Why?
The former Freedom Caucus hard righty Mick Mulvaney.seems to NOT be able to ‘manage’ his boss ….
Mulvany has NOT worked to give Senate Republicans wiggle room in dealing with Trump positions and House Democratic Speaker Pelosi who has dug in with her party lawmakers tight behind her…
The result has been NO legislation movement and bad politics for Republicans to try to support going into next years elections so far…
Senate Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated with acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
GOP senators see the former House lawmaker as an obstacle to striking deals on spending, including a stalled disaster relief package. The intraparty battle could spill over into high-profile debates on fiscal matters, such as raising the debt ceiling and avoiding another government shutdown.
Before joining the administration, Mulvaney was a founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which rose to prominence after the Tea Party wave of 2010 by opposing spending increases and the implementation of ObamaCare. Some GOP lawmakers worry that Mulvaney has ingrained the Freedom Caucus’s staunch conservative worldview to the White House, making it tougher to cut deals with Democrats.
“There is a feeling that the Freedom Caucus may be on the wane in the House, but it’s on the ascendency in the West Wing,” said one Republican senator, who requested anonymity to discuss colleagues’ frustration with Mulvaney.
A second GOP senator said, “He’s a former member of the Freedom Caucus, and he’s used to saying no.”
A third Senate Republican said there’s “frustration” that Mulvaney and his ally Russ Vought, the acting White House budget director, are willing to settle for a yearlong continuing resolution to fund the government instead of negotiating a new spending deal with Democrats….
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