First take; one congress can not pass legislation preventing nullification by a future congress.
And there are those here trying to say "Have no fear! Take courage, everyone! The 2018 budget will be better! It will be different!"
It just keeps getting worse and worse. There is no way to positively spin this anymore. Trump is not “playing 3 dimensional chess” either. We lost. Big. And I don’t know if we can recover.
Not only does it not fund the border wall, but it prevents the government from constructing a border wall with any funds.
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Is there a source for the actual wording?
I find hard to believe Trump is “happy” with any legislation that precludes construction of a border wall. That said, Perez, as despicable as he is, is right. This appears indeed like a resounding victory for the dems and their La Raza allies.
Establishment Repubs are craven, cowardly invertebrates. From the failed Obamacare repeal, to the wall, to budget priorities, the only thing those losers are capable of is wearing out kneepads at an alarming rate.
Not much else he can say.
He doesn't want a shutdown especially after his and Ryan's health care fiasco.
Spicer said yesterday that the Trump admin wasn’t supposed to have anything to do with fiscal 2017 because that was Obama’s. Spicer said it was an unexpected advantage to get to have anything to do with it and that they got a lot in for the border and military.
It is patently true that we are now eating ourselves. What a lie, at least if one just reads the cited article. Nothing from the article can be construed as explicitly "outlawing" the building of the wall in the future.
At the end of the article, it is asked:
1) How do Trump supporters feel when they hear the president say he is "very happy" with a bill which outlaws border wall construction?
Why the sensational lie?
I’m angry, disappointed, let down, betrayed.
I do not claim to know if Trump has any grand plan he is saving, but it does appear he has been played, now, in the present.
There is this funding and “his funding” in September; I do not see a difference between now not being able to get the traitorous republicans to do what is right and getting them to do what is right and fund his budget in September; I see no difference.
I see no attempt to call them out, to shame them, to Tweet or teleconference to the American people whose fault this is. This is the greatest part in all of this. I do understand everyone here’s frustration, anger, and yes, sadness.
Remember that everything we read and see is distilled by the media.
The media is masterful at changing the hearts and minds of those who it targets.
Read the bill, and stop reading the articles.
I don’t see anything surprising at all with this. The Republicans are just as they were before the election and prove the point after the election. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS EVERYTHING!
The only thing on a congressman or senator’s mind is to do things that will get him reelected...nothing more. To hell with doing what is best for the country and the protection of our freedoms. Getting rich while in office is the fruit they reach for on the tree of corruption.
When they made Paul Ryan Speaker of the House and turned their backs on Neut Gingrich, we all knew “the fix was in.”
We have no representation in Congress simply because “one hand washes the other” and in elected government the phrase becomes “one hand greases the palms of another”.
The only thing we have left is Trump, and by his independent actions we just may be able to save our heritage and country if enough pressure is placed by society to make each individual responsible for their own actions and situations. If that does not occur, our culture and country is “headed to the shitter with old Tex Ritter!”
Well if he isn’t then that is sheer incompetence. This budget wasn’t unexpected. If he didn’t know it was coming, and will come again in a few months, he should step down.
His silence on this speaks volumes. No bully pulpit. Really? Growaset.
So is he incompetent or complicit in this budget?
Shouts a great game, doesn’t knock it out of the park. Heck 100 days of great executive orders. Sending troops to pour out their blood like water in another Muslim civil war.
What were his 100 day promises? I don’t rember sit down and shut up being one. It’s a bit amusing, in a pathetic way.. being led by the nose by the swamptocrats.
We are quickly approaching a tipping point where elections may be too civil. Dennis Prager and several others are currently writing on that point. It is doubtful that the conservatives will start it or will willingly take action, but the left is turning violent. If the history of the progressives in an indication, they will be premature in the ejaculaton of their plot. We can only hope.
Where are all the Trumpbots telling us how strategic and cool this is?
Trump hasn’t solved every problem in 94 days. I hate him. What a sell out.
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I would buy a few to get rid of the illegals and their drug smuggling and gangs. I'm sure many conservatives would too. If you have young children it could help with college funding. Or your or their protection.
VETO IT.
Force them to start again
We spent eight years without a budget. Why get sticky about having one now?
No more Republican votes for me. Finished. They had their chance. They are no better than the dems. f*ck em.