A faction of House and Senate conservatives is pushing Republican leaders to take the battle over the Homeland Security Department to the brink, arguing the party would win the public relations war with Democrats if a standoff over immigration led to a shutdown of the agency.
The closed-door debate picked up new urgency in the Capitol on Wednesday, with House and Senate GOP leaders in an awkward public impasse over the issue — just a month after they assumed complete control of Congress and with two weeks before funding runs out for the department.
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The voters just gave Republicans the majority in both chambers. They want something different.
ReplyDeleteThey will blame the Democrat obstructionists in the Senate and it will get worse from there!
John Boehner did the right thing!
Maybe they can start selling off some of the millions of rounds of ammunition they have been purchasing to help raise money for their operations. They will have a ready market with plenty of demand from the people.
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