GOP frantically dialing back expectations as Trump's distractions prove more liability than asset
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10 FEB 2017 AT 11:01 ET
Congressional Republicans are dialing back expectations after President Donald Trump’s daily distractions have proven to hurt them as much as they’ve helped provide cover.
The president came right out of the gate enacting executive orders banning travelers from certain Muslim nations and turning local police into a deportation force, but the resulting backlash and court challenges have stalled the ambitious GOP agenda, reported The Hill.
Trump’s frequent and erratic Twitter attacks have dominated news coverage, but they haven’t managed to turn attention away from Republican attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — and lawmakers have either faced hostile constituents or been forced to flee them.
The president’s steep on-the-job learning curve has also slowed the Republican agenda, and some GOP lawmakers are hoping to move the goalposts less than a month into the Trump administration.
Trump and his Republican allies promised voters they would scrap Obamacare, overhaul the tax code and fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, but they’re facing a series of budget deadlines that could prove difficult to meet — even without trying to pass expensive and controversial legislation. “There’s no way we can do all these issues,” one Republican lawmaker told The Hill, adding that it would be a “Herculean” task to pass just two of those measures.
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