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04-11-2013, 03:07 AM
POLITICO sense they've won the battle in the Senate and are now pressuring Boehner. Watch him fold like a cheap suit.
'GIVE THEM A VOTE!' the president will cry. If Boehner withstands the coming pressure it will be a miracle and completely uncharacteristic.
He's already ignored the Hastert 'majority of the majority' rule three times (fiscal cliff, Sandy pork and Violence Against Women Act) this year. If he does it again he's in serious trouble of being unseated but it wouldn't be surprising if he thinks he can get away with it. Him and Cantor like their feel good liberal legislation.
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After Senate acts, Boehner on hot seat
The Senate has caught bipartisan fever.
Long mired in bitter gridlock, two groups of Democratic and Republican lawmakers have hashed out once-unthinkable bipartisan solutions on gun control and rewriting the nation’s immigration laws.
But the rush to bipartisanship could grind to an abrupt halt in the House.
Speaker John Boehner is once again trapped in a tough position: If he doesn’t move on Senate-passed gun and immigration compromises, the House risks looking like it is obstructing the will of the American people. Should Boehner achieve consensus among Republicans on both issues, it could re-establish him as a deal maker and a central figure in upcoming legislative debates, while helping the House move on to more comfortable political and policy grounds.
Publicly, Boehner is being circumspect about how he’ll handle eventual gun and immigration legislation, promising to consider both issues if they pass the Senate — his aides are still skeptical they will. But behind the scenes, his team is planning, and GOP lawmakers are pushing him and Republican leaders in multiple directions.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/after-senate-acts-boehner-on-hot-seat-89919.html?hp=t1_s
'GIVE THEM A VOTE!' the president will cry. If Boehner withstands the coming pressure it will be a miracle and completely uncharacteristic.
He's already ignored the Hastert 'majority of the majority' rule three times (fiscal cliff, Sandy pork and Violence Against Women Act) this year. If he does it again he's in serious trouble of being unseated but it wouldn't be surprising if he thinks he can get away with it. Him and Cantor like their feel good liberal legislation.
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After Senate acts, Boehner on hot seat
The Senate has caught bipartisan fever.
Long mired in bitter gridlock, two groups of Democratic and Republican lawmakers have hashed out once-unthinkable bipartisan solutions on gun control and rewriting the nation’s immigration laws.
But the rush to bipartisanship could grind to an abrupt halt in the House.
Speaker John Boehner is once again trapped in a tough position: If he doesn’t move on Senate-passed gun and immigration compromises, the House risks looking like it is obstructing the will of the American people. Should Boehner achieve consensus among Republicans on both issues, it could re-establish him as a deal maker and a central figure in upcoming legislative debates, while helping the House move on to more comfortable political and policy grounds.
Publicly, Boehner is being circumspect about how he’ll handle eventual gun and immigration legislation, promising to consider both issues if they pass the Senate — his aides are still skeptical they will. But behind the scenes, his team is planning, and GOP lawmakers are pushing him and Republican leaders in multiple directions.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/after-senate-acts-boehner-on-hot-seat-89919.html?hp=t1_s