There’s no such thing as hazing in Congress.You won’t find “fraternity row,” with each house festooned with a trifecta of deltas, gammas and epsilons.No drinking games here.At least not officially.WHCD SHOOTING SHOWS DEMS ARE ‘PLAYING’ WITH AMERICANS’ SAFETY BY WITHHOLDING DHS FUNDING, GOP LAWMAKER SAYSBut get ready for something on Capitol Hill with which many Greek pledges are all too familiar:”I’m going to say next week is hell week,” warned Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, last Thursday. “Next week is going to be hell week.’And this was all before the harrowing episode Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington.HOUSE GOP PUSHES BACK ON SENATE’S ‘SKINNY’ PLAN TO END RECORD-BREAKING DHS SHUTDOWNTo wit about the week facing Capitol Hill:House Republicans face a devil of a week. They must get on the same page as the Senate to pass a budget framework – to prospectively fund ICE and the Border Patrol. FISA, the nation’s controversial spy program expires early Friday morning. That’s to say nothing of trying to pass the farm bill.If they don’t get all of this done, “Dean Wormer” (of Animal House fame) might just place House Republicans on “double secret probation” before the week is through.So let’s examine what got House Republicans in this bind.Let’s start at 3:36 a.m. last Thursday.We begin there, because in the past several weeks, the most important moments in Congress have unfolded at 2:12 on a Friday morning, 2:16 on a Friday morning and now 3:36 on a Thursday morning.3:36 a.m. is…
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