Posted on 09/27/2015 7:35:13 PM PDT by xzins
House Speaker John Boehner said on CBS’s "Face the Nation" this morning that there will be no government shutdown—thus signaling that the House of Representatives he will lead until the end of next month will not send the Senate a continuing resolution that Democrats there would filibuster because it prohibits funding of Planned Parenthood or that President Barack Obama would veto for the same reason.
In response to a follow-up question from host John Dickerson, Boehner said he was "sure" the funding bill he will put through the Republican-majority House will need Democratic votes to pass.
The law currently funding the government will expire on Wednesday, the last day of fiscal 2015.
Dickerson of CBS asked Boehner: “Four days, the government runs out of money. Is there going to be a shutdown?”
“No,” said Boehner.
“The Senate is expected to pass a continuing resolution next week,” said Boehner. “The House will take up the Senate bill. We will also take up a select committee to investigate these horrific videos that we have seen from abortion clinics in several states that really raise questions about the use of federal funds and raise questions about aborted fetuses that are born alive.”
In other words, the Republican congressional leadership at this time is separating legislation to fund the federal government after Wednesday from the question of whether to fund Planned Parenthood.
In its latest annual report, Planned Parenthood said that it did 327,653 abortions in fiscal 2013—the latest year for which it has reported its abortion numbers. It also said that in the year that ended on June 30, 2014, it received $528.4 million in "government health services grants and reimbursements."
The “horrific videos” Boehner referred to are a series of videos released by the Center for Medical Progress that show Planned Parenthood officials discussing the harvesting of tissue from aborted babies.
CBS’s Dickerson followed up with Boehner by asking him if the CR that Boehner intends to bring up for a vote will need Democratic votes to pass—presumably because so many conservatives in the House will refuse to vote for legislation the funds Planned Parenthood. Boehner had no doubt that it would.
“The continuing resolution, will that require Democratic votes to pass?” asked Dickerson.
“I'm sure it will,” said Boehner. “But I expect my Democrat colleagues want to keep the government open as much as I do.”
Toward the end of the interview, Dickerson asked Boehner: “[D]o you have anything that you can say, now that you're headed out the door, that you wouldn't have said if you had to go through another election?”
“No. I love my colleagues, even love the ones I don't--that may disagree with me, Republicans or Democrats,” Boehner said. “I love my colleagues. I love the institution. And I try to do the best thing every day. I'm a simple guy.
“Just try to do the right things for the right reasons, and the right things will happen,” Boehner said.
"Traitor" is a very strong word. I see it a lot, nowadays.
Because there is so much of it going down rude.
Good job, John. Shaft us one more time and be a gutless coward not stopping anything on your way out. Thanks a lot. For nothing.
If he gets every Democrat vote, that still leaves him far short of enough votes...
...unless Republicans cave.
That’s where we draw the line. No “R” votes.
Our side needs to play hardball on this.
“How will McCarthy who aspires to replace him vote?”
Mini-me will strategically vote no. With rat votes it won’t matter: it’ll pass.
“Only a complete fool would view this as a victory. It’s kabuki theater. You think you have a victory, but what you actually have is nothing at all.”
BTTT.
Mini-me mccarthy will likely replace him. Just as far left, but more evil and sober.
See tagline.
My prediction: Boehner switches parties on Oct 30 and announces he’s running for president as a ‘Rat’ to replace Hillary, who will be breaking rocks in the pen.
yep
And the media wonders why people were cheering when he announced his resignation! Someone explain to the GOP that they need to go full court press on all news stations that the Dems are willing to shut down the government for no reason but to allow Planned Parenthood to continue to receive government money to kill and dismember babies. The Dems don’t ever pull punches or worry about offending their Republican colleagues, but the pubs always want to talk nice.
The Republicans in the House need to vote him out of the chair now.
Why wait until he leaves.
All he can do is inflict more damage to the people and our pocket books.
Right now John Boehner is auditioning for his next job (mega-lobbyist) which he gets by screwing the Republican base
Let me Google that for you.
"A series of leaked emails from House Speaker John Boehner’s chief of staff, Mike Sommers, show that the Speaker may have coordinated with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) to exempt Congress from Obamacare."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3073821/posts
Whose worse? Boehner or 0bama?
Obama
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>> “I think that there are very, very few individual elements of this government that are friends to anyone except themselves.” <<
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AMEN!
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Except that he really believes that pile of vomit.
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I thought spending bills had to originate in the house...
Or, did “they” (the uniparty) do away with that inconvenience since Obamacare?
They do have to originate in the House.
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