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Democrats confident they can block Trump’s agenda after spending-bill win
Washington Post ^ | May 1, 2017 | Kelsey Snell and John Wagner

Posted on 05/01/2017 5:56:56 PM PDT by detective

Democrats believe they have set the stage to block President Trump’s legislative priorities for years to come by winning major concessions in a spending bill to keep the government open.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) secured nearly $5 billion in new domestic spending by exploiting disagreements between President Trump and GOP lawmakers over spending priorities.

Democrats’ lopsided victory on the five-month deal, which is likely to be approved this week, means it will be very difficult — if not impossible — for the GOP to exert its will in future budget negotiations, including when it comes to Trump’s 2018 budget blueprint.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: 115th; 3dchess; 8dchess; banfakenews; democrats; federalspending; pelosi; schumer; second100days; trumpbudget
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To: arthurus

This is so sadly true.

Maybe eventually, vigilante justice will be “the law”.


121 posted on 05/01/2017 8:49:19 PM PDT by Kalamata
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
You wouldn't know it by all of the gloating Shumer, Pelosi and the fake news media are doing.
122 posted on 05/01/2017 10:35:01 PM PDT by martinidon
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To: MaxistheBest

You’re right. Just like all the illegals didn’t just show up overnight; it will take years of a steady flow out for it to correct itself.

Hopefully the illegals will get to the point they would rather self deport so they can come back later rather that wait to get a traffic ticket, get on the radar, then deported and told if they come back it’s an automatic year in prison and goes up from there. I want to believe most the illegals did come here for a better life but should not have come without permission which is as much our fault as it is their for being so lenient about it for so long.

States like California is where the biggest problems are due to their extremely high illegal population. Gotta get rid of that dang anchor baby loophole too.


123 posted on 05/01/2017 11:04:26 PM PDT by Boomer (The MSM and Radicalized Dem Party are One and the SAME!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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So by your definition,President Trump lining up with the cucks is a good thing?

124 posted on 05/02/2017 2:27:13 AM PDT by SanchoP
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To: Rome2000
"Trump had better start cracking skulls, they are going to crucify him if he doesn’t come down with an iron fist."

Starting with Paul Ryan who Trump keeps supporting and and saying good thing about.

125 posted on 05/02/2017 3:21:50 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

By thunder! I hope you are right. The smirking and sneering of Shumer and Pelosi is too much!


126 posted on 05/02/2017 3:42:06 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: dp0622
I would imagine he signs it to prevent open war between him and the RINOs and to not give the Dems more ammo to claim he "shut down the government because he's so divisive he can't even get along with his own Party".

He's smart enough to know what it would do the our future and will find ways to leverage them at a better time.

127 posted on 05/02/2017 3:45:10 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: detective

Why the hell did i vote republican?


128 posted on 05/02/2017 4:01:44 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (President Trump makes obammy look like the punk he is.)
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To: Badboo

The problem is baseline budgeting.


129 posted on 05/02/2017 5:32:51 PM PDT by Rebelrage ("To crush your enemies -- See them driven, and to hear the lamentation of their women")
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To: JPJones

What do you mean?
A continuing resolution needs 60 senate votes, and is just left over from obamas 2017 budget (had he done his job of a full budget we would not even have a continuing resolution)
In September only 50 senate votes are needed.
And Trump got somethings he wanted in this continuing resolution.
How is that not winning?


130 posted on 05/03/2017 1:14:52 AM PDT by Toughluck_freeper
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