ExIm is in the highway bill, yeah that sounds germane - not
Good.
But McWattle had a deal!
The HOR is all up for election every two years, so anything they do can get them voted out soon. If they do their job, they’re supposed to control the purse strings. Maybe they’ll start doing their job.
FUBB.
You worked hard to get that title.
> ““We’re not taking up the Senate bill,” McCarthy declared to a roomful of reporters in his office.”
Senate to McCarthy:
OH YES YOU WILL! WHERE’S BOEHNER? GET BOEHNER OUT OF THE HIS DRUNKEN STUPOR AND TELL HIM TO GET ON THIS OR ELSE, OR ELSE THE GOODS THAT ARE ON HIM WILL BE RELEASED!
Well, at least some people in the House have a survival instinct.
Boxer can’t fix the problems with the country unless she and the entire Democrat coven resigns.
Pelosi and Boehner want the short-term bill to give them time to come up with more ways to spend more money.
But it is good news the Ex-Im is dead for now.
Thank Cruz for that. His efforts made it impossible for the House to pass it now.
Sure thing.
Boehner is getting the phone call in 3, 2, 1.........
Well, well.
“McCarthy’s declaration is a blow not only to the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) had teamed up to craft the bipartisan, long-term highway bill.”
“CRAFT?” That’s another one of those “C” Words that when used by anyone int the Congress, causes my sphincter to tighten. Other “C” words include “Compromise” and “Common Sense!” Can you imagine what a “bipartisan” anything done by these two would look like? The NY Yenta from CA and the Post Turtle!
Boehner is where he belongs hiding under his desk with a bottle, and it sounds like the House might be pleased to have him stay there, this type of announcement you would only expect to hear from the Speaker himself, most interesting.
This is why, with all due respect, Sen. Cruz was out of line. I appreciate his passion, but he doesn’t know or chooses not to know how the game is played.
Surely, McConnell knew that the House would not take up this bill, especially with the Im-Ex bank amendment. But he gets to say he provided the vote. And let’s remember that a majority of Senate Republics were pressuring for the amendment.
I suppose this is just Sen. Cruz’s way of getting the spotlight on his moribund campaign (full disclosure, I’m a Walker guy at this point in time).
You don’t have to play nice, as Lamar chided him, but you have to place smart!
Wow. When did McCarthy grow a spine?
Cantor would have teed up reauthorization of the Ex-Im Bank in record time. I can’t believe these guys in the House weren’t bought off by the Chamber of Corruption like the Senate was.
Well, maybe the house is tossing us a little meat..
Cruz was right again.
If Boehner actually shows some spine in dealing with the Senate squishes, it would be the first time. Color me very skeptical.
Boner will sneak in a vote at 11:59 on Wednesday night.
This is all kabuki.
It's what I just posted to another thread, the Left's strategy of governing by manufactured crisis, versus Republican's tendency towards appeasement.
I do hope the House can stop McConnell's tree-filled bill for now so Cruz and Paul can get another crack at it, but I can't understand why the House would want to undermine McConnell like this.
-PJ