“Too clever a move for Boehner to ever think of it”
Then you say that Bibbi must have suggested it.
A third possibility is that a member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism and Non Proliferation could have broached the idea.
According to Wikipedia:
United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade is a standing subcommittee within the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
According to the committee rules, the Terrorism Subcommittee has “oversight and legislative responsibilities over the United States efforts to manage and coordinate international programs to combat terrorism”. It also has oversight over nonproliferation matters involving nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, as well as weapons of mass destruction in general. It also oversees international economic and trade policy; commerce with foreign countries; international investment policy. Agencies and organizations within its jurisdiction include the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, and the Export-Import Bank.
Members, 113th Congress
Majority
Ted Poe, Texas, Chairman
Joe Wilson, South Carolina
Adam Kinzinger, Illinois
Mo Brooks, Alabama
Tom Cotton, Arkansas
Paul Cook, California
Scott Perry, Pennsylvania
Ted Yoho, Florida
“Then you say that Bibbi must have suggested it.”
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That is exactly what I’m saying. I don’t know this for sure, of course, but a clever maneuver like this is totally out of character for Boehner, or for that matter even his listless and timid party. The GOP has to be pushed to do anything.
And after the way Bibbi has been treated by the White Hut it seems he may be following the old adage: “don’t get mad, get even”.