Curveballs give Congress whiplash
BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 10/20/17 06:00 AM EDT
... The president this week reversed course on a bipartisan health-care deal, first encouraging Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) in private to negotiate a deal, then coming out against the agreement and seemingly stopping it cold ...
It was just the latest example in what’s become a familiar cycle on Capitol Hill: Senators believe they and Trump are on the same page, only to find out — sometimes hours later and frequently through tweets — that the president has changed his mind.
After throwing a celebration on the White House lawn after the House approved its ObamaCare repeal bill, Trump weeks later called the legislation "mean" ...
"We're not getting the job done, and I'm not going to blame myself, I'll be honest, they are not getting the job done," Trump said this week.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/356321-trump-curveballs-give-congress-whiplash