immediate reaction on the GOP reconciliation meltdown

Coming into the week, Republicans had intended to move the reconciliation bill containing the multi-year funding for CBP and ICE through both chambers. They were aiming to have the vote-a-rama in the Senate on Wednesday, and perhaps move a rule and the bill through the House as early as Thursday. But now they have bailed and will head home for the Memorial Day recess without further action on the bill, and won't be back until June, after the (artificial) deadline the president had previously set. This is the president's fault, plain and simple. First, the White House forced into the bill the $1B for the ballroom security, which completely blew up in their face and delayed action. Then they announced the insane $1.776B slush pile they were going to pull out of the judgement/settlement fund to compensate victims of government weaponization. Both of those things have gone off like bombs on the Hill, the ballroom like a large conventional weapon and the slush fund a thermonuclear blast.…