re: #312 makeitstop

I have precisely zero faith in Boehner being able to do anything at this point. He’s abdicated the Speakership in every respect except vacating the office.

Which is fine with him, because he loves that office. To him, being a SINO (Speaker in name only) is a fair exchange.

The only way I can read the tweet is that this bill is a cynical last play by Boehner, knowing either the Senate will strip the Vitter language and send it back, where he’ll say “We fought the good fight” then pass the bill with mostly Dem votes or the bill will be tabled in the Senate in favor of their deal and he’ll have to pass that.

As noted above, the other option available to him is to pass this bill and then immediately have the GOP vote the House in recess til next week, which would pretty much ensure a default as the Senate will not accept the House bill as-is.