Remember when Congress wanted to negotiate with the Senate on obamneycare?
FUHR!
Posted on 11/13/2013 2:41:18 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Earlier in the day, Boehner reiterated what he’s said before on immigration reform: “I'll make clear we have no intention ever of going to conference on the Senate bill."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) chided Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for his refusal to negotiate with the Senate on immigration reform.
“I'm stunned,” Reid said in an interview Wednesday with Fusion, a joint venture by ABC News and Univision. “How could anybody in good conscience tell one group he's trying to do immigration reform, and a few minutes later, say 'I'm not going to do anything about a conference?' "
Earlier in the day, Boehner reiterated what he’s said before on immigration reform: “I'll make clear we have no intention ever of going to conference on the Senate bill."
His comments confirmed the House will not take up the issue this year, which President Obama and Democrats have pressed for. Last week, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) also ruled it out for 2013, arguing there are too few legislative days remaining in this session.
"This is about trying to do this in a way that the American people and our members can absorb," Boehner said, arguing the immigration system is too complex to address quickly.
In the morning, a group of teenagers approached Boehner at a Capitol Hill diner and questioned why the Speaker wouldn’t act on immigration. Their family members, they said, have previously faced deportation.
“I’m trying to find a way to get this thing done. It’s, as you know, not easy. It’s not going to be an easy path forward, but I’ve made it clear since the day after the election that it’s time to get this done,” Boehner said. A video of the exchange was recorded.
Reid accused Boehner of sending mixed signals, Fusion reports.
"I mean, this House of Representatives might just as well not exist,” he said. “They don't do anything.”
The Senate passed the Gang of Eight legislation in June, but Boehner has since rejected that measure’s reforms.
Reid said he’s open to negotiating with Boehner if the House passes piece-meal legislation addressing immigration-related issues individually.
"I don't like it,” he said. “But if they pass something, we can at least go to conference.”
Remember when Congress wanted to negotiate with the Senate on obamneycare?
FUHR!
Hey harry, go get your soiled diaper changed and quit whining.
Word.
Here's the crux of what they want to accomplish.
They'll argue that Congress has abysmal ratings and that "nothing gets done." Given the state of this nation right now, I have reason to suspect that most Americans would find this acceptable. Some would probably admit to not realizing that's how it is.
ANYTHING that STUNS that GAY MORMON, the harry Reid, PLEASES me. He is ONE SICK PUPPY....I think he is CERTIFIABLY INSANE.
Reid's not stunned at all. This is boob-bait for the Bubbas.
If people are po’d about Obamacare, they don’t need additional anger about amnesty.
And maybe Beohner has learned that a rushed conference bill results in a deem and pass of the Democratic Senate bill, screwing everyone a second time.
FUHR
Reid is stunned that Boehnor managed to down enough martini’s to overcome his natural prediliction toward caving in. :-)
Rand Paul’s immigration speech[but he’s not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
03.19.13 | Hon Sen Rand Paul (KY)
Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg
...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let’s start that conversation by acknowledging we aren’t going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Reid: “How could anybody in good conscience tell one group he’s trying to do immigration reform, and a few minutes later, say ‘I’m not going to do anything about a conference?’ “
Seriously? The man lies through his teeth all day every day. He has the nerve to play the “How dare they lie to ME!” card?
Amazing.
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