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Dear Republicans: To end Senate Democrats' obstruction, make them talk,make them work,make them vote
Fox News ^ | May 22, 2018 | Jim DeMint, Adam Brandon

Posted on 05/22/2018 4:28:32 PM PDT by jazusamo

Speaker Newt Gingrich was fond of saying “The Democrats are our adversaries. The Senate is our enemy.” The Senate has long been a frustration to the impatient warriors for change. Its rules and culture are intentionally designed to be slow and deliberative, in contrast to the quick-moving partisan House.

Today, Republicans have control over all the levers of power. The White House, the House, the Senate, the Supreme Court, the state legislatures, and the governors -- they are all dominated by Republicans. The conservative grassroots is rightfully expecting big things after years of promises. And big things are happening. The Trump administration is moving rapidly on a deregulatory agenda to use the administrative powers to advance conservative principles. The states are leading change in a wide range of areas -- right to work, fiscal responsibility, education freedom, and health care, to name a few. And finally, nearly every week, the House of Representatives passes legislation with conservative reforms.

Conspicuously absent is the United States Senate. Other than tax reform and judicial confirmations, the Senate has accomplished very little this year, and restless conservatives are eager for improvement.

In fact, as recently as last week, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., led a group of fifteen Republican senators in sending a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., imploring him to let the Senate work. Outside conservative groups are making the same request.

If senators want to avoid a last minute, $1.3 trillion spending bill in December, fight back against Democratic obstruction and achieve conservative policy victories, they need to double down – before their month-long August break.

Even President Trump has echoed this request, calling on Congress to stay in town until they pass legislation to fund the government.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; democrats; election2018; election2020; mcconnell; obstruction; ussenate
It's a shame McConnell doesn't have the guts to do this.
1 posted on 05/22/2018 4:28:32 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

We need new GOP Senators.

Flake, Corker, Hatch, Heller, Alexander, Graham, McCain, Murkowsky, Hoeven, Rubio, Tillis, Burr, Lankford, Gardner, Cornyn, Cochran, Collins, Sasse, Kennedy, Shelby, Ernst, Blunt, McConnell, Wicker, Portman, Isakson, Johnson, Toomey, Rounds, Thune, Gaines, Barasso and Enzi are all Bush League Republicans hell bent on making America into North Mexico


2 posted on 05/22/2018 4:42:00 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jazusamo

It’s a shame McConnell doesn’t have the guts to do this.
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Well....first, Mitch wants to know what’s in it for China and the open-borders, globalist Camber of Commerce.


3 posted on 05/22/2018 4:49:32 PM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: jazusamo; All
Thank you for referencing that article jazusamo. As usual, please note that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

"the Senate has accomplished very little this year"

FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument

Patriots are reminded that, in peacetime, one of the very few domestic responsibilities that the Founding States have expressly constitutionally delegated to the now very corrupt federal government is to run the US Mail Service (1.8.7).

So the goal of patriots for hopefully two terms for Pres. Trump is the following.

Patriots need to support Trump by electing new faces to Congress in the 2018 midterm elections, new patriot lawmakers that will work with Trump to surrender state powers that previous Congresses have stolen from the states back to the states.

The states ultimately need to repeal the 16th and ill-conceived 17th Amendments to make the surrender of state powers as permanent as possible.

Once this is done, and military, trade and treaty duties aside, hopefully all bigwig members of the three branches will be able to use the government time that their predecessors used to spend interfering in the affairs of the sovereign states to take turns playing golf with Pres. Trump on a daily basis until well after his 2nd term is ended. (Obama had the right idea with golf courses imo.)

4 posted on 05/22/2018 5:27:58 PM PDT by Amendment10
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5 posted on 05/22/2018 5:33:34 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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The Senate currently works an average of 2.5 days a week. Yes, 2.5 days. They come in on Monday night, vote on an inconsequential nomination, and then they leave town after lunch on Thursday.
6 posted on 05/22/2018 7:08:21 PM PDT by aspasia
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In other words, it is the Democrats who want to go home and campaign. Holding the Senate in town on Fridays and weekends would advance the Trump agenda while preventing the Democrats from going home to campaign for re-election.
7 posted on 05/22/2018 7:10:10 PM PDT by aspasia
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