Obama threatened that Social Security checks might not be issued, and Republicans are pretending that they must make a deal with him because of that. It’s crookery. Republicans don’t have to make any deal at all, and the Administration’s actions are the Administration’s actions.
The RINO’s are still terrified of Barry. They would prefer to surrender and be humiliated again instead of calling out Barry for being a liar. They could easily put together a TV ad showing what a chicken little barry has been with these various deadlines and all the dispecable budget hocus pocus. But then someone might call them mean and racist.
These are historic times and these Republicans will be damned by history.