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We elected a Republican House of Representatives.
... It is time for them to do their job.

IF the elections of 2014 go anything like 2010, perhaps there will be enough leverage to do what you say. But the Republican Party has already made it clear that those elected in 2010 were, instead, "Tea Party" members -- the modern definition of conservative members of Congress. Were there any immediate chance of holding ALL Republican congressthings to their oaths, there would already be significent and very public rumblings of the need for a new Speaker. Have only heard a few peeps so far. All rumblings have been their stomachs.

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IF the elections of 2014 go anything like 2010, perhaps there will be enough leverage to do what you say.

If this plan by the Congressional Republicans to duck their responsibility goes through, 2014 is going to be a disaster.

Sure, we will primary a few of these guys out, and replace them with solid conservatives willing to hold the line. But for every squish we squash, there will be a half dozen who make it to the general election, and in November, the Democrats will hand them their heads.

Who is going to cross the street to vote for a Republican who failed so pathetically when the chips were down? Who is going to be enthusiastic about flipping that lever?

The "lesser of two evils" argument falls apart when one is just as evil as the other. If the Congressional Republicans do this, they will lose the House. And, furthermore, they will deserve to lose the House.