Maybe the house GOP is smarter than I think. But what worries me (in addition to statements that sound like amnesty will pay for itself or even be profitable) is is they say "The people want us to work with Democrats on immigration." I don't want that, unless it means going through the motions of working with them, to run out the clock or put in poison pills.
What they could REALLY mean is :
‘I want Hispanics to THINK I want to pass an immigration reform but at the same time I dont want to turn off my base voter so he stays home next election so I will show interest while trying to blow it up.’
Its hard to know for sure what they are up to till its over.
So far this year Bohner has not shown much interest in having the House leading on GOP divisive legislation, preferring to wait to see if the Senate can pass anything, and I get the impression that the Senate deal, which at the moment is still not even a deal with Rubio playing hard to get, is resting like a bowling ball on a pin and canthandle a house passed version..
And Obama cant come in at the last minute and personally ram a Senate bill down the house throat using his personality and pleading if the house passes their own bill, like he could in 2010 w Pelosi and Obama-care.
Schumers been tell us passage is any day now for a couple of months