GOP Congressman: Boehner Doesn’t Have the Votes

[Valin]

National Review/The Corner:

Joel Gehrke

December 3, 2014

 

A Republican Study Committee meeting today gave some indication of how much work House leadership has to do to rally support for a government funding bill that does not withhold funding for President Obama’s executive orders on immigration.

 

“There were opinions all over the place,” Representative Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) told National Review Online. “There were members that were adamant that we shouldn’t vote for anything that funded any of these institutions surrounding these executive orders or soon to be set of actions. there were others who were simply saying, ‘hey, let’s do a short-term CR for the whole thing’ . . . and then there were others who said, hey look, let’s get this thing done’” by backing something like a CRomnibus — a proposal that would fund most of government for the year but leave the Department of Homeland Security on a short-term continuing resolution.

 

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One Republican who attended the RSC meeting suggested that leadership is very far from having the votes to pass such a bill.

 

“They’re welcome to file it, they’re welcome to present it, and they’re welcome to go find 100 Democrats [to help pass it],” the lawmaker told NRO.

[Cyber_Liberty]

 

“They’re welcome to file it, they’re welcome to present it, and they’re welcome to go find 100 Democrats [to help pass it],” the lawmaker told NRO.

 

Boehner has already shown he's willing to do that, he's done it before, so that's what I expect. The "Hastert Rule" is dead.

[Draggingtree]

The Context For The Cromnibus Showdown

DECEMBER 12, 2014 By Ben Domenech

The context for yesterday’s Cromnibus showdown, which saw a near failure of the rule vote in the House (only a last minute vote switch by two Republicans allowed its passage) followed by a desperate whipping operation for Democratic votes from the White House and Wall Street, is a truly fascinating dispute going on within the Democratic Party. Ultimately,the 1.1 trillion dollar spending + goodies package passed the House with 57 Democratic votes, over the objections of Nancy Pelosi and 67 House Republicans. Obama sent his chief of staff to beg Democrats to support the measure in a closed caucus meeting, and Jamie Dimon himself phoned lawmakers to urge them to back the measure,

http://thefederalist.com/2014/12/12/the-context-for-the-cromnibus-showdown/

[SrWoodchuck]

 

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