The Shutdown Caucus is Back...

…And it doesn't seem like they'll be going away any time soon.  From The Hill:

Shutdown talk grows in GOP

Conservative House Republicans say they're willing to shut down the government…

Tea Party lawmakers emboldened by the GOP's big midterm gains say they will insist on attaching a policy rider to legislation keeping the government open that would block funding for agencies carrying out Obama's promised executive actions limiting deportations.

If the Democratic Senate or Obama reject the rider, the government could shut down. A current measure funding the government expires on Dec. 12.

"I am insisting on that [rider] because the president is violating his executive privilege," GOP Rep. Paul Gosar, who represents the border state of Arizona, said in an interview Friday.

Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) called the plan to block the executive action through the government-funding bill "a great idea." Rep.-elect Dave Brat (R-Va.), who defeated then-Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the June GOP primary in part by accusing his opponent of supporting "amnesty," said he also backed the proposal.

Asked if a government shutdown would be worth halting Obama's immigration action, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) replied: "When you take an oath to uphold the constitution, it is not appropriate to contemplate the political consequences. You should uphold the constitution come what may."

…Just a year ago, conservative Republicans led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz closed the government for 16 days in a failed bid to defund Obamacare. GOP leaders taking over the Senate would like to avoid a repeat of that scenario.

…Speaker John Boehner…said the GOP would "fight tooth and nail"…and that all options remained on the table.

…Cole said. "I personally think it's just a losing strategy. It didn't work for ObamaCare. There's no way it's going to work here… My view is shutting down the government is never the appropriate remedy."

…Tea-Party Rep. Raul Labrador…"all options need to be on the table."

The list of GOP Members calling for a #GOPshutdown keeps growing.  As NY Magazine said: "In the wake of the midterm elections, Republicans said they would prove they could govern.  But just a week and a half after the elections, the kooks are pounding on the door."  And now, they're screaming shutdown!