[byteback]

http://www.tpmcafe.com/STORY/2006/1/11/10419/7743

Looks like he was against 1 provision that there be a National database and he feels puts undue burdon on private employers to be the enforcers.

[Reagan Man]

Boehner believes that employers shouldn't have to pay the cost for background checks on possible new hires. IOW, Boehner doesn't want employers held accountable for hiring illegals and violating the law. At the heart of the IRCA of 1986 was that very provision. To prosecute and punish employers who violate the law by hiring illegals.

How did this issue and Boehner's vote sneak by? Not good at all.