Tag: GOP congressional majority

GOP lawmaker: Trump isn’t making it easy for Republicans to keep majority

The following article by Cristina Marcos was posted on the Hill website December 13, 2017:

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A senior House Republican said Wednesday that President Trump is not making it any easier for the GOP to enact legislative priorities and keep its majority in next year’s midterm elections.

The day after a Democrat won a Senate seat in Alabama for the first time in a quarter-century, Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) suggested that Republicans might have a better shot at remaining in power if they can show voters next year that they can govern.

“A lot of it still depends on what happens next year. If we get some things done, maybe [we will] improve our chances,” Simpson told reporters in the Capitol. Continue reading “GOP lawmaker: Trump isn’t making it easy for Republicans to keep majority”

GOP-led Congress starting to worry about its role in the Trump era

The following article by Lisa Mascaro was posted on the L.A> Times website January 30, 2017:

President Trump speaks as Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) listens at a Republican retreat on Thursday in Philadelphia. (Pool)

It’s what congressional Republicans had long dreamed about: a majority in both chambers to advance conservative policies and a president from the same party to sign them into law.

But the Trump White House isn’t turning out exactly the way they envisioned.

The GOP establishment is experiencing whiplash after a week of President Trump bulldozing through the norms of policy and protocol — dashing off executive orders without warning, escalating a diplomatic crisis with the country’s closest southern neighbor, triggering global confusion with a new refugee policy and generally hijacking party leaders’ agenda and replacing it with his own.  Continue reading “GOP-led Congress starting to worry about its role in the Trump era”