Mr. McConnell has
already made it clear how he would proceed: He intends to attach his demands to required spending bills, forcing the president to choose between accepting Republican policies and vetoing spending bills, which could lead to shutting down all or part of the government.
Those demands could take the form of riders aimed at blocking an array of environmental activities — everything from limiting carbon pollution from power plants to protecting clean water — and at repealing new consumer protections and restrictions on financial institutions. There would be no minimum-wage increase, or big investments in education, or immigration reform.
Republicans would also be certain to block Mr. Obama’s choices for judgeships — all but guaranteeing a judicial crisis unless the president agreed to conservative choices — as well as his executive appointments, starting with a new attorney general. It’s hard to imagine a Congress less productive than this one, but obstructionism could actually get worse if a new majority took hold.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/o...p-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region
Yup, the US will be further fucked.