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GOP seeks creative ways to avert a shutdown (Even if Obama uses executive action on immigration
Politico ^ | 11/17/2014 (8:04 PM EST) | Jake Sherman and Manu Raju

Posted on 11/18/2014 9:29:25 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist

Republican leaders have intensified their planning to prevent a government funding shutdown, weighing legislative options that would redirect GOP anger at Barack Obama's expected action on immigration and stave off a political disaster, according to sources involved with the sessions.

Obama plans to use his executive authority to change the enforcement of immigration laws by the end of the year, a move that top Republicans warn could derail efforts to pass a long-term spending bill by a Dec. 11 deadline. Increasingly, some top Republicans believe that it will be difficult to pass the year-long spending package that they originally envisioned, and are focusing on a shorter term bill.

Speaker John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and their top aides and deputies are mulling several options that would give Capitol Hill Republicans the opportunity to vent their frustration with what they view as an unconstitutional power grab by the White House - without jeopardizing the government financing bill. ...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 113th; 114th; aliens; amnesty; boehner; governmentshutdown; govtshutdown; jebbush; johnthune; mcconnell; obama; rubio; showvotes; shutdown; talkradio; teaparty; tedcruz; thune; tomcole
In short, some top Republicans (other than Boehner and McConnell) have warned that Obama's expected action on immigration would derail efforts to pass a long-term spending bill by Dec. 11, 2014. Boehner and McConnell, who don't want a long-term spending bill derailed, are working on several options to give Republicans the opportunity to vent their frustrations - just not the type of venting that would culminate in a government shutdown.
1 posted on 11/18/2014 9:29:25 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist; All

What say you?

Limbaugh isn’t going to like this, but I imagine that he knows what Boehner and McConnell are all about.

I wonder if Obama’s use of executive action will take some heat off of Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio on this issue.


2 posted on 11/18/2014 9:31:27 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

The unconstitutional doesn’t bother them so much as being blamed for shutting down the government. Now there’s something to really be afraid of.

Eunuchs!


3 posted on 11/18/2014 9:31:39 AM PST by DoughtyOne (The mid-term elections were perfect for him. Now Obama can really lead from behind.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

In other words Boehner and McConnell will do nothing to stop Obama.


4 posted on 11/18/2014 9:31:41 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

No need to conflate the influx of illegals as “immigration” as the liberal media is so fond of doing.


5 posted on 11/18/2014 9:32:19 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

No conflating on my part. I just took the 23-27th words in the first sentence and replaced “expected” with “executive” - concerning the words “expected action on immigration”


6 posted on 11/18/2014 9:35:00 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Yes and Rush will still a loyal country club blue blood RINO in good standing. JMHO


7 posted on 11/18/2014 9:35:54 AM PST by Jean2 (ox)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Ah, thanks.


8 posted on 11/18/2014 9:39:22 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

You’re welcome.


9 posted on 11/18/2014 9:40:30 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

We need to get back to funding each department and agency individually. That would avoid a full government shutdown, and allow retaliation to be surgical in nature.

The ironic thing here is that US Immigration is fundedby fees, not appropriated money. So even in a general shutdown it stays open and it’s employees and contractors still get paid.


10 posted on 11/18/2014 9:42:54 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: DoughtyOne
Now there’s something to really be afraid of terrifying isn't it?
11 posted on 11/18/2014 9:46:00 AM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: tanknetter

“We need to get back to funding each department and agency individually. That would avoid a full government shutdown, and allow retaliation to be surgical in nature.”

You are correct. If the House and Senate would start passing and sending individual 2016 spending bills to the President early in 2015, after the Republicans take over, Obama would be forced to either sign or veto the individual bills. If he threatens to veto, or does veto, Republicans should scream he is eliminating the Department of Labor, Department of Education, or whatever department he is vetoing. If he says spending isn’t enough, the Republicans should say he needs to sign the “base” bill and if he has other programs he’d like to fund, have one of his Democrat representatives propose a supplemental spending bill which the GOP leadership will be glad to consider through the normal legislative process.

Unless the Republicans start using their power, and play the PR game in a way that makes them look reasonable, they might as well lay down and let Pelosi run the House and Reid run the Senate.


12 posted on 11/18/2014 9:50:45 AM PST by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Show votes


13 posted on 11/18/2014 10:08:08 AM PST by Sybeck1 (Thad is a thud for me)
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To: Sybeck1

Now that’s an idea whose time has come.


14 posted on 11/18/2014 10:17:45 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

The last gov shut down was such a joke.


15 posted on 11/18/2014 10:24:53 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: bgill
The last gov shut down was such a joke.

There was no government shut down, there was an extra paid vacation for a bunch of political drones.

16 posted on 11/18/2014 12:49:09 PM PST by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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