GOP Conservatives Adamant In Ruling Out Immigration Overhaul In 2014, Say Wait Till Next Year

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans on Wednesday ruled out any immigration legislation in the House this year, insisting that the GOP should wait until next year when the party might also control the Senate.

House GOP leaders unveiled their broad immigration principles last week that gave hope to advocates and the Obama administration that the first changes in the nation's laws in three decades might happen in the coming months.

Immigration legislation is one of the top priorities for Obama's second term.

But several of the conservatives were adamant that the House should do nothing on the issue this year, a midterm election year when the GOP is angling to gain six seats in the Senate and seize majority control. Democrats currently have a 55-45 advantage but are defending more seats, including ones in Republican-leaning states.

Read more: http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/94254869460c4922af16c52b0bb4408b/US--Immigration-Congress

[Turbineguy]

1. Wait till next year

and let your Democratic replacements do it.

[Vogon_Glory]

2. Wait Until Next Year--Dealing In Bad Faith

The Republicans have avoided putting forth genuine immigration reform for at least four years. They're dealing in bad faith, just as they've been dealing in bad faith since at least 2010.

The best way to get genuine immigration reform is for those voters who want immigration reform to vote against each and every Republican senator or congressional rep who has been stalling.

[okaawhatever]

3. What they know is that they want immigration reform to be a national issue. Their heavily gerry

mandered districts won't support a Republican who votes for it, but a Republican presidential candidate can. Same reason they voted for it in the Senate. The Republicans who run state-wide can win voting for immigration. I wish we could force the vote, but we can't with Boehner at the helm. As long as he can refuse to bring it up for a vote there isn't much that can be done. Hopefully their stalling and bad dealing will hurt them more in 2014 than it will help them in 2016.