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Pro-Amnesty GOP Rep: Boehner Planning Immigration Votes 'in Next Month or So'
Breitbart ^ | Oct. 27, 2013 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 10/28/2013 8:05:50 AM PDT by EternalVigilance

Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), a Republican member of the House who supports comprehensive immigration reform, said on Sunday’s Univision Al Punto show that House Speaker John Boehner promised him there would be immigration votes in the House of Representatives soon.

Politico reported that according to an English-language translation of the interview where Denham spoke in Spanish, he said House GOP leadership has promised him that there would be more immigration hearings and floor time for immigration legislation some time in “the next month or so.”

“I’m confident he’s going to bring it to the floor,” Denham said, according to the Politico story, making a reference to Boehner. “But we’re going to continue to make sure that the entire country focuses on this, and that we actually get more Republicans that are willing to take a stand and get out there.”

Denham has also decided to publicly endorse the House Democrats' immigration bill, introduced by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and others. At a press conference where she and the House Democrats introduced the legislation, Pelosi said the intent of the bill is to get to a conference committee with the Senate's "Gang of Eight" bill.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: amnesty; boehner
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To: EternalVigilance

Not much point in another law under a regime that doesn’t obey or enforce the laws already on the books.

I used to say we had a pantomime president. Now we have a pantomime congress to match.


21 posted on 10/28/2013 8:59:19 AM PDT by marron
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To: EternalVigilance

on the phones again. no bill to conference with the senate. period.


22 posted on 10/28/2013 9:00:48 AM PDT by dadfly
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To: dadfly

Great!


23 posted on 10/28/2013 9:01:36 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: jimbo123

Better an open Dem than a fraudulent Repub. These guys are a disgrace.


24 posted on 10/28/2013 9:01:47 AM PDT by marron
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To: marron
In this case we're dealing with a matter that the Constitution squarely places on the shoulders of Congress.

"The Congress shall have Power To...establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization..."

-- Article One, Section 8, the U.S. Constitution


25 posted on 10/28/2013 9:07:38 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance

The GOPe is on a suicide run


26 posted on 10/28/2013 9:09:13 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: marron
U.S. Constitution, Article Four, Section. 4.

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion..."


27 posted on 10/28/2013 9:12:26 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: kabar

Be afraid, very afraid of what is afoot. The GOP’s corporate paymasters desperately want an increase in guest workers, especially skilled ones. The GOP will trade an amnesty for this increase.
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I’m afraid I agree w/ your take on the situation.

Boehner and Cantor are not to be trusted...IMO.


28 posted on 10/28/2013 9:12:27 AM PDT by conservaKate (R got it wrong in 2012. We must get it right in 2014 & 2016.)
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To: GeronL

Sure seems that way, doesn’t it.


29 posted on 10/28/2013 9:12:44 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance

“comprehensive” = 10,000 pages of legal fluff, paybacks and regulations

I want no part of it.


30 posted on 10/28/2013 9:15:57 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Partisans)
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To: ryan71

Me neither.

We have to stop it.


31 posted on 10/28/2013 9:16:32 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance

Any votes that Boehner brings up will be piecemeal immigration legislation, not a comprehensive bill.


32 posted on 10/28/2013 9:26:55 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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To: LibLieSlayer

“If they vote any perks to illegal alien invaders then I will walk away from the republican party entirely and forever”

Pretty much sums it up for me. If the GOP votes to allow 11 million (low estimate) illegals to gain permanent status I am done.


33 posted on 10/28/2013 9:30:48 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Well that makes two of us!


34 posted on 10/28/2013 9:34:10 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: Night Hides Not

Yeah? So, what happens when it gets to the conference committee?


35 posted on 10/28/2013 9:34:18 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance

Boehner is probably looking out for his Jamaican, dredlock, dope dealing son in law and family.


36 posted on 10/28/2013 9:34:53 AM PDT by kenmcg (scapegoat)
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To: kenmcg

Heh.


37 posted on 10/28/2013 9:36:57 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: Logical me
The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday June 27 passed a tech-backed immigration bill from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on a 20 to 14 vote.

The bill would increase the number of H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, as well as make 55,000 green cards available to foreign graduates of U.S. universities with advanced technical degrees. But to offset making those green cards available, the bill would eliminate the diversity visa and siblings of U.S. citizens. The House bill (or at least, the Issa version) is here.

38 posted on 10/28/2013 9:48:28 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Night Hides Not
Any votes that Boehner brings up will be piecemeal immigration legislation, not a comprehensive bill.

These bills are Trojan Horses. They will be sent to the Senate and amended to the point that they will be comprehensive bills. Once they are in conference, it is a fait accompli.

39 posted on 10/28/2013 9:51:12 AM PDT by kabar
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To: EternalVigilance; kabar
Yeah? So, what happens when it gets to the conference committee?

Thanks for pointing out the flaw in my thinking...crap.

40 posted on 10/28/2013 10:47:22 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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