- House Republicans continued to cast their 40th vote to defund Obamacare, despite demanding President Obama to carry out the laws of the land re: illegal immigration. Or in other words, do as I say, not as I do. It's not that Senate Republicans are any less against Obamacare, but the majority of them seem to have moved on to trying to pass laws, with one exception.
- Which brings me to Senator Ted Cruz, who expressed his desire to shut down the government (debt ceiling coming up in September or so, alongside new fiscal year starting Oct. 1) over Obamacare, but insisted that it is Obama who would be shutting down government if he didn't accept the defunding of Obamacare. To paraphrase: It's your fault I shot the hostage. Of course, many Republicans realize that this is a bad idea, and have come out against Cruz's plan. My question is: If everyone knows that a debt ceiling showdown is bad, why not pass an increase a month before, instead of waiting for the week of?
- Not that a looming budget impasse matters, because Republicans can't even pass an appropriations bill on their own. They pulled the THUD bill, having difficulty with maintaining fidelity to Paul Ryan's broad budget cuts. It seems that, when push comes to shove, Republicans can't agree on their own cuts.
- Four former Republican EPA administrators wrote a unified piece to the NYT, complaining that it's past due that the US do something on global warming, by way of market-based solutions. In not so many words, a carbon tax. Back in the late 80s early 90s, this was the conservative alternative to strict regulation. Today, market-based solutions are considered liberal. How odd.
But no matter...they're sure that they'll win back the Senate in 2014, if only they kill don't kill Obamacare by shutting down keeping open government, passing changing Ryan's budget plan, passing stopping climate-change rules, and doing something not doing anything on immigration reform.
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