History tells us the GOP is taking on too much - and it isn't likely to end well

[DonViejo]

History tells us the GOP is taking on too much — and it isn’t likely to end well

By Paul Kane April 22 at 11:30 AM
It seems like forever and a day since Congress could walk and chew gum at the same time.

That’s a lesson President Trump and his advisers are struggling to grasp, even those he plucked from Capitol Hill to occupy key posts.

In the week ahead, lawmakers already face an immediate Friday deadline of keeping federal agencies funded through the remainder of the year. Yet Trump’s advisers continue to toss into the mix big items they would like to see accomplished, giving the appearance of a frenzied search for wins ahead of Saturday’s symbolically important 100th day of the new presidency.

Some Trump advisers have pushed for a vote this week on health-care legislation, even though there are no signs that ongoing talks between moderate and conservative Republicans have produced a breakthrough.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, Trump declared in an interview Friday with the Associated Press that on Wednesday he would unveil his administration’s proposal for a massive overhaul of the tax code. It would result, he said, in the biggest “tax cut ever,” despite ongoing gridlock in Congress over competing tax proposals — in a process that started more than six years ago.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/history-tells-us-that-republicans-are-taking-on-too-much-this-week--and-that-it-isnt-likely-to-end-well/2017/04/22/b7bf2222-26d5-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop&utm_term=.7b876f9feca1

[greymattermom]

1. Maybe they could vote to make election day a holiday

and tell Trump that it's Trump celebration day.

[Skittles]

2. repukes always, ALWAYS overreach

fucking ASSHOLES