House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Friday called Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) decision to resign at the end of October a “stark indication of the disarray of House Republicans.”
Pelosi said that Boehner’s hand was forced by members of his party who are intent on cutting off government funding for Planned Parenthood.
His resignation “is a demonstration of their obsession with shutting down government at the expense of women’s health,” Pelosi said. “And a sign of the failure of House Republicans to be willing to engage in dialogue for the good of the American people.”
Pelosi insisted that preventing a shutdown of the federal government is an “absolute necessity” and called out “anti-governance” Republicans in Congress who want to “shut it down and celebrate.”
Pelosi told reporters that the news of Boehner’s impending departure came as a surprise. She said she learned the news during a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus on Friday, and that “this is not the morning we thought it would be.”
She said she had yet to speak to Boehner.
Today is September 25th, 2015. Five more days…
Ya know, The tea-publicans hated Boehner, and they enjoyed their hatred.
They hate Pelosi even more. Maybe they should vote her in again.
She doesn’t say it, but someone needs to let the conservatives in on a little something: Boehner’s resignation changes the current dynamic in the House not at all–if anything, it may actually strengthen the Democrats’ bargaining position, if the goal is to pass legislation that will also pass the Senate AND be signed into law.
I said it elsewhere this morning, but it bears repeating: To quote Karl Rove out of context, the conservatives haven’t done THE math.
You know, I haven’t seen anyone mention it yet, but it occurs to me to wonder how much damage the Teatrolls can actually do to their ability to hold onto the House majority over the next 13+ months.
This is called “chumming the waters.”