Is Boehner and the GOP House on the verge of another huge spending victory - like the one in 2011 when the GOP bragged it got 98% of what it wanted after Obama then caved?
Here's my thought and concern:
The GOP House is preparing to pass a spending bill that locks in sequestration levels of spending (or lower) plus defunds Obamacare. Harry Reid can expect to break a GOP filibuster (if Cruz, Paul and others filibuster) to strip out the Obamacare defunding.
But ... will Reid have the votes to stop a filibuster if he wants not only to strip out the Obamacare defunding but also to increase overall spending to undo the sequestration cuts for both defense spending and domestic spending? Maybe not.
Or, Reid may have the votes to stop a filibuster if he wants to strip out the Obamacare defunding and to undo the sequestration for defense spending only (with sequestration cuts for domestic spending still intact).
He still needs some Senate GOP votes to break a filibuster. I fear that Reid may not get the required GOP votes to stop a filibuster if he wants to undo the sequestration cuts on domestic spending.
So, if the bottom line is that the Senate sends back to the House a spending bill that still funds Obamacare and that undoes some or all of the sequestration cuts to defense spending but that does NOT undo the sequestration cuts to domestic spending - won't this be a huge victory for the GOP, just like the GOP spending victory in 2011 (that gave them 98% of what the GOP wanted)?