Will Republicans have a legislative agenda?

[Matthew]

Normally the main domestic policy function of a modern US president is to lead legislative initiatives.

Trump seems rather occupied with trying to use more superficial tactics like EOs and whatever tf DOGE is. Is he leading the Congress towards a clear legislative vision?

The clock is still ticking on Republican's 2 years of having a trifecta and ability to pass any law they want. At this point it doesn't even seem certain that they will be able to keep the government open in two weeks as the different factions of republicans can't agree on what to do for a budget, tax cuts, cutting medicaid etc.

Edited March 3 by Matthew

[Deluge]

2 minutes ago, Matthew said:

Normally the main domestic policy function of a modern US president is to lead legislative initiatives.

Trump seems rather occupied with trying to use more superficial tactics like EOs and whatever tf DOGE is. Is he leading the Congress towards a clear legislative vision?

The clock is still ticking on Republican's 2 years of having a trifecta and ability to pass any law they want. At this point it doesn't even seem certain that they will be able to keep the government open in two weeks as the different factions of republicans can't agree on what to do for a budget, tax cuts, cutting medicaid etc.

Everything's going to be juuust fine comrade. You worry too much.  

[User]

Threads like this are just shit posting for shit posting sake. 

Last week, the GOP just passed the budget, which is a big part of the legislative agenda. We are just over one month into this term and they did that. 

 

[Matthew]

1 hour ago, User said:

Last week, the GOP just passed the budget, which is a big part of the legislative agenda. We are just over one month into this term and they did that.

Oh wow so you're not even really paying attention then?

[User]

2 minutes ago, Matthew said:

Oh wow so you're not even really paying attention then?

More than you. 

[Legato]

2 hours ago, Matthew said:

Normally the main domestic policy function of a modern US president is to lead legislative initiatives.

Trump seems rather occupied with trying to use more superficial tactics like EOs and whatever tf DOGE is. Is he leading the Congress towards a clear legislative vision?

The clock is still ticking on Republican's 2 years of having a trifecta and ability to pass any law they want. At this point it doesn't even seem certain that they will be able to keep the government open in two weeks as the different factions of republicans can't agree on what to do for a budget, tax cuts, cutting medicaid etc.

What's this 2 year trifecta you're waffling about?

[Matthew]

1 minute ago, User said:

More than you. 

Let me help you out. Congressional Republicans have not passed a budget. The House passed their version of it, which the Senate Republicans don't much care for. Cutting medicaid, which almost 20% of Americans rely on, to fund more tax cuts for the rich is probably not a winning strategy but don't let that stop you.

3 minutes ago, Legato said:

What's this 2 year trifecta you're waffling about?

Republicans control house senate and presidency until midterm election at which point the house is almost always lost to the other party.

[User]

Just now, Matthew said:

Let me help you out. Congressional Republicans have not passed a budget. The House passed their version of it, which the Senate Republicans don't much care for. Cutting medicaid, which almost 20% of Americans rely on, to fund more tax cuts for the rich is probably not a winning strategy but don't let that stop you.

Wow, yes, that is the process! You started this thread acting as if nothing was happening. 

Now you are making up crap to argue against spouting left wing talking points. 

Where are the cuts to Medicaid in that budget? Can you do anything more than copy/paste left wing talking points and headlines?

[gatomontes99]

1 minute ago, Matthew said:

Let me help you out. Congressional Republicans have not passed a budget. The House passed their version of it, which the Senate Republicans don't much care for. Cutting medicaid, which almost 20% of Americans rely on, to fund more tax cuts for the rich is probably not a winning strategy but don't let that stop you.

You should follow Proverbs 17:28.

The House passed a budget. The Senate will make changes and pass their budget. Then, they will go through a process of reconciliation and send the resulting budget to the POTUS.

 

[Legato]

3 minutes ago, Matthew said:

Let me help you out. Congressional Republicans have not passed a budget. The House passed their version of it, which the Senate Republicans don't much care for. Cutting medicaid, which almost 20% of Americans rely on, to fund more tax cuts for the rich is probably not a winning strategy but don't let that stop you.

Republicans control house senate and presidency until midterm election at which point the house is almost always lost to the other party.

Please speak English.

Your Words "The clock is still ticking on Republican's 2 years of having a trifecta and ability to pass any law they want"

'Having'  means present and past tense. In reality that 2 years is 5 weeks.

You've been told 10 million time about eggsbadgerating.

 

 

[herbie]

Short version of Republican Agenda:

Do what you're told.
 -The Emperor

[Dougie93]

4 hours ago, Matthew said:

Normally the main domestic policy function of a modern US president is to lead legislative initiatives.

Trump seems rather occupied with trying to use more superficial tactics like EOs and whatever tf DOGE is. Is he leading the Congress towards a clear legislative vision?

The clock is still ticking on Republican's 2 years of having a trifecta and ability to pass any law they want. At this point it doesn't even seem certain that they will be able to keep the government open in two weeks as the different factions of republicans can't agree on what to do for a budget, tax cuts, cutting medicaid etc.

it's more of a cultural counterrevolution,

Fly Over Country in revolt against the Neoliberal Globalist Order,

already the Republicans have overthrown the status quo,

what could Congress really do now to put Humpty Dumpty back together again ?

[Nationalist]

2 hours ago, User said:

Wow, yes, that is the process! You started this thread acting as if nothing was happening. 

Now you are making up crap to argue against spouting left wing talking points. 

Where are the cuts to Medicaid in that budget? Can you do anything more than copy/paste left wing talking points and headlines?

My thoughts exactly.

Come on @Matthew. Where are the cuts to Medicaid?

[Matthew]

3 hours ago, User said:

Where are the cuts to Medicaid in that budget?

Section 409 blasts Medicaid as a bloated program with too many recipients. Compare that Section 406 that defends Medicare spending as essential and needing to be protected.

Many Republicans including Johnson and Trump are defending Medicaid precisely because there is a debate among Congressional Republicans about the prospects of making drastic changes to it, whether those be work requirements, recinding the Medicaid expansion in the ACA, or replacing the funding system with capped block grants. These are ideas Johnson himself supported just a few years ago.

[User]

17 minutes ago, Matthew said:

Section 409 blasts Medicaid as a bloated program with too many recipients. Compare that Section 406 that defends Medicare spending as essential and needing to be protected.

So... there are no cuts. Were you knowingly lying before?

 

 

[Matthew]

1 minute ago, User said:

So... there are no cuts. Were you knowingly lying before?

Tell that to the republican Senators who feel pretty certain that the House bill makes a clear pathway for drastic medicaid cuts and are not wanting that section 409 language included.

Their bill doesn't specify any spending reductions. The word "cuts" appears zero times in the 86 page resolution. The whole thing is general policy statements. And with that in mind, their policy statement about Medicaid leaves it open to being changed, while it's language about medicare leaves no room for it being changed.

Hence Senate Republicans not yet having condensus on a budget plan.

 

 

[User]

1 minute ago, Matthew said:

Tell that to the republican Senators who feel pretty certain that the House bill makes a clear pathway for drastic medicaid cuts and are not wanting that section 409 language included.

Their bill doesn't specify any spending reductions. The word "cuts" appears zero times in the 86 page resolution. The whole thing is general policy statements. And with that in mind, their policy statement about Medicaid leaves it open to being changed, while it's language about medicare leaves no room for it being changed.

Hence Senate Republicans not yet having condensus on a budget plan.

 

 

I don't need to say anything to anyone else. 

You claimed it was being cut. You have given no evidence of this.