Boehner May Want to Rethink His Legislative Strategy

The Hill [1]: “Boehner: I Won’t Make Practice of Passing Bills Without GOP Support.”

It doesn’t look like that legislative strategy is going to work very well, Speaker Boehner. So far in the 113^th Congress [2], four bills will have been signed into law:

1. S. 47 - Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act

YES VOTES: 199 Democrats, 87 Republicans

2. H.R. 152 – Disaster Relief Appropriations

YES VOTES: 192 Democrats, 49 Republicans

3. H.R. 325 – No Budget, No Pay

YES VOTES: 86 Democrats, 199 Republicans

4. H.R. 41 – To temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program

YES VOTES: 193 Democrats, 191 Republicans

On average, 168 Democrats voted YES on the bills that were signed into law, while only 124 Republicans voted for these bills.

Enough said.