Boehner: No immigration reform until Obama rebuilds trust

[Coyotl]

Source: Google Hosted News (AFP) – 29 minutes ago

House Speaker John Boehner Thursday threw cold water on the prospects of near-term immigration reform, saying President Barack Obama needed to rebuild "trust" before there is movement on the issue.

"I have never underestimated the difficulty in moving forward this year," the top Republican in Congress told reporters one week after unveiling a set of immigration reform principles aimed at legalizing the millions of people living in the shadows in the United States.

Boehner said he and many Republicans bristled at Obama's announcement in last month's State of the Union address that he will skirt Congress and wield his executive authority to move on some issues like economic disparity.

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"There is widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws, and it's going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes."

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[Mass]

1. Latest GOP talking point, The only question is what does this smokescreen hide?

Does the House leadership want to avoid a vote that could be devastating for them (Republicans not following them, primary candidates against speaker and leader using this vote against them, ....) OR is it a way for Boehner to try to get enough people to vote for something without creating a crisis?

Greg Sargent seems to think it is the second one. Other more main stream reporters think it is the first. Who knows?

[Coyotl]

7. The sooner this happens, the sooneer those hard working people will be voting against them.

There's the real reason they are stalling this law. They will cave if Dems agrees that the new citizens don't get to vote for 20 years.

[elleng]

2. Boehner Doubts Immigration Overhaul Will Pass This Year

'Even Republicans modestly supportive of immigration legislation have said this election year is not the time to move forward. Doing so, they say, would only splinter the party and detract from the attention Republican candidates are trying to focus on Mr. Obama’s health care law and sagging approval ratings. By casting the issue as one of trust in the president, Mr. Boehner tried to lay the blame at the White House’s feet for what appears to be a quickly flagging immigration push.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/us/politics/boehner-doubts-immigration-overhaul-will-pass-this-year.html?hp


Its NEVER going to happen, imo.

[awoke_in_2003]

3. This is like Lucy...

telling Charlie Brown that he needs to rebuild trust.

[DallasNE]

4. So Where Was Boehner On The Issue Of Trust During G W Bush Years

Now some doozies came out of that like the legal opinion he sought from his Whitehouse lawyer to establish military tribunals, establish military combatants and create Gitmo. Or invading Iraq without authorization from Congress as clearly the war Bush fought is not the war Congress authorized should Saddam not allow UN weapons inspectors in with unlimited access. War was authorized for non-compliance, not compliance, making the war unauthorized. Those were monumental failures of trust.

[kiranon]

5. Too funny. What a farce he is.

He must have a book full of excuses and picks one out at random. Immigration reform now must be the agenda for Democrats and push it for all its worth and sink the Republicans in the process.

[Coyotl]

14. Rs already lost the Latino vote, so what's to lose by stopping more Latinos from getting to vote?

Just a stall to prevent more liberals from voting.

[underpants]

6. How is he going to become un-black?

[Coyotl]

10. DUzy. Maybe they should try trusting the white half.

The half we don't trust

[EC]

8. Ya, that'll work... n/t

[Redfairen]

9. BENGHAZI!

[sheshe2]

11. Boehner, get over yourself! n/t

[Kablooie]

12. They don't trust him so they will sit on their hands and do nothing.

If they were politicians they would pass laws and then check to insure they are being implemented.
After a law passes, if it's not being implemented, they can do something about it.

But these guys aren't politicians. They are inert bags of dough that sit in place of the politicians.
Their only goal is to pull paychecks from the taxpayers for doing nothing at all.

And they will be voted in to do this again year after year.

Our national IQ is even lower than that of a 'potatoe'.

[pampango]

13. No trust? Zero net immigration. Record deportations. Facts please, John -

although repeating lies and spreading fear seems to be all you guys are capable of.

It may work in the short run if you can scare enough older whites into voting to bring "the good ol' days" back. (At least you must hope it does.) But in the long run the handwriting is on the wall, fellow Buckeye.

[TygrBright]

15. Sorry, Mr. Boehner. Not even President Obama could get me to trust you assholes. n/t