He is paying for the obama criminal activity. He must be bribed.
Boehner is so blackmailed.
When did the Republicans ever defund any unconstitutional schemes?
What is the orange, blubbery equivalent of “All hat, no cattle”?
Mr. “B” needs a different job, he is not doing well in his current position. He seems to be feeding people like me to the wolves without regard!
Well, Boner’s pretty well thrown away all of his aces (impeachment, power of the purse).
Someone remind me again why I should vote Republican in November.
It’s as clear as the nose on your face: Boner and his colleagues are okay with the way things are going. If I was the judge in the Boner lawsuit I’d dismiss it in a heartbeat on the grounds that the House already has the ability to rein in the executive through the power of the purse and/or impeachment.
Boehner is the enemy too.
Those must be some juicy pics the Bamster has on Boner!
Time to ‘defund’ Boehner...the Bone Head!
It’s been documented that Air Force Search and Rescue recently sent someone to Republican Party Headquarters in search of a spine - and never found it.
“Now, when it comes to that issue, some of these actions that you could defund, there clearly isn’t, I wouldn’t guess, an appetite in the United States Senate to withhold those funds,” Boehner continued.
Boehner obviously doesn’t understand he doesn’t have to have the permission of the Senate to defund a program or activity. Appropriations bills begin in the House. The Senate can only act on funding approved by the House and sent to the Senate. If the House doesn’t appropriate funds for an activity, the Senate has no power to approve or disapprove what isn’t there. It can only act on the bills it is sent.
To play this game effectively the Republicans need to stop sending the huge omnibus spending bills to the Senate. Send individual appropriations bills for each department, or even major programs. The Senate can either approve or vote down the individual bills. If the Senate votes down the entire appropriations bill for the EPA because the House didn’t include funding for some pet environmental project of Obama’s, the EPA simply is not funded. Boehner and the Republicans need take no action and they can blame the Senate for deliberately voting not to fund the EPA. Trick the Senate into doing same thing with Labor, Education, HUD, Transportation, and HHS and we could make a real dent in the deficit which would be good for America.
Boehner either agrees with the Senate and Obama on spending needs or has no stomach for a fight where the Constitution actually gives the House the upper hand. He is both a poor strategist and horrible leader for an opposition party.
Just damn. Adios, GOP.