Voters Are Not Their Concern - Gowdy Warns GOPs to Not Take the Shutdown ‘Bait’

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The PJ Tatler » Gowdy Warns GOPs to Not Take the Shutdown ‘Bait’

December 3, 2014  By Bridget Johnson 

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said Republicans need to be careful to not “take the bait” with a dramatic response to President Obama’s immigration executive action.

Reps. Steve King (R-Iowa) and Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) are holding a noontime press conference with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who has been urging House conservatives to force a shutdown if lawmakers refuse to defund Obama’s immigration programs.

Gowdy noted this morning “the House is debating right now how to respond to it.” Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) wants to pass long-term funding for all departments except Homeland Security, which would receive funding until the spring and give a GOP-majority Senate and House the chance to tackle immigration funding in the 114th Congress.

“I think it’s careful that we not take the bait. You know, what the president wants us to do is to over-respond so our public approval ratings are as low as his,” Gowdy told Fox. …

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