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Obama presses House to pass immigration bill before August recess
The Hill ^ | June 29, 2013 | Ben Geman

Posted on 06/29/2013 6:54:48 AM PDT by opentalk

President Obama on Saturday urged the GOP-led House to act this summer on immigration reform following Senate passage of a sweeping measure two days ago, declaring, “now is the time.”

“I do urge the House to try and get this done before the August recess. There is more than enough time,” Obama said in South Africa, his latest stop on a week-long trip through Africa.

“This thing has been debated amply, and they have got a bunch of weeks to get it done. Now is the time,” Obama added during a joint press conference with President Jacob Zuma.

… “I have called both Speaker Boehner and [Democratic] Leader Pelosi and encouraged them to find a path to get this done, and the framework that the Senate has set up is a sound framework,” Obama said.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2014election; africanvacation; amnesty; enforcecurrentlaw; paulryan; rubiobill
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1 posted on 06/29/2013 6:54:48 AM PDT by opentalk
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2 posted on 06/29/2013 6:57:19 AM PDT by opentalk
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Just ecpalin tot he peeps that the gov't is not enforcing current laws.

Congress should pass a law to penalize the administration with jail time for not enforcing current law.

3 posted on 06/29/2013 6:59:31 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: opentalk
Just explain tot he peeps that the gov't is not enforcing current laws.

Congress should pass a law to penalize the administration with jail time for not enforcing current law.

4 posted on 06/29/2013 6:59:50 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: opentalk
Just explain to the peeps that the gov't is not enforcing current laws.

Congress should pass a law to penalize the administration with jail time for not enforcing current law.

5 posted on 06/29/2013 7:00:03 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: opentalk

POTUS on drugs?
On different planet?
He is on continuous vacation and tells house what to do?


6 posted on 06/29/2013 7:00:48 AM PDT by jonose
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To: opentalk

FUBO!


7 posted on 06/29/2013 7:01:01 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: opentalk
They fear the TEA Party....


8 posted on 06/29/2013 7:01:34 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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They fear the TEA Party....

As they should.

9 posted on 06/29/2013 7:03:39 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: opentalk; All
Only chance to stop the Amnesty bill is for the House not to consider any immigration related bill at all.

Michelle Bachman explained it. ANY House bill no matter if it promises all the border security in the world will be a trojan horse.NO bill at all must come out of the House because it will be merged with the Senate Amnesty and trojan horse bill. Call congress.

Tell them to stop all Amnesty or immigration bills.they are all trojan horse bills. some will promise border security that will never be enforced anyway.

Bachmann explained it . The House will write a border security bill only . then in conference the senate will add the virus and then bring it back to the house. then the conservatives won’t vote for it but democrats will all vote for it so then they only need 10% of republicans to pass Amnesty and the virus that will destroy America. so any bill at all will be added the virus . so best thing is for Boner to not let any immigration bill at all come out of the House. that is the only hope . call boner and the members of the House.

10 posted on 06/29/2013 7:05:31 AM PDT by Democrat_media (IRS rigged election for Obama and democrats by shutting down tea party)
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To: opentalk

The HOR should pass a bill demanding that the feds enforce immigration and border laws already on the books. If it goes any further, the administration will traitor enough ‘pubs to pass something, then change it in conference.


11 posted on 06/29/2013 7:08:35 AM PDT by grania
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To: opentalk
message to obama....

FU buddy...time for you to resign..

12 posted on 06/29/2013 7:10:58 AM PDT by haircutter (,,,)
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To: opentalk

And so, it begins...

Before it’s over, the Capitol building will be SURROUNDED by sit-in “Sanchez’s”.... there’ll be a general strike called on ALL gardening... And, ALL Major TV network’s will be doing 24 hour telethons calling for a House bill.

Do ANY of you actually believe the Weepy One will withstand such a public beat down??

No way, Jose...


13 posted on 06/29/2013 7:12:00 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them f)
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To: opentalk

enough reason to NOT do it


14 posted on 06/29/2013 7:13:50 AM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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To: opentalk

They have a bunch of weeks to get it done? how the heck does this guy talk? A bunch of weeks? Such an articulate brilliant intelligent man says they have a bunch of weeks????


15 posted on 06/29/2013 7:13:55 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: opentalk

Each day conservative members should highlight a particular subject in this 1200 page monster bill. You can bet the RINOs who voted yes on it, never read it.


16 posted on 06/29/2013 7:14:02 AM PDT by kenmcg (scapegoat)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

He is the most smartest.


17 posted on 06/29/2013 7:15:42 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: opentalk
Is it my imagination that when obama speaks his sentence structure and syntax makes it appear that English is his second language?
18 posted on 06/29/2013 7:15:56 AM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: opentalk

BO needs to get millions of illegals registered to vote Democrat in 2014, and the gold-plated dunces in the GOP will hop to it. They must really want to be a minority party like the good old days of Bob Michel and Tip O’Neil, the Golden Age of politics in America, establishing FDR’s socialism in the USA.


19 posted on 06/29/2013 7:17:13 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: opentalk

Speaking from his $100 million vacation...


20 posted on 06/29/2013 7:19:41 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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