Politico
By Adam B. Lerner
March 2, 2015
The
Wall Street Journal’s conservative editorial board called out
congressional Republicans on Sunday in a pointed editorial with the
headline “Squandering a GOP Majority.”
The
accusations come amid a dispute between House and Senate Republicans
over whether to risk shutting down the Department of Homeland Security
if President Obama refuses
to unravel his 2014 executive actions on immigration.
A
sizable faction within the GOP has failed to recognize “political
reality” regarding the standoff over funding of the Department of
Homeland Security and is instead
“marching off a cliff to almost certain failure,” the Journal opined,
referring to these Republicans as “Cliff Marchers.”
House
Republicans refuse to fund DHS without forcing the president to
dismantle the changes, while Senate Republicans do not believe they can
win the standoff. The Senate
voted last week to fund the department through the end of the fiscal
year without altering the president’s immigration orders, but the House
has not yet agreed to take up the bill.
“The
sad if predictable irony is that this is exactly what Mr. Obama hoped
to incite,” the editorial said. “The double irony is that, in shutting
down part of DHS, the
Republicans would also give Mr. Obama an opening to claim the political
high ground on national security.”
The
newspaper’s editorial board recommended funding DHS and then moving on
to tackle larger issues, including the budget. The immigration order,
the editorial board said,
will likely be resolved in the courts.
“The
immigration fiasco raises the larger question of whether House
Republicans can even function as a majority,” the article said,
mentioning whispers of plots to oust
Speaker John Boehner.
If
Boehner is voted out for a more conservative replacement, the editorial
said, a new leader might not want to run a majority that is “hostage to
the whim of 50 members
who care more about appeasing talk radio than achieving conservative
victories.
“Republicans need to do some soul searching about the purpose of a Congressional majority, including whether they even want it.”
On an appearance Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Boehner was asked whether he enjoyed his job.
“Most days,” Boehner said. “Friday wasn’t a whole lot of fun, but most days. … It was just messy. I’m not into messy.”
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