Donald Trump's Relationship with Congress by Emma Gomez https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp en-us 2018-06-01 20:16:38 UTC 2023-02-20 18:12:29 UTC hello@padlet.com emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265105219 - GOP is referring to The Republican Party
- Escalating tension between Capitol Hill and the White House 
 - threatening the GOP's legislative agenda and testing the bonds of party unity under the Trump administration
- An unloaded President Trump on Congress at a campaign rally in Phoenix, 
- left lawmakers increasingly apprehensive about the party's ambitious fall agenda
- "On the road to the GOP nomination, Trump earned the reputation as a good debater by slandering and bullying his opponents, knocking them out with cheap shots and lies. On a crowded stage, Trump got away with these deplorable tactics." -Bob Beckel

]]> 2018-06-01 20:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265105219 - Trump criticized Republicans for failing to pass a long-promised health care bill to take apart the Affordable Care Act. emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265688639
- Trump threatened a government shutdown if Republicans didn't deliver him a spending bill includingthe money he wants to start building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.]]> 2018-06-05 16:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265688639 - Major political scandal emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265691540
- (early 1970s)happened when the United States President Richard Nixon, (a Republican) was tied to a crime
 - former FBI and CIA agents broke into the offices of the Democratic Party and George McGovern (the Presidential candidate). 
- Nixon's helpers listened to phone lines and secret papers were stolen.]]> 2018-06-05 16:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265691540 emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265693051 2018-06-05 17:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265693051 - The Supreme Court remained supreme that was decided by the Supreme Court on July 24, 1974 - ended the Nixon presidency , ordered the release of the Watergate “smoking gun” tape and other recordings.- The Justices held that not even the president was above the law emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265736933 "After Watergate, America was a ship without a rudder. Vietnam was left to its own devices, drifting along towards its fate." - Nguyen Cao Ky

]]> 2018-06-05 20:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265736933 - Continuation of the trend toward more independence of party identification of voters - A weakened Presidency – or a Congress that is likely to prove more aggressive in dealing with the White House. Democrats to pick a candidate in 1976 who appears to have a clean record. emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265802653

]]> 2018-06-06 06:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265802653 There are comparisons of President Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal that helped end his presidency and President Trump is increasing frequently these days,especially after Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey. emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265929122 "“There’s more likelihood [Nixon] might have survived if there’d been a Fox News.” - John Dean]]> 2018-06-06 17:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265929122 emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265932916 2018-06-06 17:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265932916 emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265933166 2018-06-06 17:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265933166 emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265934172 2018-06-06 17:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/265934172 emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/266251949 2018-06-08 07:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/266251949 emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/266342939 2018-06-08 16:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/266342939 emmagomez721 https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/266343770 2018-06-08 16:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/emmagomez721/i7b9vev7lvfp/wish/266343770