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Trump Continues to Swipe at Democrats Who Hold Votes He Needs

The following article by John T. Bennett was posted on the Roll Call website November 28, 2017:

Go-it-alone approach could work on taxes, but not government funding

President Donald Trump and GOP leaders are going it alone on their tax effort, but they need Democrats on resolving spending disputes. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Following on what he called a “love fest” with Senate Republicans at a lunchtime Capitol meeting, President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed momentum on a GOP-led overhaul of the tax code and swiped at Democrats whom he will need to get any sort of resolution to a rapidly approaching standoff over government spending.

After leaving the Capitol and setting up camp at the White House for a meeting initially scheduled among him and the Hill’s top leaders, the president said he was not surprised House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., ended up skipping the meeting at the executive mansion after he tweeted he didn’t see any kind of deal possible.  Continue reading “Trump Continues to Swipe at Democrats Who Hold Votes He Needs”