01-18-2018, 05:06 PM
(01-18-2018, 02:29 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: What you're missing in all of this is that they did have a deal that they had a whip count for that could pass both chambers. Trump shot it down because it wasn't what he wanted. They don't typically put bills like this on the floor without a favorable whip count, so the meeting was to hammer out any details before putting it on the floor. Trump decided to be a petulant child and not back the bipartisan deal that could've passed the chambers and funded the government. If they know he is going to veto, they aren't going to put it out there because they likely won't have the votes to override.
That's poor politics then. You pass the bill and let Trump veto it, not passing anything accomplishes nothing. Especially given how mercurial Trump is, giving him something to sign could always get you something you previously thought you couldn't get. Even if Trump vetos you can continue to hammer out areas of contention when the bill comes back to Congress. At the very least it would be making progress towards the goal instead of sitting around talking about how they'd like to make progress towards the goal.
