REPUBLICANS STRUGGLE WITH POLITICAL REALITY 1/ ON IMMIGRATION Senate Republicans explain to House Republicans they can’t stop Obama’s immigration executive actions. The Hill: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell … told House Republicans not to expect miracles, since it would take 60 Senate votes to send the House bill to Obama’s desk, and McConnell only has 54 Republican votes … Republican leaders have made clear to Senate and House conservatives that they are not going to let Homeland Security funding lapse if they cannot pass language repealing Obama’s executive orders … ‘Under no circumstances will we see any shutdowns,’ [Sen. John Cornyn] said.” 2/ House having a hard time accepting reality. Politico: “One option is for the Senate to pass a ‘clean’ Homeland Security funding bill that lacks the immigration riders. But that won’t fly in the House, said Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who predicted: ‘There won’t be a clean bill. We have to absolutely confront the president … Sometime, somebody’s got to pass something, right?’ But nobody seemed to have many ideas Thursday for a strategy that could draw the needed Democratic support in the Senate while satisfying the demands of House conservatives.” 3/ Republicans also back away from Obamacare repeal. The Hill: “In the past, some conservatives objected to any ObamaCare bills that fell short of full repeal … No more. … ‘I’m guessing that they’ve had this “squirrel finds a nut” moment of reasonableness,’ one Senate GOP aide said. The GOP remains far from consensus on how to handle the law, but threats from the party’s far-right members have largely faded as members look to show a GOP Congress can govern ahead of 2016…”
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 21:35:49 +0000
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