Democrats block Republican attempt to force negotiations over DHS funding bill

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Democrats block Republican attempt to force negotiations over DHS funding bill

Paul Lewis in Washington
Monday 2 March 2015 23.04 GM

Republicans failed in their latest attempt to wield the threat of a partial government shutdown as a weapon of protest against Barack Obama’s immigration policies on Monday, with Democrats and the White House increasingly confident they have the upper-hand in the showdown.

In the Senate, Democrats blocked an attempt by Republicans to force negotiations between both sides of the legislature over a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

The failed vote immediately put pressure on the Republican speaker of the House, John Boehner, who is stuck between the mutinous conservative fringe of his own party and the need to fund the DHS, a critical government agency that runs out of money at the end of this week.

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Republicans had hoped to use a Senate motion to force inter-chamber negotiations over DHS funding, but needed to secure at least 60 votes for the procedure to succeed. The measure secured 47 votes, with 43 opposed – well short of the threshold required.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/02/democrats-block-dhs-funding-bill-immigration-shutdown-boehner

[Thinkingabout]

1. Maybe Boehner needs to throw smoe more kisses.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Imagine if a Democrat had blown kisses at the Press...."liberal media"..biggest con of all.

[chillfactor]

2. Loving this....

republicans getting some of their own medicine and they do not like it one bit!