Dem senator compares negotiating with GOP to convincing kid to do homework

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY BRETT SAMUELS - 01/21/18 10:07 AM EST

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Sunday compared trying to negotiate with Republicans to convincing his kids to keep doing their homework.

“It’s like Dad comes home at 8 and asks, ‘how you doing on your homework?’ ‘Oh, making progress.’ At 9, ‘how we doing on that homework?’ ‘Making progress… What’s the big deal, it’s not due until tomorrow,” Coons said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Coons said Democrats want a guaranteed "commitment to move forward on all these issues we’ve been talking about” in order to negotiate a bill to reopen the government. "It's overdue," Coons said.

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Coons said Democrats want votes on key issues, including the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), disaster relief and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/369982-dem-senator-compares-stopgap-funding-measures-to-kid-doing-their

[Fred Sanders]

1. Now that Shitler knows what they are, clean bills, clear votes, clear talk. Too much to ask??

[lark]

2. Too much to ask for from him.

He is a total liar, so any deal he makes is void the minute it exits his mouth or is signed by his tiny hands. If they give him a totally clean bill, there will be no S-CHIP, no fix for DACA and no further disaster relief since these don't put millions in drumpfs, or the congress-critters pockets. They only work on things that enrich them or hurt us, not anything ever to actually help, despite their millions of lying promises.

[getagrip_already]

3. it's more like convincing your neighbors kid to do homework....

That kid feels absolutely no authority from you. It's more of an "it will be good for you" type of bequest.