John Boehner won't back immigration bill without majority GOP support

House Speaker John Boehner is not going to bring a comprehensive immigration-reform plan to the floor if a majority of Republicans don't support it, sources familiar with his plans said.

"No way in hell," is how several described the chances of the speaker acting on such a proposal without a majority of his majority behind him.

Boehner, R-Ohio, does not view immigration in the same vein as the fiscal cliff last December, when he backed a bill that protected most Americans from a tax increase even though less than half of the GOP lawmakers were with him, said multiple sources, who spoke anonymously to allow greater candor.

With economists warning that the deep cuts and higher taxes needed to avoid the fiscal cliff could devastate an already ailing economy, Boehner felt compelled to compromise with President Obama and allow taxes to rise on the wealthiest taxpayers. He feels no such urgency about immigration reform, lawmakers said.

Boehner has long supported an overhaul of U.S. immigration policy and would like the House to act on it before August. But he also understands the issue's political sensitivity and the impact it could have on Republicans in the 2014 mid-term elections.

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., a former pollster aligned with the GOP leadership, said Boehner will not approach to immigration reform the same way he did the fiscal cliff tax bill, or the Violence Against Women Act, which also passed with a minority of the majority.

"I just don't think that's the winning formula here," Cole told The Washington Examiner. "What the speaker wants to do is have a hopefully bipartisan product -- certainly one that has the majority of Republicans -- pass the House. This has got too much emotional, political impact and I think it really has to be genuinely bipartisan."

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The proof will be in the pudding.

I think Boehner's just signalling that the check has not arrived yet.

When it does, he'll fall back in line.

Or else.

Looks like that revolt of 70 GOP House members forcing Boner to adhere to the Hastert Rule had an effect.

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Quote: Rufus T Firefly wrote in post #4

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I think Boehner's just signalling that the check has not arrived yet.

When it does, he'll fall back in line.

Or else.

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And you claim you don't understand why I've concluded you're a fringeball.

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YOU (Clyde) have the best interests of the GOP at heart.

I have the best interests of the country at heart. Sometimes the best interests are the same - more often than not, they're not.

Now here's the deal - I'm not really interested in wasting my time with you. You appear to be a party shill - period (and not even as good of one as war)

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Quote: Cedric wrote in post #8

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House Speaker John Boehner is not going to bring a comprehensive immigration-reform plan to the floor if a majority of Republicans don't support it, sources familiar with his plans said.

"No way in hell," is how several described the chances of the speaker acting on such a proposal without a majority of his majority behind him.

I think the Democrats' "genius" plan is to run against Boehner and the House Republicans in 2014 for failing to pass amnesty.

Duh.

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That's the talking point...just ask Graham

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