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Opinion: The GOP House won't govern. Send it to the backbenches in November.

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Jackie Calmes : GOP House is trying to score preelection points rather than pass legislation to keep the government funded.

She says it's a familiar ploy to attach a pet right-wing priority onto a funding bill and force the Democratic Senate to accept it under deadline pressure.

Calmes says the fiscal follies are a welcome reminder of Republicans ’ inability to govern.

We know how the funding fight will end: with Republicans ’ retreat.

After two more weeks of partisan scuffling, Congress likely will pass a three-month bill, free of partisan add-ons, funding the government until mid-December .

The far-right extremists will be relegated to the backbench where they belong.

A Democratic House , and the first Black speaker, that's the ticket.