Trump, Congress And 100 Days: Lofty Goals Hit Reality

By ERICA WERNER, AP Congressional Correspondent, San Francisco Chronicle: Politics
Fri, 04/28/2017 - 12:36pm

With Republicans in charge of the House, the Senate and the White House for the first time in a decade, Trump didn't reckon with the reality of GOP divisions so intractable they may doom his major legislative priorities. A restive right flank willing to defy party leaders dealt him a humiliating setback on health care last month. The White House is pushing House GOP leaders to try again on health care, and there's been recent progress as the conservative House Freedom Caucus endorsed the latest version of the bill. House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky pledged they would seize the opportunity to work with the new Republican president and enact a bold GOP vision starting with making good on seven years of promises to get rid of Obama's health law and replace it with something better. Republicans also point to progress on regulatory issues, with Congress employing a tool called the Congressional Review Act, previously little used, to undo a raft of regulations passed toward the end of the Obama years. For their part, Democrats scoff at the GOP's underwhelming record, noting that Congress passed a massive economic stimulus bill and other legislation during Obama's first 100 days.

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