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Eyes on 2020. Trump and McConnell both letting America down.

"Remember, a long time ago, when the senate republicans acted like americans and attempted to participate in governing the nation? "

Trump creates turmoil in ME by pulling out of Iran Deal. This enables him to promote his tough guy image
which appeals to his base. And his fake peace making image by staying out of war with Iran. That's there.

In Congress, McConnell refuses to take up House bills passed by Democrats because he doesn't want to give Democrats legislative success.

Democrats in Congress are getting things done. Trump and Republicans are just ignoring them.

House Democrats are passing bills at a rapid pace, while Trump complains they’re “getting nothing done.”

By Ella [e-mail] May 24, 2019, 2:30pm EDT

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Trump is objectively wrong; House Democrats haven’t been squandering time. In addition to their investigations, they’ve been passing legislation at a rapid clip. In all, the House has taken up 51 bills, resolutions, and suspensions since January — 49 of which they’ve passed. This includes a slate of bills to attempt to end the longest government shutdown in history, the result of a protracted fight between Trump and Congress over border wall funding.

Ironically, over the past two weeks, the House has passed bills to address most of the issues Trump mentioned in his tweet. They recently passed a bill to lower prescription drug prices, and another one to protect preexisting conditions. The House also passed nine bills on veterans issues this week alone, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi noted at her weekly press conference. On Thursday, Democrats tried to present Trump their infrastructure plan before he walked out of their meeting.

So if the House is passing all these bills, why does it seem like Congress isn’t getting anything done? Welcome to the reality of divided government in Washington. The vast majority of House Democrats’ agenda has hit a dead end in the Republican-controlled Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has dubbed himself the “grim reaper” of Democratic legislation. Pelosi has blasted the Senate leader for embracing this role, saying he’s working for special interests in Washington, rather than the people of the United States.

“The Senate is the graveyard where bills that pass in the Congress, that have bipartisan support in the country, go to die,” Pelosi said at a recent press conference.

Little is happening in Congress, but it’s not for Democrats’ lack of trying

With links - https://www.vox.com/2019/5/24/18637163/trump-pelosi-democrats-bills-congress