Posted on 01/04/2014 5:41:31 AM PST by raybbr
House Republicans are quietly making progress on overhauling the nation’s broken immigration system, boosting hopes that a deal might be reached in Congress this year. Despite the corrosive partisanship that has stymied congressional action in most areas, five bills attacking various components of reform have already been voted out of committee, with others in the works, confounding naysayers who said reform was dead when the House refused to take up a Senate bill that passed with strong bipartisan support early last summer.
“If what we hear is as good as it sounds, it’s the makings of a deal,” says Frank Sharry, founder and executive director of America’s Voice, a pro-immigration group.
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A letter to Boehner urging no action on immigration reform circulated by Texas Rep. Steve Stockman reportedly got fewer than 20 signatures. “The Hell No caucus might not be quite so strong,” says Sharry. If the newfound energy for reform can withstand the assault sure to come from the right, the politics of 2014 could look very different from what had been predicted.
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Each compromise, big or small, advances the leftist agenda and erodes the Constitution a little more.
A compromise means democrats gain something they want and republicans give up something.
"In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit."
--Ayn Rand
Exactly! Along with Lyin' Paul Ryan, et al, they support illegals getting welfare over retirement benefits for our military!
They use Alinsky tactics against their base, rather than standing in opposition to the attempted socialist transformation of America.
One party two names proof that 52% of the people are to stupid to vote.
Traitors always do their work “quietly.”
To hell with the GOP.
Actually , obamacare created
the tea party revolt and people are fighting mad so don’t buy into the Soros K street pr blitz
“Can Boner be so stupid as to not realize what we all see?”
“He’s not stupid. He works for his masters, and it isn’t the American people.”
Correctomundo.
Boehner has gotten the payoff from the Chamber of Commerce, Microsoft, Google, FaceBook, the Restaurant Association, etc., all via K Street lobbyists. THOSE, not conservatives, are his constituents.
Boehner has cojones ? Who knew !
The only thing I hate worse than a Republican is a Democrat.
Boner is not a failure as a party leader. To push legislation through the House that the controlling party's voting base as well as a vast majority of Americans vehemently opposes is quite an accomplishment.
BULLSHIT!
We don't need to overhaul the system. We don't need a deal.
We need some Congressmen with COJONES that are not afraid to vigorously enforce existing immigration law.
I wasn’t aware - I do know a few retired BP and they all say good things about GWB
Pushing is not leadership
Accomplishing and finishing is definition of success
He has not done that
All the bills so far are going to be stopped by Reid and Obama.
Most illegals already get amnesty from Obama, Reid wants freebies.
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