John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he might lose his job as House speaker over immigration reform, but he insisted he will not bring a bill to the House floor that does not have majority support of both Republicans and Democrats. Following the Republican conference meeting on Tuesday, Boehner was asked: “Rep. Rohrabacher said that if you bring immigration reform to the floor without the support of the GOP conference you will lose your job (as speaker). Do you think that’s accurate?” “Maybe,” Boehner said after a long pause, to laughter from reporters.

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Why does johnny included Dems in his statement?

Quote: Eglman wrote in post #2

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Why does johnny included Dems in his statement?

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Boehner’s remarks today carefully threaded a needle, reflecting the fact that many conservatives will be unhappy about an immigration deal passed mostly with Democratic votes.

“I also suggested to our members today that any immigration reform bill that is going to go into law ought to have a majority of both parties’ support if we’re really serious about making that happen,” Boehner said at a press conference. “And so I don’t see any way of bringing an immigration bill to the floor that doesn’t have a majority support of Republicans.”

But when a reporter asked him if he would require the rule to be applied to a House-Senate compromise bill, he said only, “We’ll see when we get there.”

http://therightscoop.com/well-see-when-w...migration-bill/

Quote: Cedric wrote in post #6

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1. “And so I don’t see any way of bringing an immigration bill to the floor that doesn’t have a majority support of Republicans.”

2. But when a reporter asked him if he would require the rule to be applied to a House-Senate compromise bill, he said only, “We’ll see when we get there.”

Assuming the vote numbers hold where we currently believe them to be, 1 precludes 2.

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