I’ve noted a few times now that I think House Republicans will have a hard time passing anything anyone might straight-facedly call “comprehensive immigration reform.” And for that reason I think there’s merit to Chuck Schumer’s theory that a big Senate vote is a predicate to ultimately enacting a bill. Under this theory, at some point John Boehner will face a binary choice between allowing the Senate bill to pass, and saddling the GOP with all of the consequences of killing it, and killing it in an unambiguous way. Real bipartisanship in the Senate both ups the pressure on Boehner and gives him cover.

But at the risk of being a wet blanket, I don’t think recent history provides any real insight into what Boehner will do. Read More

Openly gay Penn state Rep. blocked from discussing the DOMA decision on the House floor because he was speaking “against God’s law.”