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| Boehner Says He'd Allow Homeland Security Shutdown |
| 2015-02-17 |
[NYTIMES] The House speaker, John It is not pronounced 'Boner!'Boehner ... the occasionally weepy leader of House Republicans... , said Sunday that he was "certainly" prepared to allow funding for the Department of Homeland Security to lapse, raising the possibility that one of the government's largest and most vital agencies could be shut down at the end of the month. Might we simply revert to the law enforcement agencies on hand prior to the establishment of the so-called Homeland Security ? Coming just two months after Republicans gained full control of Congress, a shutdown would be a major political problem as the party tries to honor a vow to govern responsibly and cooperatively. It would contradict a pledge from Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, who said the day after his party won decisively at the polls in November, "There will be no government shutdowns." And it would exacerbate a rift that has been growing between Republicans in the House and the Senate. "The House has done its job; we've spoken," Mr. Boehner said on "Fox News Sunday." "If the Senate doesn't like it, they'll have to produce something that fits their institution." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #19 DHS is yet more evidence we need a "sunset" law amended into the Constitution. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-02-17 21:35 |
| #18 The House GOP bill funds all but the Illegals EO |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-02-17 18:48 |
| #17 The last shut down they called all of DHS essential, and they worked anyway. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2015-02-17 18:40 |
| #16 Well, I meant shut down DHS. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-02-17 18:36 |
| #15 Now the airports can hire private security firms to replace the TSA. State, county/parish Sheriffs and local police will have to police the cities and borders. The military has been pulled from the battlefield anyway. We will replace the CIA with people monitoring reports from people on the ground from around the world. Shut down the TSA. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-02-17 18:35 |
| #14 TSA Thousands standing around. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-02-17 17:43 |
| #13 Organization chart for DHS in case anyone wondered. There are 240,000 employees in DHS. TSA falls under this umbrella. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-02-17 17:07 |
| #12 Hate to support Boehner but it's not his job to run the Senate. The House passed the bill, it's now up to the Senate. If you want "movement" talk to Reid and McConnell. |
| Posted by: tipover 2015-02-17 11:58 |
#11 They don't need 2/3rds majority to shutdown homeland security. If they fail to fund a spending bill it shuts down, at least partially. From the Washington Post:"Most security workers would be deemed essential in a DHS shutdown and report to the border or to airports, but they would go without pay, while tens of thousands of administrative-level workers would be furloughed." |
| Posted by: DLR 2015-02-17 11:43 |
| #10 Same game different party. Bonner needs to grow up and stop playing the same plays as the democrats. We voted the republican party in off ice because we are tired of dingy and his antics. Now bonner is doing the same crap. disappointing to say the least. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2015-02-17 10:42 |
| #9 the Pubs don't have the votes - needs to be part of the headline. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-02-17 10:41 |
| #8 DHS was one of those mistakes that often occurs in Washington. It just added to the debt, bureaucracy, and inefficiency. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-02-17 09:20 |
| #7 ...the possibility that one of the government's largest and most vital agencies could be shut down at the end of the month. Was it so vital that it existed in 1960, 1970? How did the republic exist without such a vital agency for two hundred years? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-02-17 08:32 |
| #6 The Pubs could pass legislation but it would probably be vetoed by the ONE. Such as veto could be over-ridden by a 2/3 vote in both Houses. I doubt that would happen as the Pubs don't have the votes. The country needs a new POTUS who is a Pub and both Houses. The Pubs can fight a delaying action or hope the Courts will get involved in their favor but they really need the Presidency in 2016. It's a long, long year and a half. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-02-17 08:26 |
| #5 He would only say that if he new it was never going to be shut down. Drama continues and like any play we all know how this ends: RINOs cave and GIVERnment grows. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2015-02-17 07:24 |
| #4 Shut it down, deprecate, integrate and reinstate. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-02-17 06:50 |
| #3 Someone must have mailed Boehner some balls. Now if we could get that chinless wonder in the Senate to play hardball like Reid did, they could pass some legislation. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-02-17 05:57 |
| #2 Would anyone notice a shutdown? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-02-17 01:11 |
| #1 The Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated Homeland Security. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-02-17 00:22 |