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Boehner to Obama: Good Chance for Amnesty Bill in Next Congress
breitbart.com ^ | 7/7/14 | Tony Lee

Posted on 07/08/2014 6:08:45 AM PDT by cotton1706

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) reportedly told President Barack Obama that there would be a good chance of passing a comprehensive amnesty bill in the next Congress, which the GOP may control.

On June 24, when Boehner told Obama there would not be a vote on amnesty legislation this year, he reportedly told him "that he believed there was a good chance a comprehensive bill could pass in the next Congress."

According to a National Journal report, Obama, when meeting with pro-amnesty advocates last week to inform them that he would be pressing ahead with executive actions to ease deportations, said that "Boehner urged him not to press ahead with executive action because that would make legislating more difficult next year."

Asked about the report, Michael Steel, a spokesman for Boehner, said “Speaker Boehner told the President exactly what he has been telling him: the American people and their elected officials don't trust him to enforce the law as written. Until that changes, it is going to be difficult to make progress on this issue.”

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who championed the Senate's amnesty bill last year, has said Republicans in the Senate would "absolutely" try again to push amnesty legislation, which the Congressional Budget Office determined would lower the wages of American workers, if Republicans win back the Senate.

Boehner has reportedly said he was hell-bent on passing amnesty legislation this year, and Valerie Jarrett, Obama's top White House adviser, said the White House had "a commitment" from Boehner on amnesty legislation before immediately walking back remarks that may have been lost in translation. Boehner, who has hired Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) top immigration adviser to help him with a bill, denied he ever gave the White House a commitment.

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To: cotton1706

Boehner to Obama:

I’ll have more flexibiity after the election.


21 posted on 07/08/2014 6:57:52 AM PDT by Kenny
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To: cotton1706
Boehner is Obama's greatest ally.

 
"We're ready to be led" - John Boehner, leader of the opposition

22 posted on 07/08/2014 7:06:21 AM PDT by Ray76 (True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
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To: cotton1706
First, this supposed lawsuit is a chicken way out. It will fail, buy time and create smoke for Boehner, and solve nothing.
Second, if Obama’s policies are the problem, then stop implementation by defunding.
Lastly, if Obama’s lack of enforcement of the law is the problem, begin impeachment.
Quit with the screwing around.
Now is the time to act, both to clarify positions prior to 2014 elections and to keep Boehner off the front page with idiotic comments like this.
23 posted on 07/08/2014 12:45:42 PM PDT by blues-train (blues train)
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To: cotton1706

FU Bonor, you worthless DemocRat.


24 posted on 07/08/2014 2:32:42 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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