re: #93 prairiefire

Boehner could be responding to heat from the base.

The truth is, Boehner can’t get his rogue house under any kind of control. They see this as a win for Obama, so it must be opposed. It is as simple as that.
It was passed in the Senate by 89 votes.

The thinking is that forcing Obama on the Keystone Pipeline in 2 months will effectively kill it, as he can say there was not enough time to finish all the studies. And then what will the republicans do? Vote against the payroll tax cuts? They have boxed themselves into a corner.