John Boehner.
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As expected, on Tuesday Speaker John Boehner allowed the House to vote on a “clean” bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security through September. It passed 257–167, so despite Boehner’s claim that he would allow a partial government shutdown to challenge President Obama’s immigration action, Republicans accomplished nothing. If this had been an actual shutdown, you would have seen lawmakers squabble for a few more days as essential government employees worked without pay. This concludes this test of the pointless government shutdown system.
