E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post wrote an article entitled "Trump's accidental moment of truth". It started out talking about the ridiculous "negotiation" on immigration that was open to the press, which showed Donald Trump bouncing like a ping-pong ball between dichotomously opposed policy alternatives. Great.
But what Dionne got into next was why the Republicans have abrogated any claim to sane, sensible legislating. Especially the far-right nutters who have been given way too much control over what the House of Representatives does.
"The cost of extremism is obvious on other matters as well. The Children’s Health Insurance Program is a genuinely bipartisan achievement that, at low cost, gets health care to 9 million young Americans. But the renewal is hung up because House Republicans are demanding that it be paid for by cutting Obamacare spending on various preventive-care measures. Really? Since when is prevention a partisan issue?"
In case you don't believe that could possibly be true, read "Congress let CHIP’s funding expire 102 days ago, and it’s a national disgrace" from Vox.
Supposedly there's a potential CHIP funding deal that would be attached to a short-term funding bill. I'll believe it when I see it -- the deal, and the funding bill.
This is pretty recent: To Shut Down or Not to Shut Down
It's going to be an interesting week.
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