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There is this minor thing about "Fiscal Cliffs" that seems to be a bit more pressing at the moment and since the "news" is about what is happening now, I don't think that absence of news about immigration reform is all that fracking surprising.
There is this minor thing about "Fiscal Cliffs" that seems to be a bit more pressing at the moment and since the "news" is about what is happening now, I don't think that absence of news about immigration reform is all that fracking surprising.
of course it's not surprising. no one is campaigning now.
There is this minor thing about "Fiscal Cliffs" that seems to be a bit more pressing at the moment and since the "news" is about what is happening now, I don't think that absence of news about immigration reform is all that fracking surprising.
Actually, it is back in a big way.
Boehner would like to ram some sort of patched together compromise through the House:
But others, such as House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), say they are still interested.
"I still think that immigration reform is an important subject that needs to be addressed and I am hopeful," Boehner told reporters earlier Wednesday.
Some GOP members are working on bills that would give legal status to undocumented immigrants. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) have been working since the summer on a bill to give legal status, or potentially a path to citizenship, to so-called Dreamers, but there is no date set for introduction and a chief sponsor has not yet been determined, according to aides.
Nah. Boehner is merely grandstanding and posturing. How else would you expect him to answer after the recent shutdown debacle? By saying that he won't be considering an immigration bill any time soon? One year out from the mid-terms, Republicans have to at least look like they're endearing to those who have real hopes for immigration reform. To say otherwise would be a bad start to the 2014 election season, and he knows it.
Did anyone notice how big of an issue immigration reform was right before the election and now it seems to have disappeared from the news?
It will be back .... As 2014 goes on the issue will be emerge very prominently. The closer we get to Nov 2014 election, err, swhall we say the Repubs will be shown to be demographically foolish..... again.
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Nah. Boehner is merely grandstanding and posturing. How else would you expect him to answer after the recent shutdown debacle? By saying that he won't be considering an immigration bill any time soon? One year out from the mid-terms, Republicans have to at least look like they're endearing to those who have real hopes for immigration reform. To say otherwise would be a bad start to the 2014 election season, and he knows it.
Boehner is desperately trying to hold onto his speakership and the only way to do so is to totally marginalize the Tea Party caucus.
Its all for naught however since Pelosi will be back in the chair after the elections.
Boehner is desperately trying to hold onto his speakership and the only way to do so is to totally marginalize the Tea Party caucus.
Its all for naught however since Pelosi will be back in the chair after the elections.
Not a chance. I've yet to find one analyst that will point to a Democratic takeover, even in the wake of the shutdown. Lot's of rabble about GOP poll numbers, and Democratic "hopes," but nothing at all suggesting that the GOP will lose the House.
Not a chance. I've yet to find one analyst that will point to a Democratic takeover, even in the wake of the shutdown. Lot's of rabble about GOP poll numbers, and Democratic "hopes," but nothing at all suggesting that the GOP will lose the House.
America hates the GOP right now after what the country has been through...
More than 60% of respondents in a new CNN poll out Monday said Boehner should lose his leadership position. Only 30% said they supported him, the poll showed.
The same poll also showed that 54% of Americans polled thought it was a bad thing that the Republicans controlled the House.
The surveys come amid a slew of other polls that have shown that Republicans are bearing the brunt of the blame for the shutdown, which furloughed more than 800,000 government employees and sucked $24 billion out of the U.S. economy, according to economic analysts.
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