But the McConnell agenda is "anti-Obama."
If Republicans took control of the Senate and kept control of the House, McConnell envisioned how they would use the budget process to rescind Obama’s program: “In the House and Senate, we own the budget. So what does that mean? That means that we can pass the spending bill. And I assure you that in the spending bill, we will be pushing back against this bureaucracy by doing what’s called placing riders in the bill.”
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Mitch McConnell Lays Out Plan to Roll Back Obama s Agenda - Minutemen News
If Reid couldn't get a spending bill through the Senate, neither can McConnell
If Republicans are willing to give up their attacks on Obamacare, they have a chance to get some of their pet projects through
But if they insist on beating that dead horse they can count on gridlock
And Gridlock works to the Dems' advantage, esp if Hill runs. A supermajority wants govt to work. If the gop spends two years just trying to undo Obama, it just reinforces the image of Mitt and the 47% ... a divider.
But there are things the gop could do. Push Obama to grandfather-in existing coal elec plants, in exchange from regulations making future ones unlikely at best. If they win the presidency, they can unmake the regulations.
Push spending caps on all domestic programs.
I'm sure there are more, but frankly I don't hear much from the gop on actual positive initiatives. It's more about "common core and communism" and common core was bipartisan. LOL