Of Course. Could Boehner be any more predictable?
POLITICO – Speaker John Boehner announced that the House will vote Tuesday on the Senate’s bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, a move that could enrage a small pocket of conservatives but will end the impasse over the agency’s funding.
“I am as outraged and frustrated as you at the lawless and unconstitutional actions of this president,” Boehner said to a closed meeting Republicans, in reference to President Barack Obama’s changes to the enforcement of immigration laws, according to a source in the room. “I believe this decision – considering where we are – is the right one for this team, and the right one for this country. The good news is that the president’s executive action has been stopped, for now. This matter will continue to be litigated in the courts, where we have our best chance of winning this fight.”
Boehner got a standing ovation, according to a source in the weekly Republican meeting. The decision shows that Boehner is refusing to be hamstrung by the pocket of conservatives who took down the bill last week, and will, instead, work with both parties to fund the agency through the remainder of the fiscal year.
The stalemate was due to Obama’s decision to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. The House tried to gut those provisions, but the Senate was not able to get their bill through the chamber. Congress last week pass legislation to fund DHS through Friday.
Boehner (R-Ohio) told the closed gathering of Republicans that another short-term bill would not pass the House, and said that Senate Republicans “never found a way to win this fight.”
“The three-week CR we offered would have kept this fight going and allowed us to continue to put pressure on Senate Democrats to do the right thing,” Boehner said in the meeting. “Unfortunately, that plan was rejected.”
A DHS shutdown, Boehner said, would be dangerous to national security.
Never found a way to win? Clearly you weren’t looking hard enough Boehner. When you gave away all of your leverage and said you would NEVER allow a government shutdown, you took all of your power off the table.
Boehner is the best thing that could happen to a lawless president. Republicans couldn’t have given Obama a better gift.