[Paul R.]

You of all people should realize nothing Congress passes regarding the border will do any good whatsoever so long as Biden is in office. It to the contrary very likely does a great deal of harm by appearing to address the issue, deflating it for the fall election. (Plus a lot of other crap that was in the border portion of the Senate bill, which WOULD have succeeded as a discharge petition and subsequent vote.)

[volare737]

I disagree. Johnson had incredible leverage with border security FIRST, and he totally caved.

[Kazan]

You of all people should realize nothing Congress passes regarding the border will do any good whatsoever so long as Biden is in office.

Well, duh! But, you realize that he shouldn't have promised to pass such legislation before agreeing to anymore money for the failed proxy war in Ukraine? That's issue. He made a promise to the base and broke it.

That is not acceptable.

Nor is passing through FISA legislation, legislation handing the rogue FBI money for a new HQ or allowing a trillion dollars of debt to be accumulated every hundred days.

[kabar]

You can rationalize this cowardice all you want. The Republicans have to show that they will fight for America. Hell, the Dems impeached Trump twice and cooked up the Russia hoax. The Reps are afraid to shut down the government even over issues that the overwhelming majority of Americans agree with them about.

We have a slim majority in the House for two years and failed to use its leverage. Schumer has a 51-49 advantage in the Senate and governs like he has a mandate.

The Uniparty runs DC. We are being led by fools and knaves and that could prove fatal for the Republic. We add a trillion dollars to the national debt every hundred days. We have an out of control Administrative State that is unelected and unaccountable. They now have the technology to create an all-powerful surveillance state that threatens our civil liberties. Yet Johnson caves on the renewal of FISA. It reminds me of Snowden’s description of a “ turnkey tyranny.”