In the end, the outcome on the vote for the continuing resolution to fund the government through next September – known as Cromnibus – wasn't really in doubt.  Speaker of the House John Boehner was always going to be able to twist enough GOP arms to ram the measure through.  Conservative opposition to the bill melted away in the early evening as Boehner applied maximum pressure on his caucus to bring the vote home. Meanwhile, Democrats were having their own intra-party feud, with the leadership divided over whether to support their own president.  The net result was that barely enough Democrats ended up supporting Cromnibus, and the measure passed 219-206, with 67 Republicans voting against it and only 57 Democrats voting for it. The Hill: Democrats objected to changes to the Wall Street reform bill that were included in the 1,600-page bill, and many were unswayed by a last-ditch White House lobbying push that included a visit to the...(Read Full Post)