Republicans Ignore Heritage Action and Pass Water Projects Bill: Maybe some Grown-Ups Left in the GOP?

It was only a few billion dollars but it shows that the House can actually work together to pass something that will benefit most Americans that live near a waterway of some sort. They actually defied some of the heavy hitters that normally hold their reigns.

To pass the bill, many conservative Republicans had to ignore FreedomWorks, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Heritage Action for America and seven other outside groups that wrote lawmakers in opposition to the bill, saying it didn't do enough to cut spending or block unneeded projects. Both FreedomWorks and Heritage Action had whipped up support for the government shutdown.

It seems that the Chamber of Commerce is wielding more power in the House as well.

Business groups, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, had pressured lawmakers to vote for the bill and highlighted its potential to create jobs. The chamber distributed state-by-state fact sheets and made the measure a "key vote" when it determines which lawmakers to support in next year's election.

Maybe some GOP members are finding out that it was FreedomWorks and Heritage Action that called for the idiots in the Tea Party to damage the Republican Party for no gain at all. I still hope the Chamber of Commerce actually throws some money at pro-business fiscal conservatives to muscle out the Tea Party imbeciles.