When people complain that the Congress is dysfunctional Republicans play the game of 'Not are fault, it's the Democrats.' Yet, this latest Congress-with Republicans controlling both Houses-shows why it has to be the GOP's fault at least in large part.
The GOP House and the GOP Senate can't come to any agreement among themselves-so how could there be any hope of agreement with the Dems?
"During the 2014 election, McCarthy promised a unified House-Senate agenda to prove to voters that the GOP could govern. When the two chambers gathered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, this past winter for a rare joint retreat, the message from leaders was clear: To get on the same page, we have to keep expectations in check and recognize the dynamics the other side is dealing with. The House can move legislation quickly, the Senate cannot. House Republicans’ robust majority can run roughshod over Democrats; the Senate Republicans’ narrow majority still must deal with Democratic filibusters."
“I don’t remember that. It was a long time ago,” deadpanned Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas). Governing in tandem, he added, is “harder than it looks.”
"The dissension, which has festered for weeks, is likely to lead to a short-term highway funding bill — the outcome nearly every congressional leader believes is the least desirable for the economy."
"And so, seven months into Republican control of Capitol Hill, there’s still no definitive answer to this very basic question: Can these Republicans ever learn to get along?"
“I’m not in the Senate conferences,” House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said flatly when asked about the gulf between the two bodies.
"The latest dispute on highways is over the length of the funding extension: The Senate wants to authorize six years right now while only paying for three. The House wants to authorize less than six months while it finds a way to craft a long-term agreement. Each chamber seems to be in denial about — if not quietly seeking to undermine — the other’s position."
"Asked whether McConnell is misjudging internal congressional politics in insisting on a long-term bill when the House plainly won’t touch it, McCarthy said, “I don’t know about misreading or not, but we’re not taking up the Senate bill.”
"Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a key author of the Senate’s highway bill, fumed, “Why are they not taking the conservative position?”
“I have not gotten an answer,” he said.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/john-boehner-mitch-mcconnell-congress-disagreement-120689.html#ixzz3hBtylcNL
Meanwhile McConnell is trying to get his GOP Senators on the same side.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/lee-aides-email-rankles-senate-gop-leaders-120698.html?hp=t2_r
Why battle the GOP at all these days when it is doing so much to self-implode?
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/07/desperate-gop-blames-media-and-polls.html
The GOP House and the GOP Senate can't come to any agreement among themselves-so how could there be any hope of agreement with the Dems?
"During the 2014 election, McCarthy promised a unified House-Senate agenda to prove to voters that the GOP could govern. When the two chambers gathered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, this past winter for a rare joint retreat, the message from leaders was clear: To get on the same page, we have to keep expectations in check and recognize the dynamics the other side is dealing with. The House can move legislation quickly, the Senate cannot. House Republicans’ robust majority can run roughshod over Democrats; the Senate Republicans’ narrow majority still must deal with Democratic filibusters."
“I don’t remember that. It was a long time ago,” deadpanned Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas). Governing in tandem, he added, is “harder than it looks.”
"The dissension, which has festered for weeks, is likely to lead to a short-term highway funding bill — the outcome nearly every congressional leader believes is the least desirable for the economy."
"And so, seven months into Republican control of Capitol Hill, there’s still no definitive answer to this very basic question: Can these Republicans ever learn to get along?"
“I’m not in the Senate conferences,” House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said flatly when asked about the gulf between the two bodies.
"The latest dispute on highways is over the length of the funding extension: The Senate wants to authorize six years right now while only paying for three. The House wants to authorize less than six months while it finds a way to craft a long-term agreement. Each chamber seems to be in denial about — if not quietly seeking to undermine — the other’s position."
"Asked whether McConnell is misjudging internal congressional politics in insisting on a long-term bill when the House plainly won’t touch it, McCarthy said, “I don’t know about misreading or not, but we’re not taking up the Senate bill.”
"Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a key author of the Senate’s highway bill, fumed, “Why are they not taking the conservative position?”
“I have not gotten an answer,” he said.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/john-boehner-mitch-mcconnell-congress-disagreement-120689.html#ixzz3hBtylcNL
Meanwhile McConnell is trying to get his GOP Senators on the same side.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/lee-aides-email-rankles-senate-gop-leaders-120698.html?hp=t2_r
Why battle the GOP at all these days when it is doing so much to self-implode?
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/07/desperate-gop-blames-media-and-polls.html
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