Trump's use of executive power

[ArgoEagle 1,766]

17 hours ago, PUB78 said:

Their views are based more on common sense and law.

Shame on you pub. You know we are not allowed to use common sense or life experiences; you have to have a quote or a link for your conclusions on Obama, Hillary, or Trump to be viable.

[PUB78 1,354]

4 hours ago, ArgoEagle said:

Shame on you pub. You know we are not allowed to use common sense or life experiences; you have to have a quote or a link for your conclusions on Obama, Hillary, or Trump to be viable.

But, but, Homer agreed with me!!

[homersapien 11,352]

24 minutes ago, PUB78 said:

But, but, Homer agreed with me!!

Yeah, you betcha.

You certainly sound like a Trump supporter.

[WDavE 332]

On 2/6/2017 at 9:58 PM, homersapien said:

Well, you may have a point.  They probably don't respect views from Trump supporters that are based on racism, xenophobia and ignorance.

No one should.

My all-time favorite is watching how every time the Democrats are in the minority how many times they mention bipartisanship. But show none when in power....

[homersapien 11,352]

Bipartisan Senate group urges against international affairs cuts

Forty-three senators from both political parties have signed a letter urging against deep cuts to the U.S. international affairs budget, warning that a huge reduction in resources would harm national security.

“At a time when we face multiple national security challenges around the world, deep cuts in this area would be shortsighted, counterproductive and even dangerous,” the senators, led by Democratic Whip Richard Durbin and Sen. Todd Young, an Indiana Republican, wrote to budget and appropriations committee leaders in a letter dated Wednesday.

The Trump administration has proposed huge cuts to the State Department and foreign aid programs in favor of so-called “hard power” measures, requesting that the Defense Department’s funding increase instead.

The senators acknowledged the goal was to “eliminate waste and inefficiency,” but they urged Congress to support “robust funding” for the international affairs budget in the 2018 fiscal year.

Most of the signatories were Democrats. Republicans who joined were North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds, Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan, Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson and Maine Sen. Susan Collins. (Angus King, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, also signed on.)

“Deep cuts to the International Affairs Budget would undermine our country’s economic and national security interests, as well as the humanitarian and democratic principles we support,” they wrote.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/27/bipartisan-senate-against-cuts-international-affairs-237697

 

[PUB78 1,354]

46 minutes ago, homersapien said:

Yeah, you betcha.

You certainly sound like a Trump supporter.

Now that hurts! Remember, I am a Pence supporter.

[Brad_ATX 13,654]

1 hour ago, WDavE said:

My all-time favorite is watching how every time the Democrats are in the minority how many times they mention bipartisanship. But show none when in power....

Did you watch Congress during last administration?  Besides not even giving Garland a the courtesy of a vote or even sitting to talk with the man, Republicans obstructed everything, including voting on a ridiculous repeal Obamacare bill more than 40 times while knowing it wasn't going anywhere.  And the one time a Republican leader tried to work with Obama (see: Boehner, John), he was crucified for it by Tea Party Republicans, eventually losing his Speakership over the issue.

"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term President."  - Mitch McConnell

That quote sure doesn't scream bi-partisanship.

[bigbird 60,368]

Honestly, when can you say that we last had true bipartisanship cooperation that didn't involve the military?