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Trump signs NASA bill, hands Ted Cruz the pen
« on: March 22, 2017, 12:18:42 am »

Trump signs NASA bill, hands Ted Cruz the pen

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump handed out pens after signing a NASA authorization bill, and a half-dozen lawmakers from Texas and Florida got one.

But only Sen. Ted Cruz got the actual pen he'd used to sign the document. The others just got Oval Office souvenirs.

If it was a peace offering, it came at an important time. Trump badly needs Cruz's support for the Obamacare repeal measure that he hopes will clear the House on Thursday.

Lawmakers from both parties flanked Trump, with Cruz just to his right, with House Science Chairman Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, and Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston — chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee that controls NASA's funding — also nearby.

Trump: NASA bill 'supports pursuit of discovery'

President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that adds exploration of Mars as a NASA goal.

"They love NASA, they love everything it stands for," Trump said, touting the bill as a job bill that will not only support human space exploration and space science, and ongoing medical care for astronauts, but will also generate "a lot of jobs, and these are great jobs."

Trump marveled at the courage it takes to go into space and teased Cruz and Rubio, in particular, as to whether they'd be interested. (Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat standing nearby, actually has been to space but Trump didn't mention that.)

"You could send Congress to space," quipped Cruz.

"What a great idea," Trump joked.

Relations between the president and his runner-up for the GOP nomination last year have been growing increasingly warm, and Cruz has visited the White House a number of times. But so far he's kept some distance from the GOP health care plan that Trump is pushing. Cruz visited top Trump advisers at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday but was reportedly rebuffed in his press for some conservative tweaks.

He hasn't committed to supporting the measure.

But that's a separate issue from NASA, a top priority for the Texas senator, and he was effusive when Trump invited him to weigh in after he signed the bill.

"This means a great deal for the nation's space exploration, and it means a great deal for the state of Texas, and it continues America's leadership in space," Cruz said.

The bill authorized deep space exploration, with a manned mission to Mars by 2033. (More here.)


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http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2017/03/21/trump-signs-nasa-bill-hands-ted-cruz-pen

No government in the 12,000 years of modern mankind history has led its people into anything but the history books with a simple lesson, don't let this happen to you.

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Re: Trump signs NASA bill, hands Ted Cruz the pen
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2017, 12:24:25 am »
Trump signs NASA bill, hands Ted Cruz the pen

Come on already. Enough with this fake news. We all know Lyin' Ted stole the pen while Donny was calling for security to have him removed.

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Re: Trump signs NASA bill, hands Ted Cruz the pen
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2017, 12:48:05 am »
Trump signs NASA bill, hands Ted Cruz the pen

Come on already. Enough with this fake news. We all know Lyin' Ted stole the pen while Donny was calling for security to have him removed.

   It was a Goldman Sachs pen, he thought it was his wife's.

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Re: Trump signs NASA bill, hands Ted Cruz the pen
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2017, 01:01:14 am »
Good for Trump and Cruz, this is why we all voted for the conservative Trump and the government he has put in motion. Trump is doing all to help Cruz.

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Re: Trump signs NASA bill, hands Ted Cruz the pen
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2017, 01:27:50 am »
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If it was a peace offering, it came at an important time. Trump badly needs Cruz's support for the Obamacare repeal measure that he hopes will clear the House on Thursday.

I seriously doubt Cruz will sell us out for a pen.

Its because Ted Cruz is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness.
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Re: Trump signs NASA bill, hands Ted Cruz the pen
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2017, 01:45:02 am »

Trump signs NASA bill, hands Ted Cruz the pen

Written by
 Todd J. GillmanTodd J. Gillman, Washington Bureau




WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump handed out pens after signing a NASA authorization bill, and a half-dozen lawmakers from Texas and Florida got one.

But only Sen. Ted Cruz got the actual pen he'd used to sign the document. The others just got Oval Office souvenirs.

If it was a peace offering, it came at an important time. Trump badly needs Cruz's support for the Obamacare repeal measure that he hopes will clear the House on Thursday.

Lawmakers from both parties flanked Trump, with Cruz just to his right, with House Science Chairman Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, and Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston — chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee that controls NASA's funding — also nearby.

Trump: NASA bill 'supports pursuit of discovery'

President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that adds exploration of Mars as a NASA goal.

"They love NASA, they love everything it stands for," Trump said, touting the bill as a job bill that will not only support human space exploration and space science, and ongoing medical care for astronauts, but will also generate "a lot of jobs, and these are great jobs."

Trump marveled at the courage it takes to go into space and teased Cruz and Rubio, in particular, as to whether they'd be interested. (Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat standing nearby, actually has been to space but Trump didn't mention that.)

"You could send Congress to space," quipped Cruz.

"What a great idea," Trump joked.

Relations between the president and his runner-up for the GOP nomination last year have been growing increasingly warm, and Cruz has visited the White House a number of times. But so far he's kept some distance from the GOP health care plan that Trump is pushing. Cruz visited top Trump advisers at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday but was reportedly rebuffed in his press for some conservative tweaks.

He hasn't committed to supporting the measure.

But that's a separate issue from NASA, a top priority for the Texas senator, and he was effusive when Trump invited him to weigh in after he signed the bill.

"This means a great deal for the nation's space exploration, and it means a great deal for the state of Texas, and it continues America's leadership in space," Cruz said.

The bill authorized deep space exploration, with a manned mission to Mars by 2033. (More here.)


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http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2017/03/21/trump-signs-nasa-bill-hands-ted-cruz-pen
That picture reminds me of what a jackass our president is....  Man...and there I thought I was over what Trump did to Cruz.

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Re: Trump signs NASA bill, hands Ted Cruz the pen
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2017, 08:52:54 pm »
That picture reminds me of what a jackass our president is....  Man...and there I thought I was over what Trump did to Cruz.
Yep. But we've reached the point where you just have to go to war with the snacks you have not the snacks you want. Or however that saying goes.
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