Pelosi: "We Would Totally Have A Budget Agreement In Place If Trump Wasn't Involved"

Speaks volumes of the people who keep electing her.

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Hey, it’s not like he’s the President.

WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., delivered a message to President Trump on Monday morning about Congress’ sensitive negotiations over a spending bill that must pass by Friday.

That message: Butt out.

“It’s my view that if the president stepped out of it, we could get a budget done by Friday,” Schumer said on a conference call with reporters.

“Totally agree,” Pelosi said. “We were on the path to get it done until he did intervene.”

The government will run out of funding Friday night unless Congress comes to an agreement on a series of spending bills. The major sticking points are the billions of dollars the president has demanded to begin building a wall on the southern border, as well as Democrats’ demands for at least some of the billions of dollars Congress owes insurance companies under Obamacare.


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The Duchess of Toontown.

How loopy is Nan?

Pelosi: “The president…is expressing a sign of weakness. He’s saying ‘I can’t control our borders. I have to build a wall.'” #MTP pic.twitter.com/E5ePOFy5Yz

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) April 23, 2017

Senate Dem Leader Schumer: Trump Is Building A Swamp Cabinet

Chuck Schumer once again evincing the Holiest of Media Holies we've all known and admired him for all these years.

Democrat Bipartisanship. Reaching across the aisle to 'Keep Government working for All Americans'.

Townhall

Matt Vespa

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Posted: Jan 19, 2017 11:30 AM

 

 

Senate Democrats have little to no options when it comes to blocking President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees, thanks to Harry Reid nuking the filibuster rules on presidential appointments, but they can create a lot of noise in the hopes of putting pressure on Republicans. Okay—it’s not really going to do that, as the GOP is set to confirm all of Trump’s nominees, even the ones Senate Democrats can’t stand like Betsy DeVos and Jeff Sessions for education secretary and attorney general respectively. But they have to look as if they’re doing something to fight Trump.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) decided to comment on Trump’s cabinet, calling it one that is literally constituted from the swamp. It’s a reference to the president-elect’s promise to clean up D.C. if he were elected—to drain the swamp. Schumer also voiced his concern at the lack of transparency with the nominees, the number of them who didn’t submit their ethics papers, and the number of hearings scheduled (via the Hill):

"This is a swamp cabinet full of bankers and billionaires,” Schumer told reporters at his weekly press conference. 

The Senate minority leader also criticized Republicans for scheduling so many hearings — some of them even as nominees failed to hand in paperwork to the Office of Government Ethics.

Schumer specifically pointed to Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick to lead the Department of Education, noting lawmakers did not have all of her paperwork before Tuesday's hearing.
“The last two weeks have not been good for open and transparent government,” he said.

[The last 2 weeks Chuck? How about the last freakin' 8 Years?]

Democrats want another hearing for DeVos, and Schumer warned on Wednesday that if Democrats feel like Republicans are rushing nominees they will force “extensive debate” on the floor.

The threat could slow down Republicans' efforts to get nominees confirmed.

Note how an extended debate can only slow efforts down, it can’t stop them. 

Thank You Mr Vespa and Townhall.

Dem Senate Minority Leader Schumer Defines Dem 'Bipartisanship': We'll Only Work With Trump if He ABANDONS REPUBLICANS

Gotta love 'em. This is what 'Bipartisan' means to the Dems. At least he's up front about it.

Fine. Go For it. Finish your own party off. Think you got creamed in this election? Go for it. See what happens in the next election.

Townhall
 
Matt Vespa
Posted: Jan 09, 2017 12:35 PM

Last week was a bit interesting from the Senate Democrat side. The olive branch that was offered by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the new Senate Minority Leader, was blunt and straightforward to the incoming Trump White House. We’ll only work with you if you abandon the Republicans and adhere to 100 percent of what we want to do (via Real Clear Politics/CNN):

[Ed; Video at link.]

CHUCK SCHUMER: I said, Mr. President-elect, you went after both the Democratic and Republican establishments when you ran. You were an anti-establishment change candidate. But by your cabinet picks and your early pronouncements, you seem to be embracing your timeworn, shop-worn hard right.

[CNN’s Dana] BASH (on camera): You said that to him?

SCHUMER: I did.

BASH: What did he say?

SCHUMER: Nothing.

But I said to him, if you do that, your presidency will not come close to being a success.

