Today Congressional negotiators have reached a deal for new sanctions on Russia as well as Iran and North Korea. Both houses still have to officially approve the bill but it's expected to pass easily and with overwhelming bipartisan support. It also gives congress new veto power to block any easement of the sanctions by the Trump administration. Because, you know, Trump is totally not Russia's puppet...
The bill is expected to go to trumps desk for approval in August. I fully expect him to sign it, the political fallout from a veto would be disastrous and ultimately overridden by congress.
Bill passes and will head to the presidents desk.
The thing I do like about Trump is he is a pragmatist. He understands the idea is to move the ball forward. If the bill has 6 things he wants and 2 he doesn't---he'll probably sign it because he knows its possible with one stroke of a pen to move the general direction of the country slightly closer to his overall goal. Too many Republicans will block the bill on principle and end up making no progress.
It should be vetoed.
We cannot allow petty partisan politics to dictate foreign policy.
(07-27-2017 08:11 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote: [ -> ]It should be vetoed.
We cannot allow petty partisan politics to dictate foreign policy.
That would be awesome, optics that bad don't come around very often. At least for functional presidents...
I'd veto it just to spite them.
Has this been signed yet?
(07-22-2017 12:17 PM)Godzilla Wrote: [ -> ]Today Congressional negotiators have reached a deal for new sanctions on Russia as well as Iran and North Korea. Both houses still have to officially approve the bill but it's expected to pass easily and with overwhelming bipartisan support. It also gives congress new veto power to block any easement of the sanctions by the Trump administration. Because, you know, Trump is totally not Russia's puppet...
The bill is expected to go to trumps desk for approval in August. I fully expect him to sign it, the political fallout from a veto would be disastrous and ultimately overridden by congress.
You people have forever destroyed your own credibility with this fantasy nonsense.
Not that I'm complaining.
(08-01-2017 09:03 AM)cb4029 Wrote: [ -> ]Has this been signed yet?
Not to my knowledge but I think I remember the WH saying they would. No point in vetoing, it passed with a veto proof majority and Trump can't afford those optics.
(07-27-2017 08:09 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: [ -> ]The thing I do like about Trump is he is a pragmatist. He understands the idea is to move the ball forward. If the bill has 6 things he wants and 2 he doesn't---he'll probably sign it because he knows its possible with one stroke of a pen to move the general direction of the country slightly closer to his overall goal. Too many Republicans will block the bill on principle and end up making no progress.
XACLY!
time only tells how this works out moving forward in the land of lobbyists.....
I'm beginning to lose hope a solvent solution is viable....
again, I'm going to wait until the midterms to pass final judgment.....
Reports are that he just signed it. He couldn't afford the backlash of not signing it.
Now that he is sanctioning Russia for meddling in our election I wonder if he will finally admit they did it.
But I thought Trump was Russia's puppet!!!
Putin secretly endorses this.
(07-27-2017 08:11 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote: [ -> ]It should be vetoed.
We cannot allow petty partisan politics to dictate foreign policy.
You are a Russian bot.
Don the douche calls the bill "seriously flawed" signs it anyway.
