Article snippet: GOP lawmakers are getting bolder in saying "no" to MORE. Whether it’s ripping apart ObamaCare or closing the border, Republicans are bucking Trump when they see his strategies as self-defeating — and damaging to their own hopes of keeping the White House and winning congressional seats in 2020. On foreign policy, a minority of Republicans have joined with Democrats to cut off U.S. support to Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s civil war. They’ve also derailed Trump’s plans to completely withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and to cut in half the U.S. force in Afghanistan. GOP lawmakers were furious with proposed budget cuts for the Special Olympics, which Trump overruled. Republicans also are showing less deference to Trump. Sen. MORE (R-Utah) mocked Trump’s expected pick for Federal Reserve, Herman Cain, for the simplistic 9-9-9 tax plan he pushed during the 2012 Republican presidential primary, which Romney ultimately won. Trump remains the party’s leader, and Republicans still fear his involvement in party primaries, where the president could torpedo a sitting lawmaker’s chances by backing his primary opponent. But Trump doesn’t seem to be instilling the same level of fear in GOP lawmakers that he once did. One Republican senator closely allied with Trump said the GOP leadership is getting more comfortable about publicly airing their disputes with the president. This senator also said there has been more pushback in the past than noticed. "There was more of that last year tha... Link to the full article to read more