Hail, the Socialist Unity Party.
Posted on 02/25/2015 12:13:08 PM PST by pabianice
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats on Wednesday signed onto a Republican plan to fund the Homeland Security Department without the immigration provisions opposed by President Barack Obama. The announcement by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid put the Senate on track to pass the bill as a partial agency shutdown looms Friday at midnight.
"It's an important step to be able to send to the House of Representatives a bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security," Reid told reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats. "We look forward to working with our Republican colleagues in the next 24 hours to get this done. All eyes now shift to the House of Representatives as soon as we pass our clean funding bill."
The House's response was uncertain. Earlier Wednesday, House Republicans reacted tepidly at best to the plan from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who proposed decoupling the issue of DHS funding from immigration.
House Speaker John Boehner declined repeatedly to say what he would recommend to his conservative, fractious rank-and-file if the funding bill clears the Republican-controlled Senate.
"I'm waiting for the Senate to act. The House has done their job," he said after a closed-door meeting of the rank-and-file. Even so, lawmakers were told to be prepared to spend the weekend in the Capitol to resolve the issue.
Boehner and McConnell were to meet on the issue later Tuesday.
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The House of Lords has Spoken!
If it makes it to the floor (and it will, or Reid would not be agreeing) the rats will make sure it passes.
That Mitch McConnel, he sure does drive a hard bargain. Does Obama keep his jewels in the Oval Office?
At least they tried. Right?
to the Dhimmicrats and Imam Obama.
The Uniparty has Spoken.
Frank Thorp V @frankthorpNBC · 11 minutes ago
First Senate procedural vote to move to clean DHS funding bill PASSES 98-2. Only Sens Sessions and Inhofe voted ‘NO’
Hail, the Socialist Unity Party.
That’s it, I’m done, Article V, screw electing elephants and hoping they grow a pair.....
If they manage to block Article V, then Nullification baby....
Failing that.... Divorace!
"Senate Democrats signed on to a Republican Plan to fund DHS..."
This what sorry-assed Republicans call leadership.
Now, who here is dumb enough to vote for a member of the Republican party again?
Anyone?
Good gosh. 98-2 :(
[ At least they tried. Right? ]
The RINOs must think that Tried = Tired, as in I am tired of actually tryign to fight for my beliefs I campaigned on so I will cave and surrender....
Maybe Bohner and Turtle boy have lexdysia...I mean Dyslexia...
I’m speechless.
Wow...Cruz?
Even more reason that it MUST be Walker/Cruz. A good 8 years under Walker will prepare Cruz for the Presidency and we will be better for it.
Are we supposed to pretend that McConnell and the rest of the GOPe aren’t on the Democrat team? (Give or take a couple of GOP crony capitalist sops here or there.)
Good to see Harry back in charge...... not
When the Bill goes back to the House they should pass their Bill again adding the word , FOOLS
Yeh Cruz will give up a senate seat that has way more power to be Walkers yes man for 8 years. You are dreaming.
If he wants to be President someday that is what he should do. I mean he is very good at talking. For example he was not happy with funding Homeland Security until the vote came and he voted for it. I think having Walker teach him about keeping strong will be very helpful to Cruz.
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