It appears that House Speaker John Boehner is ready to end the prolonged game of chicken he's been playing with funding for the Department of Homeland Security. He plans to allow a
vote on a clean funding bill through the end of the fiscal year, according to reports:
Facing dwindling options, Speaker John Boehner outlined the situation for rank-and-file GOP members during a closed-door caucus meeting Tuesday morning. [...]
Boehner told the caucus that he was outraged by the president's actions, but this was the right decision "for this team and the right one for this country."
With DHS funding running out on Friday, the timing on this vote appears to be sooner rather than later:
ITS OFFICIAL: CLEAN DHS BILL COMING UP FOR VOTE TODAY IN THE HOUSE. BOEHNER ANNOUNCED IN CLOSED GOP MEETING.
— @JakeSherman
A super PAC tied to Boehner had begun running
ads pressuring Republicans who were standing in the way of a clean bill, demanding that any bill the House passed absolutely had to attack President Obama's immigration actions. Now, Boehner is directly challenging these members of his caucus, many of whom have already shown themselves willing to go against him. In short, the Republican civil war is ratcheting up another step.