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As expected, the looming midterm of 2018 are beginning to take affect on the right wing majority of all facets of government....We haven't yet heard much from McConnell,but Paul Ryan is trying to cover his own ass by blaming the Senate (and tacitly also blaming the Trumpster) for the do-nothing congress and how voters will react during next year's campaigning and right wing voters' turnout in November 2018.
After hearing frustration from some Republican voters during an event Wednesday in Mukwonago, Ryan said he hopes to notch several legislative accomplishments that have so far eluded conservatives — including the changes to health care and tax policies — prior to the 2018 midterms. “If we don’t do our job we will depress turnout,” Ryan said. “I am frustrated as well.”
He attributed the lack of action to the Senate, where he said the slim Republican majority gives Democrats more opportunities to stop legislation.
And Ryan said the flurry of news and controversies coming out of President Donald Trump’s White House have overshadowed what he described as a productive session for House Republicans.
“We’re pretty frustrated with the slow pace of things (in the Senate), but in the House, we’ve actually done most of our agenda except for welfare reform and tax reform,” Ryan said. “There’s just been a lot of distractions out there, whether it’s Russia, or tweeting, or whatever.”
One day after Trump reluctantly signed off on new sanctions on Russia that were passed with overwhelming majorities, the president made news Thursday when he tweeted that American relations with the country were at an “all-time & very dangerous low,” for which he blamed Congress. Asked whether he agreed with Trump’s assessment, Ryan said, “We think Russia deserved the sanctions that we passed. Russia can improve our relationship if they stop meddling in our elections.”
Still, while some Republicans have expressed a growing discontent with Trump and polls show the new president’s approval ratings at historic lows, Ryan said he did not believe the party would be accomplishing more if someone else were in the White House.
“The problem isn’t having President Trump sign bills into law and it isn’t getting bills out of the House — the problem is getting these bills through the Senate,” Ryan said.
Paul Ryan predicts an easier time passing tax overhaul
After hearing frustration from some Republican voters during an event Wednesday in Mukwonago, Ryan said he hopes to notch several legislative accomplishments that have so far eluded conservatives — including the changes to health care and tax policies — prior to the 2018 midterms. “If we don’t do our job we will depress turnout,” Ryan said. “I am frustrated as well.”
He attributed the lack of action to the Senate, where he said the slim Republican majority gives Democrats more opportunities to stop legislation.
And Ryan said the flurry of news and controversies coming out of President Donald Trump’s White House have overshadowed what he described as a productive session for House Republicans.
“We’re pretty frustrated with the slow pace of things (in the Senate), but in the House, we’ve actually done most of our agenda except for welfare reform and tax reform,” Ryan said. “There’s just been a lot of distractions out there, whether it’s Russia, or tweeting, or whatever.”
One day after Trump reluctantly signed off on new sanctions on Russia that were passed with overwhelming majorities, the president made news Thursday when he tweeted that American relations with the country were at an “all-time & very dangerous low,” for which he blamed Congress. Asked whether he agreed with Trump’s assessment, Ryan said, “We think Russia deserved the sanctions that we passed. Russia can improve our relationship if they stop meddling in our elections.”
Still, while some Republicans have expressed a growing discontent with Trump and polls show the new president’s approval ratings at historic lows, Ryan said he did not believe the party would be accomplishing more if someone else were in the White House.
“The problem isn’t having President Trump sign bills into law and it isn’t getting bills out of the House — the problem is getting these bills through the Senate,” Ryan said.
Paul Ryan predicts an easier time passing tax overhaul
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