Boehner Delays Immigration Push

breitbart.com ^ | 2/6/14 | Johathan Strong

[cotton1706]

In an abrupt switch from his months of work to bring immigration reform back from life support, Speaker John Boehner told reporters today that the issue cannot move forward until President Obama proves he can be a trustworthy partner to implement the law as written.

“There's widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws. And it's going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes,” Boehner said.

The change in tack comes after rank-and-file members pushed hard against immigration “principles” unveiled at a retreat last week and top immigration hawks had begun to discuss how they could thwart Boehner in his march to bring the issue to the floor.

[cotton1706]

Whatever it is we're all doing, let's all keep doing it!! Because it's working! They are scared to death of moving this thing and they should be!

And they still may play the "after the primary filing dates" game so keep your eye out!

[fwdude]

Saving it for the lame duck session?

[Blood of Tyrants]

“There’s widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws.”

Ya think? We have 25 years of not enforcing immigration laws.

[erod]

Wow, Boehner got smart, maybe, I don’t trust the GOPe. I’ll bet the GOP will go into the chamber after primaries are over and pass this monstrosity.

[IamConservative]

What’s he need 18 R votes to go with the Dems to pass it? It is possible he didn’t even have the R votes he needed?

[kabar]

That is what I have told by insiders on the Hill.

[VRWC For Truth]

Retire the oompah-loompah.

[cotton1706]

“Saving it for the lame duck session?”

That’s their last card trick. The problem with that is that they wouldn’t be able to get lots of people on the voting rolls before the election to stem a conservative tide, which is their whole point in pushing it.

But I wouldn’t put it past, say a defeated McConnell and a retiring Boehner to try to push it through before a new Congress is seated. For then they will have to start all over again.

[sickoflibs]

RE “There's widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws. And it's going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes,” Boehner said. “

??? He didn't know this BEFORE the retreat?

I would guess that giving Obama a big visible win on Immigration (now) would unify Dems and destroy House Republicans. Win meaning a bill he signs.

He won NOTHING with passing the Senate bill.

[showme_the_Glory]

That’s soo sad. I’m gonna cry......

[txrefugee]

No, he changed his tune when he heard rumblings from conservatives pushing for him to lose his Speaker post. Boehner has no principle except survival as Speaker.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Trying to save his phony-baloney job, no doubt.

[Gay State Conservative]

Maybe my call to his DC office did some good.I told the woman “if anything even remotely resembling amnesty passes my contributions to the Party and it's candidates stop and,for the first time since I became eligible to vote,I'll make it a point to be busy on election day this November”.

[b4its2late]

He’d better squash it all together.

[fwdude]

I’ll bet the GOP will go into the chamber after primaries are over and pass this monstrosity.

And they'll do it out of pure spite if the primaries don't go their way.

[skeeter]

Next time the push will happen very quickly and very, very quietly.

[DoughtyOne]

In an abrupt switch from his months of work to bring immigration reform back from life support, Speaker John Boehner told reporters today that the issue cannot move forward until President Obama proves he can be a trustworthy partner to implement the law as written.

One wonders, just what would Obama have to do to prove this? After five years of him being him, Boehner still holds out hope? Seriously?

I wish the Republicans in the house had the collective IQ of room temperature. This guy would be a vapor trail leaving the Speaker's office.

[DoughtyOne]

Yep. Of course he would.

What isn’t right today, isn’t going to be right in a year or two.

[jimbo123]

Saving it for the lame duck session?

From 2 days ago Texas Sen. John Cornyn, saying he was “very skeptical that anything’s going to happen between now and November”.

Now and NOVEMBER? What about DECEMBER and the Lame Duck Session, Cornyn??

[erod]

100% correct, win or lose the GOPe will pass this piece of garbage.