Senate Republicans trash their own leadership, prep for abudget 'train wreck'
As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spins away on his health care hamster wheel with visions of tax reform dancing through his head, other Republican lawmakers are a tad frustrated the GOP-controlled Congress isn't getting much of anything done. They're also uniquely worried about the budget deal that's coming due in September with zero preparation being done in advance.
Let's take a turn with Politico through the halls of Congress, shall we? Oh, there's Lindsey Graham. Wonder what he thinks.
“I’m very frustrated ... we’re going to do all these things by Sept. 30? Give me a break. We’re going to cut taxes, pass health care, set aside sequestration?” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). “We should have an agenda. We know we’re not going to pass a budget with sequestration caps. I’m not.”
Darn those sequestration spending caps House Republicans demanded back in 2011 as a condition of voting to raise the debt ceiling. Now it's gonna take actual leadership and forethought and negotiation—otherwise known as legislating—to change them.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/6/5/1669099/-Senate-Republicans-trash-their-own-leadership-prep-for-a-budget-train-wreck
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