House GOP will reach out to democrats to pass new immigration and gun control bills

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3/10/13, "House GOP Leaders: We Can Pass Gun Control, Immigration, Without Republican Support," Breitbart, Ben Shapiro

"Republican House leadership is now moving to quash in-house concerns by reaching across the aisle for support....House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said on Sunday that he would be open to ramming through bills without the support of a majority of his own Republican caucus. Not just on small bills. On issues like immigration and gun control, McCarthy said, he’d be open to taking rogue Republicans across the aisle to work with Democrats.

“It is better if the House does their work,” said McCarthy. “We should be sending bills to the Senate.” As CNN host Candy Crowley pointed out, McCarthy refused to give a straight answer on whether he would continue to uphold the so-called Hastert Rule, under which Republican leadership moves forward with bills only if they have a majority of Republican support.

This is a declaration of war within the Republican ranks. And it should be deeply troubling to Republicans across the country, watching as the recently and controversially reminted House leadership continues to pursue the same political philosophy that led to a mini-rebellion in the House in January.

UPDATE: Late this evening, Rep. McCarthy's representatives reached out to both Breitbart News and The Hill regarding the use of the Hastert rule in the House. The Hill reports in an update to its original story:

"In a statement to The Hill, McCarthy spokesperson Mike Long said: "Whip McCarthy strongly supports returning to regular order to bring legislation to the floor that has the support of a majority of the majority. Insinuation to the contrary is completely false.""

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In 2011 GOP House "leadership" had to get democrat help in order to give Obama more money for Libyan savages:

6/24/11, "House votes against defunding Libyan War," AP, via WVEC.com

"The House has turned back a Republican-led effort to cut off money for military hostilities in the Libyan war.

The vote was 238-180....

The funding measure would have barred drone attacks and airstrikes but allowed the United States to continue actions in support of NATO."

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