Boehner: If Republicans can't break the Senate, we'll break the Congress
by David Atkins
John Boehner, obstructionist:
House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, made it clear that any bill that came to the House from the upper chamber as a result of Senate Democrats changing the rules on the filibuster would be "dead on arrival." In a statement released from Speaker Boehner's office, the Ohio GOP'er remarked:
“Senate Democrats’ attempt to break Senate rules in order to change Senate rules is clearly designed to marginalize Senate Republicans and their constituents while greasing the skids for controversial partisan measures. I question the wisdom of this maneuver, especially at a time when cooperation on Capitol Hill is critical, and fully support Leader McConnell’s efforts to protect minority rights, which are an essential part of our constitutional tradition. Any bill that reaches a Republican-led House based on Senate Democrats’ heavy-handed power play would be dead on arrival.”
In other words, any bill that passes the Senate with at least forty Senate Republicans/Conservadems voting against it would automatically die in Boehner's House.
Republicans seem quite chastened by the election, wouldn't you say? Ready to compromise any time now.
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