200 days in and Media is grasping for something new while DC is out of town shakin’ babies and kissin’ hands or tweeting on the 12th Hole. So what’s the best way to do it but to play the blame game as to why little as been accomplished and way it may be more of the same to finish the year – PB/TK
Trump’s 200-day mark touches off blame-game after little accomplished in Congress – By Pete Doocy / Aug 7 2017
WASHINGTON – What a difference 200 days makes.
At a January retreat for Republican lawmakers in Philadelphia, House Speaker Paul Ryan explained that Obamacare would be repealed and replaced, and tax reform would be underway within 200 days, or by the time August recess started.
“We aspire to get most of these big things done by the August recess, because that’s when Congress does most of its legislating,” Ryan told reporters in January.
But Obamacare is still the law of the land, the tax code is untouched, and lawmakers are home for August recess, anyway.
The stalled agenda is delighting Democrats like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who says in a statement quote: “Two hundred days into the Trump administration, the President has offered nothing but broken promises and failed leadership.”
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