GOP lawmakers want Mulvaney sidelined in budget talks

[Right_in_Virginia]

GOP lawmakers want Mulvaney sidelined in budget talks
The Hill, Jun 22, 2019, Alexander Bolton

Senate Republicans, eager to avert a government shutdown or automatic spending cuts, want acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney pushed to the sidelines in budget negotiations with Democrats.

GOP lawmakers would prefer Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin take the lead in representing the White House, as they see him being more amenable to a two-year spending deal that would also raise the debt limit.

Mulvaney, on the other hand, is viewed as resistant to striking a two-year deal, which would take the prospect of another government shutdown off the table until after the 2020 election.

And Republicans point to Mulvaney’s time in the House as the reason for their concern.

As a founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, Mulvaney was an outspoken critic of big budget deals that swell the federal deficit. That’s also one of the main reasons President Trump appointed him to serve as White House budget director before he transitioned last year to serve as acting chief of staff.


More:  https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/449808-gop-lawmakers-want-mulvaney-sidelined-in-budget-talks

[jpsb]

The GOP does not care that the nation is 21 trillion in debt. Screw the GOP.

[corbe]

   Since the dems and McConnell have taken a gov shutdown off the table, by calling Trump's bluff last session, we know from experience the uniparty will go to the last second of the last day and the US Taxpayer will get screwed, AGAIN.  As far as Mulvaney's HFC credentials, that may have meant something at one time, now it's as worthless as a warm cup of spit.

[edpc]

The GOP does not care that the nation is 21 trillion in debt. Screw the GOP.

Neither does this president. His plans so far were....

- Default and renegotiate
- Magically grow our way out of it
- Ignore it, since he’ll be out of office in the critical phase

Screw him.