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Inside Boehner's Strategy to Slow Walk Immigration to the Finish Line
National Journal ^ | July 30, 2013 | Chris Frates

Posted on 07/30/2013 5:52:30 PM PDT by Hojczyk

Keeping immigration on the back-burner helps avoid a recess filled with angry town-hall meetings reminiscent of the heated August 2009 protests where the backlash against health care reform coalesced. Doing nothing also starves Democrats of a target, Republicans argue.

But for Boehner, who by all accounts wants to see some kind of immigration reform pass, that raised serious strategic problems.

First, passing tougher enforcement measures before August would take all the momentum away from other more divisive measures, such as giving “Dreamers,” the children brought to the United States illegally, a legal option for staying in the country. While House leaders publicly insist on dealing with the immigration issues separately, they privately are wary of letting their piecemeal approach be taken out of context.

So Boehner, Cantor, and McCarthy have privately discussed holding off on immigration until October. (September has only nine legislative days that will be jammed with fiscal negotiations as House Republicans and Senate Democrats scramble to fund the government after the fiscal year ends Sept. 30.) The August break gives Republicans time to chart a course on immigration ahead of a packed fall schedule that leaves little time for strategizing.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; US: California; US: Ohio; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; amnesty4illegals; california; chrisfrates; ericcantor; johnboehner; karlrove; kevinmccarthy; ohio; paulryan; randsconcerntrolls; virginia
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1 posted on 07/30/2013 5:52:30 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

slow walk to HELL


2 posted on 07/30/2013 5:54:06 PM PDT by ptsal (Repubicans swallowing more kool-aide from Rove & Kristol)
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To: Hojczyk

I am sure we are all shocked by this. NOT


3 posted on 07/30/2013 5:57:05 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Hojczyk

Boehner, Cantor and McCarthy = GOP Axis of Evil.


4 posted on 07/30/2013 5:57:58 PM 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: Hojczyk

Contact your congress critter, people. You know the other side is.


5 posted on 07/30/2013 5:59:46 PM PDT by concentric circles
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To: Hojczyk

I would like to see Limbaugh and Levin publicly call for his political head. No more. We have to create a turning point or our RINO leaders will destroy the country.


6 posted on 07/30/2013 6:02:29 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: Hojczyk

I’m voting straight tea party from here on out.


7 posted on 07/30/2013 6:02:52 PM PDT by Usagi_yo
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To: Hojczyk

The illegals will be 1st in line for 0bamacare.

“Did you imagine that anyone would even be talking about having a panel of so-called “experts” deciding who could and could not get life-saving medical treatments?

Scary as that is from a medical standpoint, it is also chilling from the standpoint of freedom. If you have a mother who needs a heart operation or a child with some dire medical condition, how free would you feel to speak out against an administration that has the power to make life and death decisions about your loved ones?”

http://olbroad.com/2009/11/page/9/


8 posted on 07/30/2013 6:04:48 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: ptsal

Boehner aint walkin anything anywhere. This party is NOW finished. It is all out political war with Dr. Paul ( my leader) and fat head from New Jersey who is a front for another Bush. I now commit to repent for my vote for Romney by never doing that RINO crap again. Karl Rove is a socialist Devil. Let us get it on!!!! If you are in the middle of the road — you get RUN OVER!! FREEDOM from NSA— FREEDOM to keep my money!!.


9 posted on 07/30/2013 6:06:57 PM PDT by SADMILLIE
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To: Hojczyk

Can’t wait to watch you hand the gavel to Nancy, John.


10 posted on 07/30/2013 6:07:13 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Boehner, Cantor and McCarthy = GOP Axis of Evil.

You left out Ryan.

11 posted on 07/30/2013 6:12:42 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: chris37
Can’t wait to watch you hand the gavel to Nancy, John.

Actually, I can't wait to return him to the private sector.

12 posted on 07/30/2013 6:14:00 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Hojczyk

Bonehead Cantor and that evil McCarthy
Have lined up there Amnesty traitors to sell it to the bubbas

Gowdy
Issa
Goodlatte
Ryan
Carter

They all need to be defeated and removed from congress


13 posted on 07/30/2013 6:15:49 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Amnesty media out in full force)
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To: Zhang Fei

I shouldn’t say what it is that I really can’t wait for, so I won’t.


14 posted on 07/30/2013 6:16:18 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Usagi_yo

—— I’m voting straight tea party from here on out. -—

No more compromise candidates. Might as well vote for Dems.


15 posted on 07/30/2013 6:24:25 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: ncalburt
Name and shame....

Bonehead Cantor and that evil McCarthy
Have lined up there Amnesty traitors to sell it to the bubbas

Gowdy

Issa

Goodlatte

Ryan

Carter

They all need to be defeated and removed from congress

Sending this as a *reply* to all the RNC cr@p fundraising mailers I receive.

16 posted on 07/30/2013 6:28:29 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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To: Hojczyk

Boner may have a primary challenge that he can be thinking about while he lies to the country.


17 posted on 07/30/2013 6:29:03 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
No more compromise candidates. Might as well vote for Dems.

Is there a difference, anymore, between Dims and RINO's?

RNC/DNC both love Amnesty, Spending and don't give a hoot about Benghazi/IRS/NSA REAL scandals.

18 posted on 07/30/2013 6:30:41 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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To: Hojczyk
Slow road to Amnesty is bad

but it would have been worse if the House passed some immigration related bill to merge with the Senate Amnesty bill as the Senate passed their Horrible amnesty bill without reading it

that they didn't do anything yet is great news. We have a chance to contact them and tell them “no bill from the House”

19 posted on 07/30/2013 6:35:17 PM PDT by Democrat_media (IRS rigged election for Obama and democrats by shutting down tea party)
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To: Georgia Girl 2; concentric circles

It’s time for a targeted boycott now. If they don’t want to read their email, answer a phone or a fax, then stop buying anything related to mexical illegal slave labor. They shall receive the voting-with-feet they’re ignoring financially if they don’t want to listen to the voices of the electorate.

They plan to shove it down our throats, let’s slim their wallet for them while they try.

Buy imported (not from mexico or US) produce, chicken, and only non-illegal labor.


20 posted on 07/30/2013 6:47:41 PM PDT by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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