BASH (voice-over): For Schumer, success will be even more complicated, a fine line between when to work with Trump and when not to.

SCHUMER: The only way we're going to work with him is if he moves completely in our direction and abandons his Republican colleagues. Ninety, 95 percent of the time, we'll be holding his feet to the fire and holding him accountable. But we're Democrats. We're not going to just oppose things to oppose them.

BASH: I've known you for a long time. You love a deal, not unlike the president-elect. I find that hard to believe, that you don't want to make deals with him.

SCHUMER: Well, here's the problem. The Republicans in the Senate and the House have been run by a hard right group, an almost Tea Party group. And they are so far away from where we are...

BASH: But now they've got a deal maker in the White House, just like you.

SCHUMER: Well, look, we're going to look at the specifics of what is proposed. Of course I'd like to make a deal.

Schumer also said that the Senate Democrats would fight to the death if President-elect Donald Trump nominated someone who isn’t “mainstream” to the Supreme Court. And by not “mainstream,” they of course mean conservative. A Samuel Alito-type candidate, who is eminently qualified to serve as our nation’s next jurist, would be trouble. Even a John Roberts clone would be problematic.

In other words, the Democrats are still mad that Trump won. They’re mad that Russia ran a concerted and coordinated propaganda effort to influence our election, though there no evidence to suggest that it had any impact whatsoever. They’re just a miserable whiny group of people right now. They don’t know how to respond since they probably never imagined this moment: Clinton in permanent retirement, Obama out, and their party in shambles. So, how to avoid exacerbating the headache liberals on the Hill have at present? Well, don’t anger their base; the progressive, snobby, and insufferable elites that infest our nation’s cities. They’re mad too—and remember, they’re pretty much demanding that Democrats do all that they can to stop Trump because he’s Hitler [or insert any authoritarian leader here]—or something.

Also, if you’re shocked that Democrats are thinking and acting as if they won the election, you’re not dreaming. They actually think that—and Schumer’s fighting words encapsulate it. Disregarding basic Americans civics, they feel that because Clinton won more popular votes, though not the majority, that they won the election. Right, and if Texas’ election laws allowed two Republicans, who would probably be the top two-vote getters, run for the same senate seat, then I’m sure we would be closer to a dead heat in the popular vote. Alas, that didn’t happen. And it's irrelevant. Trump won the majority in 30 states to clinch 304 electoral votes.

On infrastructure, defense spending, and maybe childcare—there could be areas for the Trump White House to work with Schumer. The latter especially is going to put Trump on a collision course with Republicans, though the GOP party leadership is going to have to come to grips that November’s win was not because conservatism made a comeback; neo-populism did. On issues of trade, there could be another area for conflict. Yet, since Obamacare’s repeal and replacement is at the top of the agenda, followed probably by tax reform and job creation—I’m sure Schumer is going to rehash the same Occupy Wall Street slogans that didn’t work. And the GOP is going to stick with Trump on these issues and vice versa.

In all, Democrats got whipped. They don’t get to dictate the agenda. The GOP was in the same position when they were in the minority under Obama. Yes, a lot of drama can unfurl. Some legislative maneuvers could be executed that brings forth a government shutdown. In the end, the office of the president is the biggest bully pulpit and it will most likely emerge on top during any showdown with Congress. I think Democrats know this. They just need to put on a show for their lefty loony bins that Democrats are trying to do something to stop Trump, even though they really can’t.


Thank You Mr Vespa and Townhall.



Coyotes in a trap, chewing their own legs off.

Sen Schumer (D-emagogue) Tells Religious Americans Not To Start A Business If They Don't Agree With ObamaCare's Contraception Mandate

Are they putting psych drugs in the water in Schumer's State?

weaselzippers;

Really, Chuck?

Via CNS News:

At a press conference Thursday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said people with religious beliefs who disagree with the ObamaCare contraception mandate can choose their faith or “you don’t have to form a corporation.”

“You’re born with a religion or you adopt a religion. You have to obey the precepts of that religion and the government gives you a wide penumbra – you don’t have to form a corporation,” Schumer said.

Schumer claims the Supreme Court’s decision that closely-held firms have a right to deny coverage for certain types of birth control they find objectionable under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was “misapplied.”

Keep reading…

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This is a United States Senator for Chrissakes.

It's no wonder we're $17 Trillion in the red.