Boehner reiterated today that he’s done acting on a bill to fund DHS despite the Senate wanting to vote on a clean DHS bill.
With less than two days to go before a Homeland Security Department shutdown, John Boehner isn’t blinking.
“We passed a bill to fund the department six weeks ago. Six weeks ago!” the House speaker said during a press conference Thursday. “It’s time for the Senate to act. How many times do I have to say it?”
Boehner doesn’t appear to be going along with his Republican counterparts in the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is looking to avert a shutdown by offering Democrats a clean funding bill for DHS. The speaker would not say whether he would back a Senate funding bill without provisions that would defund President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. At one point, Boehner blew kisses at reporters after they asked whether he would.
I’m not exactly sure what that’s supposed to mean, but I’m glad he’s standing his ground on the DHS funding bill. But just give him another day or so, he’ll eventually cave just like McConnell.