GOP: No Senate Bills Unrelated to Tax Cuts or Government Spending

The press will try to make the GOP the bad guys, but this is the right approach given the election results:

Senate Republicans intend to block action on virtually all Democratic-backed legislation unrelated to tax cuts and government spending in the current postelection session of Congress, officials said Tuesday, adding that the leadership has quietly collected signatures on a letter pledging to carry out the strategy.

If carried out, it would doom Democratic-backed attempts to end the Pentagon's practice of discharging openly gay members of the military service and give legal status to young illegal immigrants who join the military or attend college.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has made both measures a priority as Democrats attempt to enact legislation long sought by groups that supported them in the recent midterm elections.

The only hang-up to this will be the Republicans themselves. On Tuesday eight of them voted against a ban on earmarks, including three who are on their way out at the end of this term. The fear is those weak links, and the RINO crowd including the ladies of Maine, could still mess this up.