Posted on 08/24/2017 8:08:02 AM PDT by mandaladon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday congressional leaders could have avoided a legislative "mess" if they had heeded his advice on raising the U.S. debt ceiling, renewing criticism of fellow Republicans whose support he needs to advance his policy agenda.
Trump said he had advised Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan to link passage of legislation raising the debt ceiling to a measure on veterans affairs that he signed on Aug. 12.
"I requested that Mitch M & Paul R tie the Debt Ceiling legislation into the popular V.A. Bill (which just passed) for easy approval," Trump said a in Twitter post.
"They ... didn't do it so now we have a big deal with Dems holding them up (as usual) on Debt Ceiling approval. Could have been so easy-now a mess!" he added, referring to Democrats.
The Treasury Department, already using "extraordinary measures" to remain current on its obligations, has said the limit on the amount the federal government may borrow must be raised by Sept. 29.
The issue is one of the must-pass measures Congress will take up when it returns on Sept. 5 from its August recess. Another is a spending bill: Congress will have about 12 working days from when it returns from the break to approve spending measures to keep the government open.
Trump threatened on Tuesday to shut down the government if Congress failed to secure funding for his long-promised wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
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Unfortunately, having a Dem majority is worse
Reality...no one or at least damn few in DC want Trump to succeed.
And there you have the only valid reason for most of us to vote GOP. A dem House will vote to impeach President Trump.
Primaries are very, very important this year.
Stop spending.
Cut 10% across the board
Or it could have cost him the VA Bill.
Ya.. they could stop over spending. Problem solved.
They didn't tie it to the VA bill because the so-called Republican leaders want to derail Trump with the help of the Dems.
Polite way of pointing out that Ryan and McConnell want the People to fail....
Having a GOP majority in Congress is useless...
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True.
There is one reason that I can think of to keep voting GOP in general.
Kill the Democrats. Once they’re gone, it’s far more likely that the GOP will split into the cucks and the patriots, and then we’ll have a REAL party.
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