With only four legislative days left until the Republican Homeland Security Shutdown, Speaker Boehner made it clear that he has no plan to avoid a government shutdown that would threaten the safety of the American people. The Speaker’s reliance on talking points and finger-pointing was a sad reflection of the fact that Tea Party continues to hold the gavel as they insist on their futile anti-immigrant grandstanding.
— Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Nancy Pelosi, condemning John Boehner after the Ohio Republican said Homeland Security could go unfunded.