This story was originally published on nationaljournal.com on April 28, 2017 In Texas, when people talk loudly and promise a lot but deliver little, they are said to be “all hat and no cattle.” On the eve of President Trump’s first 100 days, that’s a pretty apt description of his first few months in office. The first-100-day yardstick may be artificial and arbitrary, but his corral is pretty empty, at least legislatively. Although a little over two dozen bills have been signed into law, none are of any real significance, certainly not on the order of magnitude that candidate Donald Trump promised during the campaign. It has often been said that personnel is policy, and with fewer than 10 percent of appointees either not picked or awaiting Senate confirmation, that cliché seems on target. Aside from executive orders, what we have seen is more theater than results. Loading up seven buses with 100 senators to come to the Old Executive Office Building for a briefing that could have just as easily been held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building was
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