| When Congress was fighting over disaster relief funding in 2011, House Republicans passed a watered down funding bill and warned Senate Democrats not to block it. "Time for the Senate to do it's [sic] job, stop threatening shutdown, stop playing politics, fund FEMA, and pass the CR," Brad Dayspring, then a spokesperson for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), tweeted. There was only one catch: the Senate had already passed a bill funding disaster relief.
House Republicans are attempting a similar strategy now, just two days before the government's spending authority for transportation expires. The Senate passed a bipartisan transportation bill last week, while House Republican leadership has struggled to get its conservative flank on board with any of its proposals. |
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