Friday, February 27, 2015

House GOP Faces Another Whip Test on DHS Punt

House GOP Faces Another Whip Test on DHS Punt-rollcall: When in doubt, punt. That’s the latest plan from House Republicans, but even trying to pass a tried-and-true congressional maneuver might be a tall order for the GOP’s fractured conference. They met again in the Capitol basement Thursday night and settled on a game plan: a three-week continuing resolution stripped of all provisions blocking President Barack Obama’s immigration action, as well as a separate motion to go to conference with the Senate.