The source of many of the problems we see in getting legislation through a nominally Republican Congress is that there are really at least two Republican parties. Or, to put it another way, the Republican Party is far from united.
This is obvious when you try to put two senators such as Rand Paul and John McCain in the same political party. It just doesn’t work. Except for routine procedural matters and non-controversial legislation, there are going to be conflicts that are going to prevent reforms and stifle the agenda on which President Trump campaigned and won.
The Democrats don’t seem to have this problem. They know how to whip members into line. Observe the massive corruption of the Obama administration and of Hillary Clinton. Yet the Democrats, especially party leadership, stick by them and run interference for them no matter what. It becomes difficult to imagine any crime, other than perhaps personal acts of violence, that Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton could commit that would cause them to lose any support from their party.
We see the failure of the Republican Party to act as a cohesive force in the current debate over the President’s budget proposal.
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What a putz.
To many of us who support President Trump, Republicans who continuously block their own party’s administration are immediately suspect of having less than honest personal agendas that President Trump has upset. Let’s go back a ways: If you’re not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. I still think we need a new party devoid of the old political hacks that have become way too comfortable and rich in their positions with the GOP.
You ran as a Republican and Republicans voted for you, this may be your last time in congress if you go against those who voted for you
we all need to get out and vote on everything… at voting time.. time for citizens to drain the swamp of both parties… it’s our country! I support President Trump..
Republicans back your President!!! Grow a spine! Stick together stop letting the democrats get away with their vile behavior!!!!
You’d best work with president he needs republicans behind hem if not you will be voted out
McConnell is obviously ready to retire this next election!
the gop was for hillary folks and if they could they would overturn the election and make her president right now
Hagar was Egyptian and Obama can’t help you
Drain this traitor too