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Boehner will take one for the team, most R's will. The D&R agenda must move forward.

Speaking of "Forward"

Ever hear of FWD.US?

FWD.US is an organization started by key leaders in the tech community to promote policies to keep the United States and its citizens competitive in a global economy—including comprehensive immigration reform and education reform. (http://www.fwd.us/about_us)

Their list of supporters is a who's who of tech companies. (http://www.fwd.us/our_supporters)

Their team in Washington DC:

Rob Jesmer, former executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
Alida Garcia, former National Latino Vote Deputy Director of Obama For America's 2012 reelection campaign
Kate Hansen, former communications director for the Democratic Governors Association
Scott Sloofman, former Deputy Director of the Republican National Committee War Room

(http://www.fwd.us/washington_dc)

FWD.US has two subsidiary organizations, Americans for a Conservative Direction, and Council for American Job Growth. (http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/22211-has-zuckerberg-gone-conservative.html)

Americans for a Conservative Direction board members are:

Former Governor Haley Barbour
Sally Bradshaw, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush's Chief of Staff
Joel Kapln, Vice President of US Public Policy at Facebook
Dan Senor, former chief adviser to Representative Paul Ryan on the Romney-Ryan 2012 campaign
Rob Jesmer, former Executive Director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2008-2012.

(http://www.americansforaconservativedirection.com/#about)

In May FWD.us began running ads the immigration bill pushed by the so-called Senate “Gang of 8.” Politico reports that Americans for a Conservative Direction will spend over $1 million to push the ad in states including Texas, Florida, Iowa, and Kentucky. (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/07/Republican-group-Facebook-immigration-bill)

Another group running ads is the American Action Network. The American Action Network was founded by Fred Malek, National Finance Committee co-chair of John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. AAN created the American Action Forum and the Hispanic Leadership Network. These groups share office space with the Karl Rove affiliated Crossroads GPS/American Crossroads.

These groups have overlapping leadership and membership.

		American Action Network	American Action Forum	Hispanic Leadership Network
Former Senator Norm Coleman (MN)		Y	Y
	Chairman Of Counsel, Hogan Lovells US LLP	Chairman, American Action Network
Fred Malek		Y	Y
	Chairman, Thayer Lodging Group	Founder, American Action Network	Chairman, Forum Board
Former Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL)			Y	Y
	President, Jeb Bush & Assoc.
Congressman Raúl Labrador (R-ID)				Y
	House Gang of Eight
Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)				Y
	House Gang of Eight
Congressman Francisco Canseco (R-TX)				Y

House Gang of Eight

John Carter (R-TX)
Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Sam Johnson (R-TX)
Raul Labrador (R-ID)

Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
John Yarmuth (D-KY)

Texas Rep Francisco Canseco has a hidden relation to the House Gang of Eight, membership in the Hispanic Leadership Network.

The Hispanic Leadership Network developed the "Earned legal status", and "undocumented immigrant" talking points.

http://hispanicleadershipnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/HLN-Dos-and-Donts-of-Immigration-Reform-Mes-saging.pdf

http://hispanicleadershipnetwork.org/?page_id=15
http://americanactionnetwork.org/about
http://americanactionforum.org