Uh oh, what kind of cynical, snarky comments will we TPMers be able to come up with for this one? Sounds like an unqualified win for the American people!
But will he sign it ?
From WaPo:
"The package includes $61 million to reimburse local law enforcement
agencies for the cost of protecting Trump when he travels to his
residences in Florida and New York, a major priority for the two New
York Democrats involved in the spending talks, Schumer and Rep. Nita M.
Lowey. Among the bipartisan victories is $407 million in
wildfire relief for western states and a decision to permanently extend a
program that provides health-care coverage for coal miners. "
And the commenters there agree too. To quote:
“How effective are Trump’s management style and skills of persuasion? In the first government funding bill, Schumer and Pelosi praise while Ryan remains mum. Are we sick of winning yet?”
At first glance, this is a win for the Dems!! Now to win the message.
ETA: Read the comments over at WaPo, many happy folks on there! 
And the only thing I can take issue with, is that deal hasn’t gone to a vote yet. I wouldn’t trust the repubs to hang together on any agreement.
Since the deal isn’t signed yet, given Trump’s penchant for chaos, I’m on “puns and needles.”
Sounds like a pretty good deal. But: Will Republicans keep their agreement? Will Trump go on a twitter rant or complain about money being wasted on research, health, and infrastructure that we actually need rather than his stupid wall? Or will he not know or understand what’s in the bill and take credit for being the President who negotiated the greatest continuation funding bill in history?
Ask him.
And the Pentagon gets another pointless increase.
I dunno funding this crappy administration for another week sounds pretty counter intuitive…
can’t we just let it crash and burn and then start trying to win in a different way? BIGLY
Get this vote through and get back to investigating just how pervasive the GOP corruption stretches.
Where is the SS expansion? The medicaid expansion? Why doesn’t this strengthen our Health Care, our Environment, our schools, our colleges? Where is the tax relief for the middle class? I would rather hear Democratic leaders saying they reluctantly are going along with this for now.
Instead they sound like “yes sir, may I please have another”.
Absolutely. And make the media report that that is exactly why they are voting for this.
I was going to do a snark comment but since I’m a Pelosi loyalist, I waited for the 1.5 mil ad buy thread. TPM stories are like streetcars.
Hey, you asked. Or were you trolling me?
I do my own lame version of smart-a$$ery, but the only “trolling” I do is to evoke similar smart-a$$ery from fellow TPM’ers. :->
Trump lost this one bigly
From CNN.com:
Below is what aides to both parties agreed is included in the bill, when asked by CNN:
$1.5 billion for border security – technology and repairing existing
infrastructure with language saying no new border wall construction
No money for deportation force or federal cuts to sanctuary cities
Billions in new defense spending, including the global war on terrorism
No funding cut for Planned Parenthood
National Institute of Health funding increase of $2 billion
Increase clean energy and science funding Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy is up $17 million over Fiscal Year 2016
Department of Energy Office of Science is up $42 million over Fiscal Year 2016
Provide permanent fix for miners health insurance$295 million for Puerto Rico Medicaid
Disaster package including funding for California, West Virginia, Louisiana and North Carolina, increased funding for transit infrastructure grants and
opioid epidemic
Restored year round Pell Grants
This is good, but also terrifying. The only visible achievement of the first half (give or take) of this year’s legislative session is to keep the federal government open for another five months. At which point we still won’t have any official budget bills for last year, much less a budget for next year.
Seems as good as can be expected nowadays.
This deal shapes a lot of the agenda for the rest of fiscal 2017. I can’t wait to see the details. Amazing how it required Democratic support. I thought the Republicans owned the government.
I am with you. It is time for the Democrats to lay out an agenda for people to contrast with the Republican rob from the poor and middle and pay to the rich approach.