The White House sent Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to Capitol Hill yesterday, hoping to heal the rift that opened following President Trump's deal with the Democrats on the debt ceiling and government spending. It didn't go very well. CNN: Mnuchin, along with Trump's budget chief, Mick Mulvaney went up to Capitol Hill shortly before a vote on the package, which included money for hurricane aid, a continuing resolution to keep the government open and a three-month extension of the debt ceiling. Multiple House Republicans emerged infuriated and dissatisfied that they addressed their concerns that the deal wasn't the right strategy to get some of the spending reforms they've been pushing. In the closed-door meeting, Mnuchin appeared to exacerbate the anger of House Republicans who opposed clean debt limit extensions, as the treasury secretary appealed to members to do this "for me," according to two members in the...(Read Full Post)