Bernie Sanders Lays Into John Boehner, “No More Excuses” Do Your Job

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http://www.politicususa.com/2015/02/25/bernie-sanders-lays-john-boehner-no-excuses-job.html

Bernie Sanders Lays Into John Boehner, “No More Excuses” Do Your Job
By: Jason Easley
Wednesday, February, 25th, 2015, 6:42 pm


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) had a blunt message for Speaker of the House John Boehner. Sanders told Boehner to stop making excuses and do his job.

In a statement, Sen. Sanders said:

The Senate said in a clear, bipartisan way that the Department of Homeland Security should not be shut down and that we must remain vigilant against terrorist threats. The ball is now in the court of Speaker Boehner and his Republican House. Ninety-eight senators, including 54 Republicans, voted for a clean bill to fund the department. Speaker Boehner has run out of excuses. The House must pass a bill and get it to the president immediately.

According to National Journal, Democrats are worried that McConnell may stab them in the back, “The real concern among Democrats is that Sen. Ted Cruz or Jeff Sessions or another immigration hard-liner will force McConnell to stab them in the back. But Cruz said Wednesday that Democrats can’t blame him for their trepidations; he won’t delay passage of the bill.”

If Senate Republicans hold up their end of the bargain, the fate of Homeland Security will be up to John Boehner. The reality is that by cutting a deal with Democrats, Mitch McConnell got even with Boehner. For weeks, John Boehner has been throwing Mitch McConnell under the bus. Boehner has made it clear that McConnell is on his own.

Sen. Sanders’s statement perfectly stated the situation. The Senate united in a bipartisan agreement on a clean Homeland Security funding bill. The blame for the Homeland Security funding fiasco is squarely on the shoulders of the House Republicans. If recent history is a guide, Boehner will eventually cave and bring the Senate bill to the House floor for a vote. Boehner will be able to cobble enough votes together in the House leadership to pass the bill with the support of Nancy Pelosi and her Democrats.

The conservative bloggers and outside groups will be outraged, as President Obama and his united Democratic Party will triumph over the fractured and dysfunctional Republicans.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Watch the so called Media Spin this.

Every NBC-MSBC and ABC station has managed to spin this in Boners favor.

[freshwest]

3. Haven't seen them, but these reporters didn't let him off the hook:

The Media Wakes Up And Busts John Boehner On His Homeland Security Lie

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/02/12/breakdown-boehner-promise-republicans-fund-homeland-security.html

The reporter is persistent, but it doesn't name the reporter. There's a video you may be able to see, but it won't play in my browser. Good luck.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. ABC Nightly News Western Divison last night

did their story featuring Boner as the good guy and Obama and the frustrated Democrat Party as the foot draggers. Nightly News both CBS and NBC run different segments than what is broadcasted in Eastern,Midwestern and Mountain time. Here in Pacific time,we get a real spin to network news. Many times have wrote about how the Media is all in on the 2016 elections and it is not in favor of any Democratic candidate.

[Chemisse]

2. This should make it crystal clear which party is leading us to a shutdown.

Somehow the impending crisis was being blamed on the Dems!

[AgingAmerican]

5. I disagree

I think the Dept of Homeland Security should be disbanded. The department never should have been created in the first place. It exists as a remnant of the GOPs empire fantasies.