Senate Republicans are already just a little bit annoyed with their House colleagues over whether there should be an Obamacare replacement plan. That's just part of a simmering squabble between the two chambers in which the House maniacs are fed up with the fact that Democrats have any say in how the Senate works—and with the Republican leadership there for not taking the Democrats' limited power away completely. So they've been rabble-rousing for months, trying to get the Senate to change its rules.
While there is a Senate "gang" now working on maybe perhaps looking at changing the rules to get appropriations bills through more easily, their prospects don't look good. Including from within their own ranks:
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) warned that getting rid of the 60-vote hurdle on the motion to begin debating spending bills would create a "super class" of lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
"I don't think people have fully thought through the unforeseen consequences of creating a more expedited path just for appropriations bills. Then you create a class of super senators or super legislators among appropriators," said Sasse, a member of the Senate task force.
House Republicans don't want to hear anything about caution, though. Here's Texas Rep. Randy Weber, who thinks McConnell should just go for broke and force the change by going "nuclear"—passing the rule change with a simple majority vote: "If they can do it, why shouldn't we do it to undo what they've done? Why shouldn't we restore liberty and progress back to American industry?" If you can follow that logic, more power to you. Another, Arizona Rep. Matt Salmon, "argued that Democrats have abused the Senate rules to shift power to the Obama administration." Gee, it's almost as if Senate Democrats and President Obama were elected and given power by the people to, you know, govern.
The House maniacs are not likely to get what they want out of the Senate. McConnell probably couldn't get a majority vote out of his caucus to change the rules again, not in an election year. That just means more Republican-on-Republican warfare. Which is also exactly what McConnell doesn't want. It's his just desserts for helping turn his party over to the maniacs.