Threat of impeachment takes oxygen out of 2019 agenda
House investigations of the Trump administration and the prospect of impeachment are crowding out hopes for legislative progress on Capitol Hill, creating a poisonous atmosphere that makes it all but impossible for the White House and Democrats to work together.
Senators in both parties didn’t expect much legislation to move this year, but they still reacted with dismay to the latest blowup between President Trump and Democrats, saying it jeopardizes efforts to find common ground on even basic issues of governance.
Trump surprised Democratic leaders Wednesday when he turned a meeting that was supposed to be about finding ways to pay for a major infrastructure package into a stern three-minute speech on how the House investigations make it impossible to pass legislation.
“It was a monologue by the president, who wheeled around and walked out,” said Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.), who described the scene in the room, and said Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) didn’t have a chance to say anything in response.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445135-threat-of-impeachment-takes-oxygen-out-of-2019-agenda
Kind of like how Trump sucks the oxygen out of any room he's in?
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