And most Republicans (not all) don't want to the fight over Obama's exec "amnesty" to bleed into govt shutdown fight...
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@DavidMDrucker I just think that’s what would’ve been open 40 years ago. You need the votes, so you cut a deal. Me, personally, I dislike -
@DavidMDrucker any policy rider not vetted by committee, regardless of what it is, but I know why they attach them. -
@DavidMDrucker I figure they’d get 50 Dems without the one provision, they’d get the campaign finance change & they won the spending battle -
@brianros1 There are Republicans they'd lose and it's important for GOP # to be high. -
@DavidMDrucker yeah, that makes sense. What it comes down to is that Boehner is conflicted between essentially being a centrist speaker and -
@DavidMDrucker ensuring that government is functional & living by the Hastert rule. -
@brianros1 And not just Hastert but on high side. Optics. -
@DavidMDrucker right. He doesn’t want to run the risk of a revolt on the Speaker vote in January. - 8 more replies
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