“Under no circumstances during a government shutdown will any government owned, rented, leased or chartered aircraft support any Congressional delegation, without the express written approval of the White House Chief of Staff,” wrote Russell Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget.
“Nor will any funds appropriated to the Executive Branch be used for any Congressional delegation travel expenses, without his express written approval,” Vought’s memo said.
My prediction is that he starts to lay off Government workers at the 30 day point. Hopefully RAT leadership since any furloughed employee at the 30 day point needs no reason to be let go .
And I want to know when he's going to open that "full-scale probe into Feinstein’s handling of the Blasey-Ford allegations" that he promised last September 30th.
As true about Trump as Lincoln said about Grant, "this man fights."
There can be no doubt that Congress has so many privileges that they abuse and that they have become out of touch with their constituents, aided and abetted by having the luxury to become entirely consumed by petty concerns. They need to be grounded in the traditional sense.
Force them to the table, order Krispy Kremes… we are gonna be here a while.
Oh noes! They might shut down AOCs snow cone machine.
This is good because then, much as they are going to try to spin it as a personal thing against Pelosi, that accusation will really get no traction.
He’s applying it fairly, across the board. And it’s a reasonable decision.
Take away their perks. Make Nancy feel pain.
Carrot and stick. Classic.
To pay for the wall, Trump needs to impose a tax on all money transfers to Mexico.