Posted on 05/30/2017 7:43:47 AM PDT by Helicondelta
President Trump on Tuesday reiterated his call for the Senate to end the legislative filibuster so he could pass his tax reform and healthcare initiatives.
"The U.S. Senate should switch to 51 votes, immediately, and get Healthcare and TAX CUTS approved, fast and easy. Dems would do it, no doubt!" Trump tweeted.
Trump has previously come out in favor of ending the 60-vote threshold to stop debate on a piece of legislation. The 60-vote threshold usually requires a measure of bipartisanship because it's rare that one party holds 60 seats in the upper chamber.
However, Senate Democrats are using that legislative filibuster in order to block most of Trump's agenda. Republicans only hold 52 seats in the Senate, and there are rarely eight Democrats willing to jump across the aisle to vote on a bill that Trump is backing.
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Interesting theory you’ve come up with. Too bad for you Trump has been supportive of the Republicans and critical of the Democrats, so you are making it clear you are not willing to support Trump and his wishes. The Democrats are the ones calling for his impeachment over and over and doing everything they can to paint him as a traitorous criminal; yet you don’t seem to be bothered about them getting in power to give impeachment a try (even though it will be spun as a huge defeat for Trump and a rejection of his agenda if the Dems win). The Republicans won’t rubber stamp whatever he wants, but they are working on trying to find common ground, where our side gets some of what we want and the moderates get some of what they want, which is better than the zero of what we want that we’ll get with the Dems.
Are some Republicans working to take Trump down? Sure, a handful are, especially Justin Amash and on occasion Juan McCain, but the idea the Congress wouldn’t be any worse under the increasingly radical, Marxist left that has taken over the Dem party is mind-boggling coming from a conservative. It’s funny too how the Republican Congressmen that you think are working to impeach Trump haven’t impeached him yet, even though they are the ones in power and can do it any time they wish.
Refuse to vote in Trump’s interests if you wish, but letting the Dems get the Congress will make his presidency a living hell for him, his team, and his agenda. He’s been supportive of all the Republicans in the special elections so far. He knows how important it is to his presidency to keep the Congress out of the hands of the Dems, who have taken Trump Derangement Syndrome to unimaginable heights. The primaries are the time to fight, not the general, especially when Trump’s presidency is riding on the outcome. I hope you’ll change your mind next year once you see Trump campaigning for the Republican candidates and decide to put the president’s interests first over your resentments against the GOP.
What does your statement tell you about the current state of the government? Maybe that some Democrats will lie and say they are Republican to win a race... but not many conservatives will lie and say they are democrat to win a race... we need to clear out the uni-party
“What does your statement tell you about the current state of the government?”
That it is acting against the best interests of its people.
And it hates Trump.
Ergo, Trump needs to get done what he promised.
Using and and all means.
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