President Trump has put his name behind Senator John Kennedy’s 50-day fight list for the Senate. Trump posted Kennedy’s plan in full today: fight to confirm every one of the President’s nominees, pass the Permitting Bill, and move a Reconciliation Bill that needs no Democrat votes and carries money for the Military and for Air Control, a bill to ban stock trading, a Pardon Brokers bill and a Fraud Bill — all inside the next 50 days. One item Kennedy deliberately splits off from the rest: FAA funding as a standalone bill, which he says should get Democrat support.
Why it matters: the air control money is the fix for the very system that failed yesterday, when one contractor’s router flooded the FAA’s decades-old network and every flight in America was grounded out of caution. For travellers, that is the difference between a system held together by lines no longer in production and one that works. For builders and workers, the Permitting Bill decides how fast projects break ground. And the stock-trading ban answers a complaint ordinary Americans have made for years — that members of Congress profit from what they learn in office.
Here is the document itself — Trump’s post, quoting Kennedy word for word: "I’m going to fight and get all of the President’s Nominees confirmed. Get the Permitting Bill passed. I want to do a Reconciliation Bill, which we can pass with no Democrat votes, provide money for the Military, money for Air Control, a Bill to ban Stock Trading, pass a Bill on Pardon Brokers, pass a Fraud Bill, all in the next 50 days. The FAA Funding should be a stand alone Bill — We should get Democrat support for that!"
Kennedy’s own fighting words came with it. Trump also posted the Louisiana senator’s line from his Fox News interview: "Some people worry about losing, I worry about not trying. I can explain a loss, I can’t explain to my people why I didn’t try!" Kennedy repeated it on his own account today, adding: "I’m ready to saddle up and ride."
The contrast is the strategy. Before, the FAA’s money sat trapped inside the big Washington fights — an industry letter begging Congress for $30.1 billion, Secretary Duffy making the case for $50 billion, and the system failing in the meantime. Now Kennedy cuts it loose: the one bill he says Democrats should help pass stands alone, while everything else moves down the reconciliation track, where Republican votes alone are enough. No Democrat answer to the list had been posted by the time this was published — the FAA bill is written as the test of whether any will come.
The situation now: the President has publicly backed the list, the 50 days are running, and the nominees come first. When the Senate moves on any part of it — or Democrats answer the FAA call — this story will be updated.
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