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Republicans Swiftly File Lawsuit in Bid to Block California’s New House Maps
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Republicans asked a federal court to block newly approved maps in
California that were designed to flip as many as five House seats for
Democrats.
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MM: You know, I don’t know. Two weeks ago in a meeting, he said a lot of the right things, but then you know, President Reagan of course has said trust but verify. The verification process has been, shall I say, disturbing.
HH: There are a lot of people on the conservative side of the media who are beginning to say, and I discussed this with your colleague, Jon Kyl, yesterday, and he says it’s really risky that we just ought to wait and see what happens in the new year. And Senator Kyl is worried about that because of the impact, obviously, on the national defense in the sequestration. But if they’re not serious, what choice do you have, Senator?
MM: Well, it’s certainly true that they could get what they have claimed for years they wanted to do by doing nothing. They could get a big Defense cut, and they could get a massive tax increase. But of course, they don’t want to get a tax increase on everybody, only on the top two rates. Also, do they really think it would be good for the economy for all of this to kick in? I tell you, I think the fundamental observation I would make about all of this right now, whether it’s this totally unserious proposal from the Secretary of the Treasury or the attempt by the majority leader to break the rules to change the rules of the Senate, they’re strutting their stuff after the election. They’re still celebrating, and they’re having a hard time noticing that they don’t have a super majority stranglehold on the Senate, and they don’t control the House.
HH: Senator, there are at least nine, maybe ten or more Democrat seats up in 2014. You named some of them – Senator Landrieu, Senator Begich, but also Senator Rockefeller’s seat is up, Senator Hagan, you’ve got Senator Baucus himself, Tim Johnson, Mark Udall, Mark Pryor. Are these Democrats who are…
MM: Alaska, very red state, Democrat in Alaska up…
HH: Are they not concerned that their constituents are watching, and they’re going to remember this brinksmanship?
MM: Oh, I can’t imagine that they would vote for what the Secretary of the Treasury showed the Speaker and myself today. I can’t imagine it. And so that underscores what a totally unserious…this proposal, you know, Hugh, it wouldn’t have passed the House with Nancy Pelosi as speaker. This is, you know, absurd.
HH: So if you have to do something, I mean, are you expecting them to send up something else? Or are they just trying to make it look as though you folks are refusing to respond to an offer?
MM: Yeah, I think it’s all game playing. They want to make us look unreasonable. And you have to ask the question, to what end? There’s not an election for two years. The election is over. This is time to be governing. The posturing, the endless campaign, the never-ceasing finger pointing and blaming, you know, I know he’s upset about it, but he’s got a Republican House to deal with, and he’s got a non-inconsequential Republican minority in the Senate. He doesn’t own this Congress like he did the Congress in 2009 and 2010. He can’t get anything he wants. Those days are over.
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