Now that the Senate’s passed an immigration bill, everyone wants to know what the House is going to do, and that’s fueling demand for the million or so theories, some more meritorious than others, about what happens next.
The most outside-the-box idea is that the House will ultimately pass the Senate bill because House Democrats will be able to force a vote on it.
Could this happen? Theoretically yes. Is it likely to? Almost definitely not. Read More
Democrats and Republicans managed to hash out an immigration bill that is unacceptable — to Republicans.
GOP Senate leaders send letters to pro sports leagues warning them not to cooperate with administration efforts to inform the public about new benefits available under Obamacare.
To paraphrase so much political wisdom, if you’re a pol, if you’re discussing “the Rolex watch” you’re losing.
From Brian Beutler: Dems set wheels in motion on revising Voting Rights Act.
See this post from yesterday on my take on how the politics of this fall out.
Gov. Perry (R-Mansplainia): I was “praising” Wendy Davis when I said it was unfortunate she didn’t learn any lessons from being a teenage mother.
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.”
Ex-Senators team up for pro-Mideast intervention pressure group with investor convicted in epic New York pension scandal.