Posted on 04/17/2014 7:53:22 AM PDT by cotton1706
On Wednesday, Eric Cantor strongly suggested immigration reform won't come up in the House of Representatives after he received a phone call from President Barack Obama.
"House Republicans do not support Senate Democrats' immigration bill and amnesty efforts, and it will not be considered in the House," the Republican majority leader said in a statement after the call. He accused the president of engaging in "partisan messaging" and offered no indication that the House intends to act on the issue. His full statement is below.
"Today, President Obama called me to discuss his desire for comprehensive immigration reform. The President called me hours after he issued a partisan statement which attacked me and my fellow House Republicans and which indicated no sincere desire to work together. After five years, President Obama still has not learned how to effectively work with Congress to get things done. You do not attack the very people you hope to engage in a serious dialogue. I told the President the same thing I told him the last time we spoke. House Republicans do not support Senate Democrats' immigration bill and amnesty efforts, and it will not be considered in the House. I also reiterated to the President there are other issues where we can find common ground, build trust and get America working again. I hope the President can stop his partisan messaging, and begin to seriously work with Congress to address the issues facing working middle class Americans who are struggling to make ends meet in this economy."
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Does he have a primary opponent? His statement is still clueless as he didn't say Obama should enforce the laws of the US already on the books.
Obama can now claim he tried working with Republicans and they are racist and unwilling to pass immigration reform...therefore, with my PEN, I will grant Amnesty to all. Watch out for the executive orders...
At least Obama understands there is no common ground between his marxist designs and the GOPe's flaky brand of half a loaf leadership. Further, he doesn't WANT there to be.
Cantor's a fool.
I wouldn’t trust this twerp as far as I could throw him.
If the Big Business lobbyists are bringing bags of cash to his office, he’ll put up an amnesty bill or anything else they want.
Cantor engineered the “Doc Fix” a couple of weeks back by bringing it to the floor with a voice vote only so he could get it around conservatives.
Cantor?! He’s a liberal democrat with an (R)
He torched what? No. I’ll believe it when he tithes that toupee of his
It's an election year and it's coming up on the time that Cantor has to pretend to have one.
Good cop, bad cop is right.
He says they don’t like the senate Dem version is all
(*snort*)
Thanks for that.
Can’ter is giving him the go ahead for an executive order.
FR circular firing squad forming with Cantor in the center ... and they can’t shoot straight.
Then the Senate bill will be dead and there can be a fresh start at solving the problem with a GOP Senate and House.
Matzoh has as much carbohydrate as leavened bread.
Yes, but it sucks so you don’t eat as much.
Cantor is not to be trusted.....probably exactly the opposite of what he says is true. I don’t believe him for a minute!!
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