Posted on 03/22/2018 1:30:09 PM PDT by Sopater
That’s what the GOP does best...sells us out.
BOHICA.
“ if we have yo shut down the government we will but we will build that wall” donald j. Trump. To get my vote!!
All of those suck, but #9 is a real turd in the punchbowl - rewarding those with student loan forgiveness who will be leftie govt and nonprofit stooges.
What a kick in the shins to hard working taxpayers.
I can’t wait until Ryan leaves.
There’s only 10?
11. Adds back all the funding cut from the IRS over the Lois Learner scandal and is even over $400 million more than President Trump requested.
I was leaning toward voting in the congressional election this November.
"I know how to get the rest to lie less."
Wouldn’t it be better to have a list on when the Republicans Did NOT sell us out??
There is no question Ryan and McConnell simply gave up and surrendered here. However, it is important to also add context. This is an election year. This is an election year budget.
Not excusing their ducking the hard votes, but what I think they did was simply to take the easy (cowardly?) way out and then try and get Trump to make the hard vetoes and blame him for any certain political fallout.
Right now the deck is stacked against Republicans. If they simply hold the line on spending then the NYTimes, the WaPo, CNNNBCABCCBS, and all the others show individual Republicans as pushing grandma off a cliff while forced to eat dog food.
I am certainly not happy the way they weaseled out of any responsibility whatsoever, but context is also needed. I would be somewhat comforted if I knew they would fix much of this after the election. They won’t. Therefore there is little solace to be had.
Yes, there are more. What about the 30 to 60 billion to the insurance companies for rate stabilization which is propping up much of the Obamacare regulatory burden, for instance.
White House just tweeted:
President Trump has succeeded in securing funding for priorities that protect and support all Americans.
So, no veto should be expected.
Conservatives vote, too. But they won’t this year.
It’s what the gop wants.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.