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Trump beats Obama engagement with Congress, say friend and foe
Washington Examiner ^ | 1/2/17 | Susan Crabtree

Posted on 01/02/2017 9:29:59 AM PST by GonzoII

President-elect Trump is taking a far more hands-on approach to working with Congress than his senator-turned-president predecessor.

President Obama spent four years in the upper chamber, working closely with many colleagues on both sides of the aisle, but when voters sent him to the White House, he notoriously gave Capitol Hill the cold shoulder. Former congressional colleagues, even some of his biggest supporters, often described him as distant and aloof, a no-drama leadership style that eschewed President George W. Bush's chummy nicknaming of lawmakers who he cultivated with regular White House lunch and dinner invitations.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; congress; house; obama; senate; trump
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To: stylin19a

Bullcrap. He never convened 1 meeting of his own sub-committee.
He was an absentee landlord.
His face should have been on a milk carton.

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LOL. You’re so right. His entire career, except for the damage, has been one big zero.


21 posted on 01/02/2017 10:23:39 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: GonzoII

President Trump’s desire to work with Congress is likely to fail due to two things: the Democrats are not interested in working with him and neither are a sizable minority of Republicans.


22 posted on 01/02/2017 10:27:59 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: stylin19a

He had as many friends there as Cruz, and for the same reason - endless self-promotion.


23 posted on 01/02/2017 10:38:25 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: GonzoII
"President-elect Trump is taking a far more hands-on approach to working with Congress than his senatorcommunity-organizer-turned-president predecessor."

There, fixed it!

24 posted on 01/02/2017 10:40:34 AM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D. - What Would Jack Bauer Do?)
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To: GonzoII

“It’s not clear if Trump will keep up the phone-call diplomacy, and there are limits to how effective it can be over time, veteran GOP operatives warn.”

Yeah, ok Little Marco’s chief of staff - who do I think is more effective and has much more success, you? or Trump?

Cracks me up how many ‘wannabe’s’ tell The Doer how to get things accomplished.


25 posted on 01/02/2017 12:10:22 PM PST by time4good
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