Patrick's Notebook

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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer does not have an enviable job, having to stand before the press and lie, lie, lie about the latest scandal in the White House or Congress.

Today, that undesirable job included lying to the press about the failing Obamacare replacement, the American Health Care Act as he repeatedly ignored growing dissent and said that the bill, as written, would absolutely pass today.

Spicer was asked more than once by inquiring reporters whether or not the President or GOP leadership had considered a next step in regards to their healthcare bill, if it didn’t pass todays vote.

“No, it’s going to pass. So that’s it.”

President Donald Trump’s approval rating has hit a new low, according to the latest Gallup poll.

As of Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, 19 March 2017, Trump’s approval rating has sunk to 37 percent, while those who disapprove of the president’s job stands at 58 percent. His approval rating stood at 45 percent one week prior.

The Secret Service asked for $60 million extra for Trump-era travel and protection, documents show

The U.S. Secret Service requested $60 million in additional funding for the next year, offering the most precise estimate yet of the escalating costs for travel and protection resulting from the unusually complicated lifestyle of the Trump family, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
Nearly half of the additional money, $26.8 million, would pay to protect President Trump’s family and private home in New York’s Trump Tower, the documents show, while $33 million would be spent on travel costs incurred by “the president, vice president and other visiting heads of state.”
Trump has spent most of his weekends since inauguration at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida, and his sons have traveled the world to promote Trump properties with Secret Service agents in tow.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-asked-for-60-million-extra-for-trump-era-travel-and-protection-documents-show/2017/03/22/0967e7b6-0a85-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html

• White House Budget Prioritizes Military Might Over Americans’ Well-Being
• ‘America First’ Plan Proposes Sweeping Cuts To EPA, Environmental Programs
• Cuts International Food Aid Program And Funding For Clean Water
• Trump Concedes His Health Care Bill Could Hurt Many Of His Supporters
• Trump’s Budget Invests In Private Schools, Cuts Programs For Public Schools
• Eliminates Funding For Corporation For Public Broadcasting
• And, The ‘Good Jobs’ President Wants To Slash Worker Safety and Training
• White House Budget Director: We Can’t Ask Single Moms To Pay For PBS