A Governing Coalition In The Senate Spells Doom For House Conservatives
Once upon a time, Speaker John Boehner could use the threat of a debt default as leverage, and people would take him seriously.
Politics • 7/23/13 9:37:55 pm • Views: 534
The upshot is that when the government shutdown deadline approaches in September, everyone in government except for House Republicans (and a few irrelevant Senate conservatives) will be lined up behind a blueprint to stave off another crisis, and they’ll be confronted with an unwelcome choice. How they address that choice will be their call — they could cave or punt or shutdown the government. But it will clarify for them how illusory their leverage is — both in the government shutdown fight and the subsequent fight over increasing the debt limit.
