TGHusker Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Agreed BRB. I haven't studied it but I understand the Freedom Caucus was more open to the 2015 version. For some reason, Ryan didn't push his earlier version. I could go conspiracy here with wild guesses but I think Ryan ends up as the 'loser'. Trump will spin this and move on and tell us all that 'they', Congress, didn't work hard enough. Link to comment
zoogs Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 This should be a win for the freedom caucus, at least in the near term. They were pressured to sign on and rebuffed the White House. Trump has egg on his face. My worry here is that Bannon wins out. Trump will seek wins in other areas. Healthcare is complicated. "Tough on terrorism/crime/etc" is not. The way his administration will pursue this was frightening enough when dismantling healthcare was still their first priority. Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Since this thread was initially created to talk about lobbyists, I thought this was an interesting read on them: It mentions Trump's EO on lobbying, and how they're either ignoring or exempting ex-lobbyists from his declaration that they cannot work on issues for which they've directly lobbied in the past. The rule shown in the tweet details how the exemptions work - Trump removed rules both for the OGE to list such waivers annually and explain why they were granted in public interest. The article found 3 ex-lobbyists hired to government positions dealing directly with issues on which they've previously lobbied. I also pointed out the ex-Anthem lobbyist that was hired as WH council and may soon lead the DOJ antitrust division, in charge of overseeing mergers... like the Anthem-Cigna one. Had to bump this one to point out that on the issue of lobbyists, like with many others, the emperor has no clothes. Bump. Remember how I said that guy who lobbied for Anthem could possibly head up the DOJ antitrust division? Well, guess what: 2 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Like I've said, the House has everything they need to impeach him. It's just a matter of doing the right thing or the wrong thing, and they're going to continue doing the wrong thing. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 President Trump signed an executive order in late January — echoing language first endorsed by Mr. Obama — that prohibited lobbyists and lawyers hired as political appointees from working for two years on “particular” government matters that involved their former clients. In the case of former lobbyists, they could not work on the same regulatory issues they had been involved in. Both Mr. Trump and Mr. Obama reserved the right to issue waivers to this ban. Mr. Obama, unlike Mr. Trump, automatically made any such waivers public, offering detailed explanations. The exceptions were typically granted for people with special skills, or when the overlap between the new federal work and a prior job was minor. Ms. Glynn, who worked in the office of government ethics for nearly two decades, said she had never heard of a move by any previous White House to block a request like Mr. Shaub’s. She recalled how the Bush White House had intervened with a federal agency during her tenure to get information that she needed. Ethics watchdogs, as well as Democrats in Congress, have expressed concern at the number of former lobbyists taking high-ranking political jobs in the Trump administration. In many cases, they appear to be working on the exact topics they had previously handled on behalf of private-sector clients — including oil and gas companies and Wall Street banks — as recently as January. 4 Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Remember when Trump was an unencumbered outsider with a chance to break up Washington gridlock? How's that working out? White House orders agencies to ignore Democrats’ oversight requests Trump’s aides are trying to shut down the release of information that could be used to attack the president. 4 Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Swamp as lively as ever. Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Swamp draining, this time, with more of YOUR money! 2 Link to comment
NM11046 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Seems pretty clear why he wants that Keebler elf Sessions to stick around huh? Link to comment
sho Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I didn't know where to put this, this seems as good as any. A wedding planner who coordinated the big day for Donald Trump''s son Eric, has been selected to run the main federal housing programme in New York.Lynne Patton is thought to have no experience in housing administration, but she will now be in charge of distributing billions of dollars of funding across the state area as head of the New York branch of the US Department of Housing.Ms Patton has had close ties to the Trump family for the past eight years and previously arranged celebrity golf tournaments at the president’s various courses. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-ericwedding-planner-lynne-patton-new-york-federal-housing-programme-a7792911.html 1 Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 In this instance, bluntness is good. I'd much rather people not pull punches or sugarcoat things. We need to have clear eyes about this. Trump is ushering an era of unthinkable crony capitalism. Link to comment
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