, then go off yipping and all ferocity, at something else.
The tactics do not change, only the object of their ferocity.
Agreed, 100%.
there. fixed it.
Yep, and Sadly it looks like they did just that. However Trump can still VETO this bill (not that he will).
Democrats' lopsided victory on the five-month deal, which is likely to be approved this week, means it will be very difficult -- if not impossible -- for the GOP to exert its will in future budget negotiations ...
That reads like nonsense to me, or a wishful conclusion. The fact that Congress more or less carried the 2017 budget (an Obama budget) through to its conclusion signals darn little in the way of the chances of any later budget.
Plus, if this was a "lopsided victory" for the DEMs, doesn't that signal that the GOP will is roughly in harmony with the DEM will?
"Broad bipartisan agreement this time signals disagreement in the future!"
This article is pure agitprop.
Folks...I trust Trump...he has outfoxed both the Republican & Democrat Establishment, because he thinks differently then they do!!! Let the failing Democrat scum gloat...they are going nowhere!!! Yes, there will be a wall built, yes Obamacare will be repealed, Yes, our military will once again be the strongest in the world, Yes, tax reform bills will go through, Yes........ there will be an authorized, approved “Infrastructure” bill passed and, signed by POTUS, Trump!!!
Actually shutting this government down for a good period of time would be a great thing for our country, IMHO!!!
And,. of course no back pay for the Federal Government, non essential employees, who are naught, but, lazy scum & vermin!!!
I agree he could, and should, but he won't.
I thought he had already signed it.
ALIPAC withdrawing support of Trump . Not sure how big they are
https://www.alipac.us/f8/alipacs-open-letter-regarding-trumps-lost-endorsement-346650/
Lawmakers passed a weeklong stop-gap spending bill Friday, which Trump signed. But I didn’t think he signed the budget in question yet.
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