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Friday, November 15, 2013

Speaker Boehner Kills Immigration Reform… For Now

streiff (Diary) |

If Speaker John Boehner is to be taken at his word, the House GOP may have just made a critical decision that is both good policy and good politics. A couple of weeks ago I posted about the growing pressure from the Senate Gang of [your number here] led by the odious John McCain and the duplicitous Lindsey Graham to legalize some millions of illegal immigrants living within the United States [see Immigration Reform: One Tiny Step at a Time]. At that time, John McCain was advocating a “pass the bill to find out what’s in it strategy” of having the House pass something that the Senate would replace in conference with the S. 744, a bill that is some 1200 pages long and among other things defines the minimum wage for various agricultural workers and makes Nevada a border state.  McCain said the outside groups have failed to push hard enough on the legislation…..To Read More……

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