8 Facts in Review

Be aware.
The facts in review:

1. Trump fires all Ambassadors and Special Envoys, ordering them out by inauguration day.
Source article:   "In Break With Precedent, Obama Envoys Are Denied Extensions Past Inauguration Day"
Source link: "Trump won't give grace period to Obama's Ambassadors"

2. House brings back the Holman rule allowing them to reduce an individual civil service, SES positions, or political appointee's salary to $1, effectively firing them by amendment to any piece of legislation. We now know why they wanted names and positions of people in Energy and State.
Source link:   "GOP Revives Rule Allowing $1 Salaries For Government Employees"

3. Senate schedules 6 simultaneous hearings on cabinet nominees and triple-books those hearings with Trump's first press conference in months and an ACA budget vote, effectively preventing any concentrated coverage or protest.
Source link:   "President-Elect Donald Trump Will Hold First Press Conference Since Before Election"
Source link:    "Senate Confirmation Hearings to Begin Without All Background Checks"

4. House GOP expressly forbids the Congressional Budget Office from reporting or tracking ANY costs related to the repeal of the ACA.
Source link:  "ACA Repeal CBO Exemption Rules Package"

5. Trump continues to throw the intelligence community under the bus to protect Putin, despite the growing mountain of evidence that the Russians deliberately interfered in our election.
Source link:  Trump tweets about IC, Putin, and Toyota on his account (requires Twitter login)

6. Trump breaks a central campaign promise to make Mexico pay for the wall by asking Congress (in other words, us, the taxpayers) to pay for it.
Source link:  "Trump Asking Congress, Not Mexico, To Pay For Border Wall"

7. Trump threatens Toyota over a new plant that was never coming to the US nor will take jobs out of the US.
Source link:  Trump tweets about IC, Putin, and Toyota on his account (requires Twitter login)

8. House passes the REINS act, giving them veto power over any rules enacted by any federal agency or department--for example, FDA or EPA bans a drug or pesticide, Congress can overrule based on lobbyists not science. Don't like that endangered species designation, Congress kills it.
Source link:  "House Passes REINS Act In Response to Obama's Executive Power Abuse"

Posted 1/10/2017
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