D.O.A. It will not get past reid. The dem’s are going to punish the rep’s for the November beatdown.
We had a shutdown in 2013, which was supposed to destroy the Reps. Ted Cruz expressed his displeasure with Obamacare in his memorable filibuster. The GOP leadership was wringing its hands over it.
So in 2014, what happens? The Reps have an historic victory in the midterms with every Rep slamming Obamacare. Most Americans are against Obama's unilateral actions on amnesty. If the GOPe is truly committed to the Constitution and representative government, they should be doing everything possible to stop its implementation. We all know that once it is implemented, it will never be reversed. Amnesty is forever.
The dirty little secret is that the GOPe wants amnesty. They may disagree with Obama on process but not substance. If implementation is not stopped, we will have amnesty just like the 2012 Dreamer amnesty, the template for the current one. The Reps feckless, tepid response to the Dreamer amnesty should have provided us a clue as to how they really feel about amnesty.
“D.O.A. It will not get past reid. The dem’s are going to punish the rep’s for the November beatdown.”
Of course not. Why should the democrats let the republicans kick the can down the road when the republicans will only be stronger later?
Sure, go ahead and try it. Get some mileage out of it. But understand that ultimately the republicans will have to pass a full bill or be blamed for a shutdown.
I know that many here on freerepublic would look forward to a shutdown but it is a losing effort for the GOP. A government shutdown would break the promise that the republicans made during the last election to keep the government open.