https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/09/30/house-dems-to-boehner-if-you-drop-the-obamacare-demands-and-pass-a-clean-cr-well-accept-sequestration-spending-levels/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 10:02:23 -0400<![CDATA[I&#8217;m surprised they&#8217;d even offer. A little while ago, I tweeted out a question: Since there are surely more than 30 Republicans who&#8217;d vote for Reid&#8217;s clean CR, why doesn&#8217;t Pelosi bring a discharge petition forcing Boehner to hold a vote on it? That&#8217;s an unorthodox procedure, granted, but this is an unusual situation. When people inevitably complain that the minority caucus has usurped the power of the majority in the House, Pelosi could simply say that that&#8217;s what Republicans were trying to do in the Senate. Boehner would probably welcome it, frankly, since the result would be to avoid the shutdown while also absolving him of any personal responsibility for caving.]]>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:01:51 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/09/30/house-dems-to-boehner-if-you-drop-the-obamacare-demands-and-pass-a-clean-cr-well-accept-sequestration-spending-levels-n209984