Claiming Mandate, GOP Congress lays Plans to Propel Sweeping Conservative Agenda

[truthatallcost]

For six years, since they took back the House of Representatives, Republicans have added to a pile of legislation that moldered outside the White House. In their thwarted agenda, financial regulations were to be unspooled. Business taxes were to be slashed. Planned Parenthood would be stripped of federal funds. The *Affordable Care Act was teed up for repeal — dozens of times.

When the 115th Congress begins this week, with Republicans firmly in charge of the House and Senate, much of that legislation will form the basis of the most ambitious conservative policy agenda since the 1920s. And rather than a Democratic president standing in the way, a soon-to-be-inaugurated Donald Trump seems ready to sign much of it into law.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...c2a61b0436f_story.html?utm_term=.81b923afee97

Will this make America great again? Or are you dreading this new Republican agenda?

I'm ready for real Hope & Change, which begins when the Chosen One leaves the White House and goes off to work for Wall Street.

Thoughts?
Comments?

 

[Gonzo Rodeo]

What, exactly, is the definition of a mandate?

 

[Risky Thicket]

What, exactly, is the definition of a mandate?

An evening of homosexual pairing?

 

[Gonzo Rodeo]

An evening of homosexual pairing?

Lesbians aren't men.

That's insensitive. And probably racist. Because, reasons.

 

[Harshaw]

What, exactly, is the definition of a mandate?

There are no mandates. There are only those who hold power and those who don't.

 

[Captain Adverse]

Will this make America great again? Or are you dreading this new Republican agenda?

I'm ready for real Hope & Change, which begins when the Chosen One leaves the White House and goes off to work for Wall Street.

I think they may be in for an unpleasant surprise. :twocents:

Many of those GOP members of Congress were on the bandwagon snubbing Trump during his campaign, and he appears to have a long memory for such slights.

He has also promised things that were not on their agenda, like doing something about Student Loan debt, and providing a rational alternative to the ACA.

He has also been a lifelong Liberal in many areas (other than the business sector) and IMO gave lip service to many of the right-wing ideals touted during his campaign.

I'm willing to bet the honeymoon with the GOP Congress will last about as long as the honeymoon Obama had with his own Party his first term, before they corrupted his attempt at providing real affordable healthcare.

Time will tell. :coffeepap:

 

[Greenbeard]

He has also been a lifelong Liberal in many areas (other than the business sector) and IMO gave lip service to many of the right-wing ideals touted during his campaign.

If this were the case, his cabinet selections would've looked much different.

All signs point to a slash-and-burn agenda that will gut everything from regulatory oversight of industry to Medicare itself.

 

[DA60]

When are both parties going to learn?

If you manage to pass bills that the other side absolutely despises (like the Reps despise Obamacare), when the other side gets the power - they will either kill it, or whittle it down to where it is near-useless.

The skill is to pass legislation that both sides can live with so that it will stand the test of time...otherwise it is pointless.