WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Kirk made a plea to his Republican colleagues on on Friday after the Senate passed a yearlong funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.
“Hopefully we’re gonna end the attaching of bullshit to essential items of the government,” the Illinois Republican, who’s up for reelection in 2016, told reporters in the Capitol.
The message appeared to be aimed at House Republicans, who attached a variety of immigration policy restrictions to their DHS funding bill and are still resisting the Senate bill that is free of the provisions. They intend to pass a three-week stopgap bill on Friday to avert a DHS shutdown before the midnight deadline, which would prolong the immigration fight.
“In the long-run, if you are blessed with the majority, you’re blessed with the power to govern. If you’re gonna govern, you have to act responsibly,” Kirk said.
I would like to believe that the extremely vulnerable senator from a royal blue state is right about the need to govern responsibly, but as long as voters keep rewarding these nuts with congressional majorities, they’ll keep playing chicken and shutting down government. It’s all, by now, that the inbred grandsons of Reagan know to do.
If you’re so concerned about bullshit, Kirk, maybe you should quit the Party of Bullshit.
If you don’t like bullshit, Senator, please explain your press release:
¨Kirk Welcomes Netanyahu Remarks on Threats Posed by ISIS, Iran¨
or your
S. 269: Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015
which govtrack.us gives a 1% chance of enactment, thankfully
You’re a voice in the wilderness, Senator, and the jackals from your own party are going to eat you up.
I see a primary challenger in your future, Senator. “Constitutional” Bullshit is what the Tea Party loves rolling around in.