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'The Senate is coming apart'
« on: February 05, 2017, 03:06:34 pm »
 'The Senate is coming apart'

Things have gotten so bad in the chamber lately that Chuck Schumer even voted against Mitch McConnell's wife.

By John Bresnahan and Burgess Everett

02/05/17 07:14 AM EST

The Senate is barely functioning. And the future looks even bleaker.

Showdowns, government shutdown threats and "nuclear options" will loom over the chamber in the coming months. In fact, the tumultuous first month of President Donald Trump’s administration may turn out to be the most pleasant period of the 115th Congress.

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Total GOP control of Washington should mean that Trump gets everything he wants out of Capitol Hill.

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Re: 'The Senate is coming apart'
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2017, 04:29:58 pm »
Awwwww... is the uniparty fracturing into two actual, separate parties?

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But, of course, the fact that the democrats are so vitriolic in their opposition to reason *is* worrisome.
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Re: 'The Senate is coming apart'
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2017, 04:40:04 pm »
   This will not end well for either side, it's worst than going to war and having George McClellan (McConnell)  as our general.
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Re: 'The Senate is coming apart'
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2017, 04:55:59 pm »
Sounds like they need a leader.
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Re: 'The Senate is coming apart'
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2017, 05:58:05 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on February 05, 2017, 04:55:59 pm
Sounds like they need a leader.

Remind me again who it was that bankrolled Mitch McConnell in a primary fight against a TEA Party challenger?
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Re: 'The Senate is coming apart'
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2017, 06:04:15 pm »
It's functioning as it should then.
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Re: 'The Senate is coming apart'
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2017, 06:29:34 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on February 05, 2017, 05:58:05 pm
Remind me again who it was that bankrolled Mitch McConnell in a primary fight against a TEA Party challenger?

In case anyone has forgotten see link below.  I'm sure Trump thought he had the 'Turtle" in his pocket. He's 74 years old and has a net worth of approximately $10 Million.  What does he really care if he loses his seat? He's set for the rest of his life.

http://theresurgent.com/in-2013-and-2014-donald-trump-was-funding-john-boehner-mitch-mcconnell-against-the-tea-party/
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Re: 'The Senate is coming apart'
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2017, 06:36:12 pm »
More Politico gas-lighting!  **nononono*
« Last Edit: February 05, 2017, 06:37:05 pm by Bigun »
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Re: 'The Senate is coming apart'
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2017, 06:38:02 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on February 05, 2017, 04:55:59 pm
Sounds like they need a leader.

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Re: 'The Senate is coming apart'
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2017, 06:43:50 pm »
Good! McConnell needs to get off the dime and quite being the tradition loving bipartisan hand wringer. We need some leadership, not manufacturing photo ops with guys in suits up on the stage glad handing and back slapping some crappy bipartisan deal.
« Last Edit: February 05, 2017, 11:46:40 pm by Free Vulcan »
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Re: 'The Senate is coming apart'
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2017, 07:03:33 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on February 05, 2017, 06:43:50 pm
Good! McConnell needs to get off the dime and quite being the tradition loving bipartisan hand wringer. We need some leadership, not manufacturing photo ops with guys in suits up on the state glad handing and back slapping some crappy bipartisan deal.
McTurtle just needs to go, along with his uniparty buddies in the Senate. Neither the Demmies nor the Pubbies are doing anything useful for the country.
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