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GOP wants answers; Trump creates fresh problems - 1/25/2017 7:05:00 PM

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Hill Republicans want answers while Trump creates more questions and fresh headaches

GOP lawmakers hoped to discuss health care and the tax code at a retreat this week. They found themselves talking about President Trump’s actions instead.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-their-annual-retreat-hill-republicans-want-answers-will-trump-give-them/2017/01/25/15e40fc4-e285-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_gopretreat-635pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.8cac567a620d

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RE: GOP wants answers; Trump creates fresh problems - 1/25/2017 7:19:34 PM

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So now we are supposed to believe that your sympathies and Hillary backer Jeff Bezos' Washington Posts sympathies lie with GOP lawmakers

Republican voters specifically avoided another RINO for good reason. We wanted someone who would shake things up, end business as usual in Washington

And many of us couldnt be more pleased with President Trump so far.

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RE: GOP wants answers; Trump creates fresh problems - 1/25/2017 7:22:59 PM

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How long have you worked in Congress now?

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RE: GOP wants answers; Trump creates fresh problems - 1/25/2017 9:12:25 PM

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How long have you worked in Congress now?

Pfft, Congress? I am that guy, who Congress works for now.

From President Trump's inaugural address:

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Every four years, we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful transfer of power, and we are grateful to President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for their gracious aid throughout this transition. They have been magnificent.

Today's ceremony, however, has very special meaning. Because today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another, or from one party to another -- but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People.

For too long, a small group in our nation's Capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost. Washington flourished -- but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered -- but the jobs left, and the factories closed.
The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country. Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs; and while they celebrated in our nation's capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.

That all changes -- starting right here, and right now, because this moment is your moment: it belongs to you.
It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America. This is your day. This is your celebration. And this, the United States of America, is your country.

What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people. January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.

Everyone is listening to you now.

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RE: GOP wants answers; Trump creates fresh problems - 1/25/2017 9:29:36 PM

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Don't stop believing.

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RE: GOP wants answers; Trump creates fresh problems - 1/25/2017 9:42:45 PM

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Don't stop believing.

With your being a... "Progressive" sort *cough*COMMUNIST*cough* I am sure that the idea of government working FOR the people, must seem totally alien and as otherworldly as hell to you

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RE: GOP wants answers; Trump creates fresh problems - 1/25/2017 11:06:51 PM

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This is the most consequential part of that link:

Paying for Trump’s proposals remains an unexplored subject. Many hard-line conservatives previously opposed large policy changes that would add greatly to the deficit, as many of Trump’s proposals could. Trump has said he doesn't want to touch popular entitlement programs, but Hill Republicans including Ryan and Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), the president’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services have left the door open.

One question among House Republicans is how many of the recommendations within the official House GOP policy blueprint, “A Better Way,” Trump will also take up. Also unclear is how much leverage these Republican lawmakers will have to negotiate with a president who does not like dissent and regularly takes to cable news and Twitter to lash out at critics.

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RE: GOP wants answers; Trump creates fresh problems - 1/26/2017 5:38:59 AM

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And despite the partisan bickering and hypocrisy, there's the very real issue that WE'RE the ones on the hook for payment.

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RE: GOP wants answers; Trump creates fresh problems - 1/26/2017 5:43:12 AM

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ORIGINAL: BoscoX

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Don't stop believing.

With your being a... "Progressive" sort *cough*COMMUNIST*cough* I am sure that the idea of government working FOR the people, must seem totally alien and as otherworldly as hell to you

That's the whole point of socialism. Still, expecting you to have any more of a clue about Marx than about anything else is obviously asking for the moon on a stick.

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RE: GOP wants answers; Trump creates fresh problems - 1/26/2017 5:55:27 AM

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"government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

~ Abraham Lincoln

(when some Republicans were sane)

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RE: GOP wants answers; Trump creates fresh problems - 1/26/2017 7:14:36 AM

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