Sen. Sessions, we are standing by

This morning Bill Kristol explained in a powerful note to the House GOP why it should kill the bill pending before the House to address our current border crisis. Now comes word that House leadership has pulled the bill rather than see it defeated as a result of the conservative revolt against it.

Where do we go from here? I hope we will hear from our man on the bridge, Senator Jeff Sessions.

UPDATE: Breitbart News reports that there may be additional votes after a 3pm conference meeting. Developing…

And Mickey Kaus has also captured some of the dynamics underlying resistance to the bill in “‘No’ on Boehner supertrap bill.”

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