When Democrats controlled the Senate and Republicans ruled the House, Washington was mired in gridlock, Jon Stewart said on Monday night's Daily Show. But when the GOP took the reins in the Senate, Republicans were supposed to get stuff done. Stewart even made up a promising buddy cop show starring Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner to illustrate this new era of GOP congressional action.
But of course, Republicans flailed in their first big standoff with President Obama, trying to tie funding for the Department of Homeland Security to overturning Obama's executive orders on immigration. And Stewart was happy to dance on their flub, both substantively — "To stop the president from being too lenient on illegal immigration, you want to defund the department that secures the border?" he asked incredulously — and politically. McConnell came up with a workable compromise, but the House GOP said no, showing who's been clogging up Washington's plumbing for the past four years, Stewart said. "Turns out, no one can work with the Republican House. They're the Keith Olbermann of Congresses." It gets worse for Boehner. Watch below. —Peter Weber
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