Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) had a blunt message for
Speaker of the House John Boehner. Sanders told Boehner to stop making
excuses and do his job.
In a statement, Sen. Sanders said:
The Senate said in a clear, bipartisan way that the Department of Homeland Security should not be shut down and that we must remain vigilant against terrorist threats. The ball is now in the court of Speaker Boehner and his Republican House. Ninety-eight senators, including 54 Republicans, voted for a clean bill to fund the department. Speaker Boehner has run out of excuses. The House must pass a bill and get it to the president immediately.
According to National Journal,
Democrats are worried that McConnell may stab them in the back, “The
real concern among Democrats is that Sen. Ted Cruz or Jeff Sessions or
another immigration hard-liner will force McConnell to stab them in the
back. But Cruz said Wednesday that Democrats can’t blame him for their
trepidations; he won’t delay passage of the bill.”
If Senate Republicans hold up their end of the
bargain, the fate of Homeland Security will be up to John Boehner. The
reality is that by cutting a deal with Democrats, Mitch McConnell got
even with Boehner. For weeks, John Boehner has been throwing Mitch
McConnell under the bus. Boehner has made it clear that McConnell is on
his own.
Sen. Sanders’s statement perfectly stated the
situation. The Senate united in a bipartisan agreement on a clean
Homeland Security funding bill. The blame for the Homeland Security
funding fiasco is squarely on the shoulders of the House Republicans. If
recent history is a guide, Boehner will eventually cave and bring the
Senate bill to the House floor for a vote. Boehner will be able to
cobble enough votes together in the House leadership to pass the bill
with the support of Nancy Pelosi and her Democrats.
The conservative bloggers and outside groups will be
outraged, as President Obama and his united Democratic Party will
triumph over the fractured and dysfunctional Republicans.
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