Posted on 02/03/2025 10:30:29 AM PST by RandFan
House lawmakers return to Washington this week, where the primary question will be whether Budget Committee Republicans can come to an agreement to mark up a budget resolution that gets the ball rolling on the budget reconciliation process needed to advance President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.
Given the pace of Congress, it could be hard for them to keep up with the speed of President Donald Trump’s executive agenda — which in the last several days has included sweeping new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, and a potential effort to restructure the U.S. Agency for International Development.
“USAID, run by radical lunatics, and we’re getting them out, and then we’ll make a decision,” Trump told reporters Sunday.
Elon Musk, a top adviser to the president, said during a livestream on his X platform late Sunday night that Trump agreed with him about wanting to eliminate USAID.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who joined the livestream, said that the new administration and the Congress need to work quickly to have accomplishments ahead of the midterms.
“We all know there’s going to be bumps along the way,” Ernst said. “Of course there are, because we’re moving at the speed of relevance here, but we’ve got to get in there and make an impact so that our constituents can actually see the benefits. Because we’ve got a tough … mid-presidential year election coming up in 2026, and we cannot lose the House or the Senate, because then the president will be dead in the water.”
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GOP has messed up before when holding all branches of gov't and basically squandered it. Yes, I'm thinking of Bush.
“GOP has messed up before when holding all branches of gov’t and basically squandered it. Yes, I’m thinking of Bush.”
I’m thinking of DJT.
Its happened twice then in recent memory
It can’t happen again.
I do think this time will be a different experience
Trump is moving with some purpose
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