Was there ever a doubt? Yesterday, I indicated those cowards would cave...
I knew all along that electing the GOP to control of the Senate wouldn't make any difference.
The president trashes the Constitution, and the Senate acts like a bunch of scared punks.
Here's the thing: the GOP bears as much responsibility for these legislative debacles as the democrats do.
They're just as guilty... just as complicit.
They really are just like the democrats... they just have a little slicker act.
I knew all along that electing the GOP to control of the Senate wouldn't make any difference.
The president trashes the Constitution, and the Senate acts like a bunch of scared punks.
Here's the thing: the GOP bears as much responsibility for these legislative debacles as the democrats do.
They're just as guilty... just as complicit.
They really are just like the democrats... they just have a little slicker act.
Mitch McConnell Announces a Vote on Clean DHS Funding Is Coming
The Senate majority leader is making his move to try and prevent a shutdown.
(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
February 24, 2015
With the Homeland Security Department set to shut down on Saturday,
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday offered Senate
Democrats everything they wanted. And then, as with mice and cookies,
they asked for some more.
McConnell told reporters Tuesday that after two months of begging, he
would finally agree to give Democrats a clean vote to fund DHS through
the end of the fiscal year. The funding, based on an agreement between
Democratic and Republican appropriators last year, would come with no
strings attached.
"I've indicated to the Democratic leader that I'd be happy to have his cooperation to advance the consideration of a clean DHS bill which would carry us through till September 30th," McConnell said to press Tuesday.
Then, he would hold a vote Friday to defund President Obama's executive action on immigration, as a consolation prize for conservatives in the House and Senate who have pushed to tie the two issues together. That sequence would keep DHS open and could earn enough Democratic votes to pass the separate measure defunding the president's executive action. Already Sens. Claire McCaskill and Joe Manchin have said they will vote to move forward the immigration bill; although McCaskill said that the DHS funding must come first and hasn't made a decision on whether she'll vote for the underlying immigration measure.
But
when Democrats heard the news, they were not impressed. Senate Minority
Leader Harry Reid said that he had a positive meeting with McConnell on
Tuesday, but then asked for more: House Speaker John Boehner's guarantee
that the clean DHS funding bill could pass the House.
That's a tall order for Boehner, who will meet with his conference to discuss their options on Wednesday. It's likely that a clean DHS funding bill will earn the vast majority of Democratic votes in the House, but with conservatives riled up about the immigration measure, it will be a much harder sell in Boehner's own conference.
McConnell told reporters Tuesday, "I do not know what the House will do."
McConnell spokesman Don Stewart would not say whether McConnell had told Boehner about his new strategy before making the announcement Monday night, although he acknowledged that the two leaders speak often.
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said McConnell announced the decision at a conference luncheon Tuesday, but that the announcement had drawn ire from more-conservative members who believe McConnell was giving in to Democratic demands without holding the president accountable. Multiple Republicans in the meeting said there was still broad disagreement as to whether a caving to Democrats demands for a clean funding bill was the best course forward.
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"I've indicated to the Democratic leader that I'd be happy to have his cooperation to advance the consideration of a clean DHS bill which would carry us through till September 30th," McConnell said to press Tuesday.
Then, he would hold a vote Friday to defund President Obama's executive action on immigration, as a consolation prize for conservatives in the House and Senate who have pushed to tie the two issues together. That sequence would keep DHS open and could earn enough Democratic votes to pass the separate measure defunding the president's executive action. Already Sens. Claire McCaskill and Joe Manchin have said they will vote to move forward the immigration bill; although McCaskill said that the DHS funding must come first and hasn't made a decision on whether she'll vote for the underlying immigration measure.
That's a tall order for Boehner, who will meet with his conference to discuss their options on Wednesday. It's likely that a clean DHS funding bill will earn the vast majority of Democratic votes in the House, but with conservatives riled up about the immigration measure, it will be a much harder sell in Boehner's own conference.
McConnell told reporters Tuesday, "I do not know what the House will do."
McConnell spokesman Don Stewart would not say whether McConnell had told Boehner about his new strategy before making the announcement Monday night, although he acknowledged that the two leaders speak often.
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said McConnell announced the decision at a conference luncheon Tuesday, but that the announcement had drawn ire from more-conservative members who believe McConnell was giving in to Democratic demands without holding the president accountable. Multiple Republicans in the meeting said there was still broad disagreement as to whether a caving to Democrats demands for a clean funding bill was the best course forward.
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