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Senate McConnell Vents About Trump's 'Excessive Expectations' Regarding Legislation
ABC News ^ | 08/08/17 | ALI ROGIN

Posted on 08/08/2017 1:02:32 PM PDT by Enlightened1

Speaking at a Rotary Club gathering in Kentucky on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vented about how President Donald Trump's lack of political experience has led to him setting “excessive expectations” for legislative priorities.

McConnell, R-Ky., told the group in Florence that he found it “extremely irritating” that Congress has earned the reputation of not accomplishing anything.

“Part of the reason I think that the storyline is that we haven’t done much is because, in part, the president and others have set these early timelines about things need to be done by a certain point,” said McConnell, a Republican and the state’s senior senator.

Trump, a political newcomer, as McConnell noted, has a habit of declaring progress on major priorities that do not necessarily reflect the reality of lawmaking.

For example, as the House was in the midst of negotiations about its Obamacare replacement bill in February, Trump announced that Congress was in the “final stages” of its bill and said it would be ready for “submitting” in March. While the House bill was unveiled in March, that chamber didn’t vote on it until May, and health care votes continued until the end of July.

That sort of disconnect has led to Trump’s expressing disappointment when bills — chief among them health care reform — fail to end up on his desk, even though, as with health care, the political reality indicated all along how difficult it was going to be to pass legislation.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: excessive; expectations; mcconnell; trump
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To: ptsal
My suggestion to McConnell. Get off the dime and start earning your pay. I would fire you if you were my employee, but I can't since you're elected from a State other than mine.

It is trying when someone comes along and requires a day's work for a day's pay when you've been loafing for so long.

21 posted on 08/08/2017 1:31:27 PM PDT by Parmy
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To: Enlightened1

A real accomplishment would be if Mitch decided not to come back from vacation and kick back in retirement. I don’t expect any such gift, however. He has to continue to be a major obstacle to much of the Administration’s agenda.


22 posted on 08/08/2017 1:35:45 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Enlightened1

What a pathetic losah turd-le ...


23 posted on 08/08/2017 1:36:21 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth ( Freep u, Schmucky)
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To: Enlightened1

I seem to recall Newt’s contract with America. They accomplished a lot in just 100 days.


24 posted on 08/08/2017 1:39:19 PM PDT by nikos1121 (Rudy Guiuliani for Head of FBI)
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To: Enlightened1

If its too much work, resign, you damned old RINO!!


25 posted on 08/08/2017 1:40:32 PM PDT by ZULU (DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN AND MCCONNELL!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: Enlightened1

Dear Senator McConnell, the GOP promised to repeal Zero-Care and substantially lower income taxes....for years and years

at least get those two things done...please!

otherwise, frankly, there’s no point in supporting or voting GOP anymore


26 posted on 08/08/2017 1:43:00 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: Enlightened1

How can we expect Congress critters to act with the speed and decisiveness of a google, facebook, IBM or Real Estate deal?

McConnell, McCain and others have been there for decades now. Can they be expected to suddenly change their stripes?


27 posted on 08/08/2017 1:43:06 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: nikos1121

A government run like this early on in our Republic would have ended the country as we know it. The future is looking just as bleak.


28 posted on 08/08/2017 1:44:02 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: McGavin999
Well Mitch, we all kinda though 7 years would be enough time. How much time do you need?

Well, it took Moses 40 years to wander through the desert, so maybe Mitch just needs a GPS to wander in a straight line.

29 posted on 08/08/2017 1:50:21 PM PDT by Bernard (If we could tax Stupid, Congress could balance the budget)
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To: Enlightened1

What a whiny little bitch.


30 posted on 08/08/2017 2:02:44 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Enlightened1

Do not necessarily reflect the reality of lawmaking.
Translation: He won’t take bribes and intends to do what he said not a good old boy member we are not amused.


31 posted on 08/08/2017 2:04:42 PM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: Enlightened1
The (R) senate passed all those bills under Obama to end OCare because they knew it was all for show and looked good to the deplorables back home.
But with someone in office that can get things done. Now all of a sudden, they don't have a plan and it takes time.
In other words. Their lazy and just there for the kickbacks.

Ed

32 posted on 08/08/2017 2:16:47 PM PDT by husky ed (FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
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To: Enlightened1

You expect us to do something?! We’re Republicans!


33 posted on 08/08/2017 2:19:07 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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To: mrmeyer

Mitch didn’t know the count before he took to vote on the healthcare. If he knew three were not going to vote he shouldn’t have taken the vote. Or Mitch wanted it to fail. What a sniveling embarrassment this man is.


34 posted on 08/08/2017 2:25:31 PM PDT by magua
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To: YogicCowboy
rinos
35 posted on 08/08/2017 2:27:13 PM PDT by timestax
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To: InsidiousMongo

Worst Majority Leader in history. And the laziest, and the most dishonest (promised to repeal obamacare). This is his legacy.


36 posted on 08/08/2017 2:35:10 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Enlightened1

At this point MITCH if the only thing Trump accomplishes is the repeal of the 17th Ammendment and turn the selection of Senate back to state legislators you and the wifey can retire to your blue grass farm and vegitate while you slowly rotate...


37 posted on 08/08/2017 2:39:03 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Enlightened1

It is not just the POTUS who has these expectations, it is all of America. Congress deserves their reputation of being “slow walkers.” When has any of the investigative committees ever resulted in or produced an indictment??


38 posted on 08/08/2017 2:51:34 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Enlightened1

I think name calling is a poor excuse for a reasoned argument but............in a slam dunk contest it is okay to call Mitch turtle face.


39 posted on 08/08/2017 3:02:28 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Libs put feelings first and thought second.)
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To: Enlightened1

Hey Mitch...the House only worked 8 days in April. Checkmate.


40 posted on 08/08/2017 3:12:22 PM PDT by stylin19a (Lynch & Clinton - Snakes on a Plane)
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