Journalists should really do their research before writing on the status of the Senate amnesty bill, particularly if they plan on pressuring House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) to pass an amnesty.

Those paying close attention know that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) never sent the Senate's gargantuan amnesty bill (S.744) over to the House of Representatives. Reid has refused to do so because he knows his bill is unconstitutional because the bill raises revenue; the Constitution requires all bills raising revenue to originate in the House, not the Senate. Mr. Reid is well aware that, if he were to send the bill to the House, it would be "blue-slipped" — stopped by a legislative procedure that allows House members to shut down a bill that runs afoul of the Constitution's Origination Clause.

In other words, there is no immigration bill for the House to take up. Boehner cannot bring the Senate bill before the House for a vote. In some sense, it could be argued that Harry Reid and the Senate have delayed an immigration vote by passing a massive, unconstitutional bill. Had the Senate passed smaller, more focused bills, perhaps some of them would already be law.

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