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United Republican opposition to COVID-19 aid doesn t align with public polling.
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160 CEOs write to lawmakers urging them to pass Biden’s COVID relief plan
Plus, former President Donald Trump is expected to push false claims during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend.J. Scott Applewhite/AP
The Republican Party is both less divided and more divided than it seems at the moment and not in ways that glide along the easiest political paths.
On the question of former President Donald Trump, the GOP is less divided than a colorful House leadership news conference might make it seem. The party still belongs primarily to Trump, as the CPAC gathering that begins Thursday in Florida will demonstrate.
Biden s big task: Keeping 50 Democrats in line politico.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from politico.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
@lurker: I think if Obama had nominated a Scalia clone – a demonstrable, rock-solid, 40-year-old crazy ass conservative Scalia clone – they would have pocketed the win and moved on. “Thanks, Barack!” Never would have happened but still, sure they would have taken that. Why not?
But anything
less was unacceptable, and they had the power, and they used it, and here we are.
I still don’t know what Obama could have done differently. Clearly no force on earth can force McConnell to do the right thing, or the consistent thing, it’s all about conservative white male power, period.
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“Here’s a suggestion just don’t be assholes. Yeah, like just you know treat each other as human beings have some degree, some modicum of respect.”
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Biden faces first potential Cabinet defeat as opposition grows to budget-office nominee
Seung Min Kim, Annie Linskey and Jeff Stein, The Washington Post
Feb. 22, 2021
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1of3Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, talks with reporters on Feb. 11, 2021.Washington Post photo by Katherine FreyShow MoreShow Less
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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden was on the cusp of his first Cabinet defeat Monday as two closely watched GOP senators announced their opposition to Neera Tanden, his pick to be the nation s chief budget official, potentially dealing a major blow to an administration that has struggled to fill top posts across the government.