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Yahoo: GOP donors are cutting GOP off until Trump's agenda gets done
Posted on 6/26/17 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 6/26/17 at 3:36 pm
I'm not sure how Yahoo ran this story but here it is:
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — At least one influential donor has informed congressional Republicans that the "Dallas piggy bank" is closed until he sees major action on health care and taxes.
Texas-based donor Doug Deason has already refused to host a fundraiser for two members of Congress and informed House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., his checkbook is closed as well.
"Get Obamacare repealed and replaced, get tax reform passed," Deason said in a pointed message to GOP leaders. "You control the Senate. You control the House. You have the presidency. There's no reason you can't get this done. Get it done and we'll open it back up."
Indeed, there was a sense of frustration and urgency inside the private receptions and closed-door briefings at the Koch brothers' donor retreat this weekend in Colorado Springs, where the billionaire conservatives and their chief lieutenants warned of a rapidly shrinking window to push their agenda through Congress and get legislation to President Donald Trump to sign into law.
No agenda items mattered more to the conservative Koch network than the GOP's promise to overhaul the nation's tax code and repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care law. At the moment, however, both are bogged down by GOP infighting that jeopardizes their fate.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — At least one influential donor has informed congressional Republicans that the "Dallas piggy bank" is closed until he sees major action on health care and taxes.
Texas-based donor Doug Deason has already refused to host a fundraiser for two members of Congress and informed House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., his checkbook is closed as well.
"Get Obamacare repealed and replaced, get tax reform passed," Deason said in a pointed message to GOP leaders. "You control the Senate. You control the House. You have the presidency. There's no reason you can't get this done. Get it done and we'll open it back up."
Indeed, there was a sense of frustration and urgency inside the private receptions and closed-door briefings at the Koch brothers' donor retreat this weekend in Colorado Springs, where the billionaire conservatives and their chief lieutenants warned of a rapidly shrinking window to push their agenda through Congress and get legislation to President Donald Trump to sign into law.
No agenda items mattered more to the conservative Koch network than the GOP's promise to overhaul the nation's tax code and repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care law. At the moment, however, both are bogged down by GOP infighting that jeopardizes their fate.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 3:38 pm to notsince98
Finally getting to an issue the GOP Senators and Reps care about, their access to other people's money.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 3:41 pm to notsince98
good, it's time to shite or get off the pot
Posted on 6/26/17 at 3:41 pm to notsince98
I do declare! All this winning is making me faint!
Posted on 6/26/17 at 3:44 pm to notsince98
We're not repealing Obamacare. It's amazing how well the Republicans have done the last few years and the leftist agenda spreads. They may be losing the battles but they are winning the war because they actually believe in what they fight for.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 3:50 pm to notsince98
The GOP is such a cluster.
Let's hope they look beyond the money and realize they need to support campaign issues and promises that resulted in a GOP POTUS as opposed to her highness HRC.
Let's hope they look beyond the money and realize they need to support campaign issues and promises that resulted in a GOP POTUS as opposed to her highness HRC.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 3:52 pm to notsince98
I'd like to see more of the big money people do this.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 3:55 pm to notsince98
I agree with him but you hate to see big money controlling your representatives like puppet masters. If they sell out to him, should we be mad when a liberal piggy bank starts buying representatives? Now I know what the people voted for but forcing the hand with money is not the way to go.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 3:56 pm to notsince98
This is how true change starts.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 3:56 pm to notsince98
Definitely a conundrum. If The GOP bites and changes course, it proves they are beholden to the money men (I think we all know this anyway). If they stay the course in opposition to Trump's agenda, they will be guilty of obstruction as badly as the Democrats and will be seen as betraying their electorate. Either way, this is a bad sign for the GOP.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 4:07 pm to notsince98
Good. GOP cucks don't deserve shite for their own obstruction of Trump's agenda. I wish the RNC would do the same for their re-election campaigns.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 4:08 pm to notsince98
Remember when Trump was going to destroy the entire Republican Party? LMAO
Posted on 6/26/17 at 4:32 pm to notsince98
What exactly is Trump's agenda?
Posted on 6/26/17 at 4:35 pm to notsince98
I'm down with this right here.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 4:38 pm to The Spleen
Healthcare
Immigration
Wall
Military
Why are you being so obtuse?
Immigration
Wall
Military
Why are you being so obtuse?
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