Ditto the GOP. Who are the party with control of Congress, and are refusing compromise. The Democrats are not going to vote to gut healthcare. (View Post)

Another quote from that article: ..“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”.. (View Post)

That's why we see continuing resolutions (which keep the show on the road) while the two sides negotiate. The GOP have chosen not to go with another continuing resolution, and have shut the governmen… (View Post)

Just to repeat from upthread, this is Trump's current White House budget director: ..“We have to have a speaker that goes into these funding fights with a love for the shutdowns,” Vought said during … (View Post)

This is some useful background reading on the US budgetary dispute. A (very) long read on Russ Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. From the wholesale gutting of f… (View Post)