Posted on 02/11/2015 11:12:19 AM PST by GIdget2004
A pair of GOP senators implored House Republicans Thursday to soften their stance in the intra-party dispute over funding the Department of Homeland Security.
Sens. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), who both formerly served in the lower chamber, stressed to the House GOP conference behind closed doors that the Senate can’t get the 60 votes it needs to advance the House-passed DHS funding bill that includes language to reverse President Obama's executive actions on immigration.
"They lamented the frustration they're having getting up to 60 votes. But apparently that is the strategy now with the Democrat minority is to block everything over there," Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) said after the meeting.
Despite the senators’ appeal to their former colleagues, House Republicans said their conference is sticking with the original strategy.
They told Gardner and Capito to tell Senate GOP leaders to keep trying to move the House-passed bill, Fleming said, despite three failed votes last week.
"Our message back to them ... we asked them to take this back, our bill is our bill. This is what we passed. This is what we expect you to pass. So get it done," Fleming said.
Aides said GOP leaders' message to rank-and-file members was clear: We're staying the course.
[snip]
On Tuesday, however, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said it's "obviously" up to the House now to send a different spending bill back to the Senate because Senate Democrats have repeatedly blocked the bill in the upper chamber.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
There should be a bill to disband the DHS.
The GOPE KNEW this was the way things would go down when they did the corrupt Cromnibus bill. Not one bit of this is surprising. This going back to the House is all theater to make the sucker conservative sadist who like those kicks in the nuts from the GOPE coming back and voting for these liberal turds next election.
“Endangering National security” will be the next words uttered by the GOPE liberals and the democrats and all opposition will go away from the Republicans except for a few conservatives who will be brushed aside.
I’m down with that.
Everyone knows that IF the House does not pass another DHS funding bill and sticks to their guns, eventually there will be 60 or 67 votes in the Senate and PROBABLY at POTUS signature.
And if not, tough sh!t. Obama will not be able to implement his unconstitutional actions.
All they have to do IS NOTHING.
This must be a form letter sent out to all of us who contacted our Reps about Boehner. It is worded exactly the same way as the one I received. Clueless, gutless - wonders - all of them!
"They lamented the frustration they're having getting up to 60 votes. But apparently that is the strategy now with the Democrat minority is to block everything over there," Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) said after the meeting.Nope. The Demagogic Party is engaging in gridlock warfare, and partisan media shills are spinning (unfortunately, not in their graves).
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.