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Don't worry, they'll tell him what the department does before he takes office.

 

Here you go. Make sure you read it to the end.

 

Good gosh, the unmitigated gall and stupidity of that last paragraph.

 

Someone's angling for a second Friend of Moscow medal

 

If Congress is in the final 10 days of a session, an untouched bill is dead. Pocket veto. That's not the case here.
WH now says the alleged president will sign. But without media present. Wonder why.

 

He's right; because so far, he's made absolutely no deals with Congress and quite a few with foreign countries (as opposed to domestic ones, I suppose.)

 

A little arcane, but basically this means Trump is a little less likely to be able to drop insurance cost-sharing payments and have it stick in the short term.

Trump Boxed In on Health Subsidies After Legal Win for States

 

The White House released two versions of the signing statement!

 

Gridlock ... his fault, no doubt.

 

He managed to get a slap at Congress not passing Health Care into that signing statement, too.

I know that there's a plan to bring Congress back into session often enough to prevent an interim appointment. Will that also prevent the pocket veto on the sly if he didn't actually sign the bill?

 

I like Pierce's "the president*" with an asterix. I bet that really pisses Trump off if an aide ever reads one of Pierce's articles to him.