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Post by confuzzled dude Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:22 pm

Republicans still know how to back themselves into a corner, now without any prodding. In previous showdowns Obama and Harry Reid had to do some maneuvering to get Boehner into the so-called boxed canyon in which surrender became his only way out. Now, with the fight over keeping the Department of Homeland Security up and running, fully funded, Boehner and McConnell got into the canyon entirely on their own, prodded there by conservative critics and activists. They’re now on the verge of doing something that is just completely against every longstanding Republican principle of a strong national defense: shutting off funding for the domestic agency with a large role in fighting terrorists. All over the separate battle on Obama’s immigration orders.

It’s a very different Congress, on many levels, but it’s also starting to head down the same treacherous paths for Republicans.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/02/21/the-114th-congress-has-been-in-session-for-50-days-so-how-are-they-doing/?hpid=z2

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