Boehner Rips GOP Critics, Suggests Deals With Democrats On Way Out

[big_dog]

Source: Mcclatchy DC-2 hours ago



The outgoing and embattled speaker had choice words Sunday for his foes inside and outside of Congress and signaled that he intends to be very much in charge until he relinquishes the speaker’s gavel under pressure at the end of October. Boehner took aim at Republican rebels in the House of Representatives and unnamed conservative and tea party groups that agitated for his departure.
He blasted them as “false prophets” who “whip people into a frenzy believing they can accomplish things that they know, they know, they are never going to happen.

He said the House would take up a short-term continuing resolution – or CR – currently under consideration in the Senate before the shutdown deadline. The Senate legislation doesn’t strip Planned Parenthood of federal funding, something some conservatives are demanding over the organization’s alleged selling of fetal tissue. Boehner acknowledged that pushing the Senate bill through the House will require heavy support from the chamber’s Democrats. “I’m sure it will, but I suspect my Democratic colleagues want to keep the government open as much as I do.”In addition to avoiding a shutdown, Boehner hinted that he has a number of things on his to-do list before he leaves office Oct. 30.

Boehner said there won’t be a repeat of 2013’s partial government shutdown this week as Congress must pass a short-term funding measure to keep the government operating beyond Wednesday. “I expect that I might have a little more cooperation from some around town to try to get as much finished as possible,” he said. “I don’t want to leave my successor a dirty barn. I want to clean the barn up a little bit before the next person gets there.”

Boehner’s appearance had the tone of an exit interview with a departing employee with nothing to lose. Without naming names, he chastised Republican and conservative hardliners for questioning his conservative credentials and lectured them on how government, particularly Congress, is supposed to work.


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[Mass]

1. Except Pelosi said there was no deal,

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/255092-pelosi-no-shutdown-deal-with-boehner

and you should not expect any cooperation from anybody looking for a position in the GOP House leadership, as they will all be busy appealing to the crazies.

I expect that the CR will pass, but anything else is unclear,as Boehner will have to relie on people like Cole and Nunes to whip enough votes.

BTW, he lied during the interview, saying Obama is the one who pulled out from the grand bargain. We all know it was the GOP.

[sofa king]

2. Derpist Offers Derpy Advice to Keep Derping

Remember, a continuing resolution is a failure of our Congress to complete its Constitutionally-required job of properly appropriating funds.

That's the best this doofus can do: offer advice to perpetuate a broken system instead of doing the "doing their jobs" part of doing their jobs.

[PatrynXX]

4. he's punting a silly putty ball down the hill

because it'll come back and nail the really bad guys

[Gothmog]

3. No shut down and perhaps highway bill and debt ceiling increase

[mdbl]

5. The House of Reps is a moron majority

and poor Boner has to quit just to get a CR. tsk tsk

[handmade34]

6. want so to feel bad for Speaker Boehner

but he had plenty of time during the past few years, in the House, to quit playing games and be a real, honest person and do the right thing…

I am f^@king sick of Republicans and their dishonesty, games, ignorance and ineptitude…

[davidpdx]

7. I wonder how long the CR will be

60 or 90 days? Both would be bad. The former would be close to Thanksgiving and the latter Christmas.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. The version running through the Senate was until December 11. nt

[Sunlei]

8. He got the best free advice in his life from the Pope.

no republican sadbagger strings attached

[Maeve]

10. "Clean the barn" befor the next guy burns it down, more like

Fasten your seatbelts; it's going to be a bumpy ride.

[wordpix]

12. That barn will never be clean until Dems clean House in '16

continuing with the metaphor

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. Violation of DU copyright policy: using more than 4 paragraphs of the original article

Why do you keep doing this?