27 February, 2015

GOP senator to House: 'Here's a straw so you can suck it up' | TheHill

GOP senator to House: 'Here's a straw so you can suck it up' | TheHill: Kirk warned Republicans to never again tie controversial riders to must-pass spending bills that affect U.S. national security.

“I would say this battle should be the end of the strategy of attaching whatever you’re upset at the president [about] to a vital piece of government. I would be, in the future, strongly arguing that if it’s a vital piece of the government … the strategy of sticking whatever you’re interested in sticking Obama on should end now.”