DHS Shut Down Averted

[Beezer]

GOP calls own bluff and votes against 3-week bill. Hilarious...

[Beezer]

Things getting heated on the Democratic side as well:

Rep. David Scott sat through a tongue-lashing from his Democratic colleagues Friday afternoon after casting one of the caucus's few yes votes in favor of a three-week funding bill for the Homeland Security Department.

Seated in front of the fireplace in the House Speaker's lobby—a position he'd held most of the afternoon—Scott suddenly found himself on the receiving end of a tirade from Rep. Corrine Brown. "You are making a mistake!" Brown shouted, in full view of reporters. "The strength of the wolf is in the pack. You are voting with these damn Republicans! What is wrong with you?"

http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/after-dhs-vote-democrats-publicly-bash-one-of-their-own-20150227

[Beezer]

The GOP House Conference should just drop all pretense about wanting to govern and elect Louie Gohmert as Speaker.

[Beezer]

How the House could vote w/o Boehner scheduling a vote:

http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/house-rule-boehner-dhs-appropriations-shutdown/?SD

BTW, aside from the discharge petition (and the rule mentioned above), are there any other ways that a vote in the House can be called w/o the consent of the Speaker?

[Beezer]

Boehner surrenders. Time to replace him with a true conservative!

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/dhs-funding-bill-house-vote-115693.html?hp=t3_r

[Beezer]

There's only one rule on Boehner's House floor: Fück all rules!

http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/house/hastert-rule