GOP gets bolder in breaking with Trump
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 02/07/17 06:00 AM EST
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Congressional Republicans are becoming more critical of President Trump amid the shaky rollout of his executive order on immigration and the lack of clear progress on his legislative agenda.
The rising tensions between both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue come at a critical time in the Trump presidency, when major decisions on taxes, healthcare and the budget need to be made.
Trump’s criticism of a Republican-appointed federal judge and his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend have rubbed some Republicans the wrong way. Those members, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), have sought to put some daylight between the policies and priorities of the GOP-led Congress and the new administration.
GOP critics have described the immigration order, which freezes visits from seven predominantly Muslim countries and halts the resettlement of refugees, as “flawed” and “poorly implemented.”
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