Boehner in Tug-of-War With McConnell Over Funding Strategy
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Republicans in Congress have gotten nowhere trying to block President Barack Obama’s orders easing deportations. And John Boehner and Mitch McConnell are in a tug-of-war over who should be first to give up their strategy.
Republicans tried to use a House-passed bill funding the Department of Homeland Security to force the president to abandon the immigration action he announced in November. After Democrats blocked the measure three times in the Senate last week, neither Republican leader wants to tackle revising the party’s approach.