House GOP blocks Obama's Immigration Plan, but there's an asterisk

Yahoo News / Christian Science Monitor ^ | January 14, 2015 | Frances Kiefer

[Din Maker]

House Republicans vented their anger at President Obama Wednesday by denying him the funds he needs to carry out his executive immigration action.

But will that be the epitaph for immigration reform during the Obama years? To hardliners like Rep. Steve King (R) of Iowa, yes. But a more moderate group of Republicans still sees a glimmer of hope for moving forward on immigration reform...on smaller pieces that could get bipartisan support.

The template for that would be December’s vote to fund most of the federal government through September, said Rep. Tom Cole (R) of Oklahoma. The bill passed with the support of roughly two-thirds of Republicans and one-third of Democrats, sidelining dozens of hard-line conservatives.

"That's the only formula that’s really going to work in this situation," says Representative Cole, a close ally of the speaker, in an interview with the Monitor. Ditto for any other major reforms that Congress might tackle in the next two years, he adds.

Not only can House Republicans count on the GOP-controlled Senate as an ally, but Republicans' need to woo Hispanic voters ahead of the 2016 presidential elections could shift the political calculus.

"John Boehner has made no secret of the fact that he wants us to attack this problem," Cole says, but first, "you've got to let him play out his hand."

"It behooves us to follow with some other things that we know Democrats and the president can accept," he says.

[Din Maker]

"John Boehner....let him play out his hand. It behooves us to follow with some other things that we know Democrats and the president can accept."

There it is ladies and gentlemen; your new GOP-controlled House of Reps at work. Who is this compromising, Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole punk? OK is one of the top 3 Conservative states in the U.S. How did he sneak in?

[Din Maker]

With Boehner and Company, there will always be an “asterisk”.

[Theodore R.]

Cole is a Chickasaw originally from Shreveport. Born 1949

[Dr. Ursus]

Wine taster needed. Apply...........

[EagleUSA]

The GOP needs to take the word “COMPROMISE” out of their dictionary. The RATs never have had the word in their vocabulary or practice (eg Obamacare - go screw yourself GOP) so give it back to them. Work for the people for a change, instead of Washington politics.

Maybe wishful thinking but it is time to STOP OBAMA NOW!!

[Yosemitest]

This is WHY P.O.S. BonerHead MUST BE REMOVED !

[Dr. Thorne]

Here is my Immigration Reform Plan:

1. All illegals and their progeny leave the U.S.
2. They can apply for re-entry and wait on line with the rest of the applicants.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Hardliners = Constitutionalists

[Dahoser]

The GOP needs to take the word “COMPROMISE” out of their dictionary.

Oh, they did that long ago when they replaced it with: See Capitulation.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

I agree, and would add:
3. If you ever lived in the USA illegally, you permanently forfeit any potential voting privileges.

[Din Maker]

Wine taster needed. Apply...........
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That really did make me LOL!

[VerySadAmerican]

They want our votes to get in. Then they say “Sit down, sonny. I think I know what’s better for this country than you do. After all, I’m the one who got you to vote for me and got you to pay my salary and my staff’s salary so they can answer your emails and respond with BS and take your phone calls then laugh at you after they hang up. And you’ll vote for me again next time so it’s obvious I’m smarter than you.”