Boehner Mum on Plan to Fund DHS

Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday said that the House is in a “wait-and-see mode” while the Senate continues to attempt to pass legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

“I don’t know what the Senate’s capable of passing and until I see what they’re going to pass, no decisions have been made on the House side,” Boehner, R-Ohio, insisted, resisting questions about how he would hypothetically deal with a clean bill.

“The House has done its job to fund the department of Homeland Security and to stop the president’s overreach on immigration, and we’re waiting for the Senate to do their job,” he reiterated. “Senate Democrats have stood in the way now for three weeks over a bill that should have been debated and passed, and so until the Senate does something, we’re in a wait and see mode.”

As of Wednesday morning, Boehner has not spoken personally with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, although a deadline looms at the end of the day on Friday.

“You know, our staffs talked back and forth but Senator McConnell’s got a big job to do and so do I,” Boehner said, dismissing a reporter’s perception that the two leaders should be speaking as the deadline approaches.

“Our staffs have been talking back and forth but at the end of the day, the Senate has to act,” he said. “I’ve made it pretty clear over the past couple of weeks, we’re waiting for the Senate to act.”

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