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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
15. The House and Senate could fix immigration issues...
Sun Feb 15, 2015, 01:31 PM
Feb 2015

without poison pill riders on Homeland Security.

Let them shut it down, Democrats!

Boehner is working on being the worst Speaker in history. Speaking of legacies.

Children in positions of power they should be nowhere near! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #1
all I got to say is,,,, Cryptoad Feb 2015 #2
Seems intent on being the worst… dhill926 Feb 2015 #3
Funny how it works, huh John? n/t Ineeda Feb 2015 #4
One trick ponies Marthe48 Feb 2015 #5
"Stop Obama" is all they ran on. They don't have a skillset for actual governance. n/t Beartracks Feb 2015 #28
I wish I could say you are wrong but you are exactly right. They dont know how. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #54
"nothing is going to change until we get a new president" blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #47
Let's all make sure the new President they seek... is a Democrat! n/t Beartracks Feb 2015 #58
K&R DeSwiss Feb 2015 #6
Whenever any of these people try to claim they onecaliberal Feb 2015 #7
Well said! Marthe48 Feb 2015 #9
Thanks! onecaliberal Feb 2015 #10
So let's put this country at risk SmittynMo Feb 2015 #8
American Security Threatened by GOP Civil War, News at Never o'clock. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #11
Letting funding lapse in a huff. Good idea.... paleotn Feb 2015 #12
I rather doubt their constituents had this in mind last November. Arkansas Granny Feb 2015 #13
Their constituents are clueless, Iliyah Feb 2015 #30
How do these guys keep getting elected? blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #48
Die Bold Marthe48 Feb 2015 #55
Even a broken clock is right twice a day ... CountAllVotes Feb 2015 #14
The House and Senate could fix immigration issues... yallerdawg Feb 2015 #15
Repugs don't want to fix anything Marthe48 Feb 2015 #16
They want chaos, the media attempt to demonize Obama is failing, chaos is all they have left. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #17
They want chaos so they can "prove" that "government is the problem." Beartracks Feb 2015 #59
Considering some of his predecessors... paleotn Feb 2015 #18
Why has everyone decided that defunding Homeland Security means the BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #19
You forgot the sarcasm Emoticon after the first paragraph? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #21
No, I didn't BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #23
+1,000 CountAllVotes Feb 2015 #26
Its Cheney's baby and he with this cronies Iliyah Feb 2015 #32
+ 1,000 Newest Reality Feb 2015 #35
+1. candelista Feb 2015 #25
K&R, I agree, Brother Ivan!! Carolina Feb 2015 #63
Thanks! BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #65
Gerrymandering gave them the win. lark Feb 2015 #20
I do not believe they will let DHS go unfunded....... RationalMan Feb 2015 #22
welcome to DU lark Feb 2015 #31
On 2nd thought, good. lark Feb 2015 #24
Yes, I think we could get along fine without DHS. candelista Feb 2015 #29
Of course, Boehner/McConnell will be forced to continue funding DHS. yallerdawg Feb 2015 #27
The Koch brothers are cheering their agenda coming to pass: freshwest Feb 2015 #33
Woah! Newest Reality Feb 2015 #36
That is Scott Walker, Paul Ryan and the majority of the GOP party Iliyah Feb 2015 #37
Reads like crap out of an anarchists handbook. As for me... damyank913 Feb 2015 #41
It's called feudalism. Where you must pay the baron to use his road and you will bow to your betters freshwest Feb 2015 #49
For the longest time I thought these clowns where trying to impose... damyank913 Feb 2015 #66
Wow AC_Mem Feb 2015 #45
The second link shows their method, brainwashing the voters through media to vote their stooges in. freshwest Feb 2015 #52
Okay by me. malthaussen Feb 2015 #34
Let him. I have always hated the whole homeland crap anyway. kydo Feb 2015 #38
It's threat level orange for DHS Blue Owl Feb 2015 #39
Good one! Owl Feb 2015 #40
Congress is doing this for ONE reason. AngryDem001 Feb 2015 #42
So...is the TSA under the DHS? SoapBox Feb 2015 #43
They are deemed essential madville Feb 2015 #61
Good!...nt freebrew Feb 2015 #44
good. put the security industrial complex on autsterity, not the rest of us tk2kewl Feb 2015 #46
There is nothing to sit down and work out John davidpdx Feb 2015 #50
What an asshole.. titaniumsalute Feb 2015 #51
Why are Republicans playing politics with America's security? Renew Deal Feb 2015 #53
Makes me wonder if Boehner has any 'vice' stocks: freshwest Feb 2015 #56
This is not complicated for the president bluestateguy Feb 2015 #57
You present an interesting Constitutional question....but would an EO msanthrope Feb 2015 #60
... The beleaguered Speaker’s feeble talking point is, “The House has acted. We’ve done our job.” struggle4progress Feb 2015 #62
Dept. of Homeland Security Carolina Feb 2015 #64
How many people support the destruction of the DHS agency that uses 85% of its funding, FEMA? freshwest Feb 2015 #67
Repugs want to privatize depts. services, agencies Marthe48 Feb 2015 #68
On one hand, I think this is good because I despise Homeland Security's overreach ... Myrina Feb 2015 #69
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