House GOP Stands Defiant Against Senate Plan To Avoid DHS Shutdown

[DonViejo]

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are refusing to support legislation that funds the Department of Homeland Security without imposing immigration policy restrictions, a sign that the department is headed for a partial shutdown Friday night.

The legislation is all but guaranteed to pass the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) have championed it in an agreement to bring up immigration bills separately. Even conservative firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has signaled he won't hold up the "clean" DHS bill ahead of the Friday midnight deadline to avert a shutdown.

But in the House, it's a very different story. Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), facing a rebellion from his members, isn't ready to swallow the standalone DHS bill just yet, and is exploring options to continue fighting President Barack Obama's initiatives on immigration.

"We want to stop the president's immigration actions with regard to immigration," Boehner told reporters Thursday. "It's outrageous that Senate Democrats are using Homeland Security funding for blackmail to protect the actions of the president. ... We're waiting to see what the Senate can or can't do, and then we're going to make decisions about how to proceed."

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[C_U_L8R]

1. Dare to be dumb.

I think this is their Wile E Coyote moment.

[brooklynite]

3. Where they run off the cliff?

Or where they run into the cave painted on the rocks?

[old guy]

2. I believe they think they won't be blamed and who knows, maybe they won't.

There is no limit to peoples stupidity.

[DFW]

4. Bonehead likes a good game of chicken

He'll have McTurtle screaming in his face if 1.) Obama stands firm and 2.) McTurtle continues to be realistic.

#1 I'm confident, #2 I'm fairly confident

The big question is whether or not Bonehead really feels the crazies hold more weight in the Republican caucus than he does. Of course, if he stands firm (i.e. he thinks the crazies are calling the shots) then he really should step aside and let Gohmert be speaker. If he's going to make the U.S. House of Representatives really be a national joke, then he might as well have a full-blown clown running it.