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Dulcinea

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Tue Apr 15, 2025, 06:23 AM Tuesday

Battle lines over Trump agenda intensify and put GOP leaders in a jam

(CNN) -snip- With the first 100 days of the GOP Congress now behind him, Johnson is heading into a much bigger battle, this time over far thornier details of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. But after Johnson’s public vow that the final bill would contain at least $1.5 trillion in spending cuts — all without adding to the deficit and making Trump’s tax cuts permanent — some Republicans told CNN they’re not sure how Johnson gets through this next and most consequential round.

“I’m not optimistic. When you get pen to paper and you see exactly what we’re doing, and then the hope that the Senate is gonna match us, you’ve got to be smoking dope,” one skeptical House GOP lawmaker told CNN, speaking on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly of intraparty dynamics.

“This is a pipe dream if you think that Thune in the Senate is gonna be about to get to a trillion and a half cuts for them,” this lawmaker said, referring to Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/13/politics/johnson-battle-lines-trump-agenda/index.html

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GQP are a bunch of cowards................... Lovie777 Tuesday #1

Lovie777

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1. GQP are a bunch of cowards...................
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 06:48 AM
Tuesday

scare to go to town halls to meet with their people is a sure sign. Allowing shithole musk to help destroy their districts, towns, cities and state and the rest of the country.

Allowing shithole musk in bankrupting the country and allowing our national and homeland security to be a open book.

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