That’s what Jonathon Strong reports (via Allahpundit)
In closed door mtg, Boehner just told Rs the House will not bring up the Senate immigration bill
— Jonathan Strong (@j_strong) June 26, 2013
Allahpundit also notes that a new Rasmussen poll has immigration being considered Very Important for the 2014 midterms by 51% of poll respondents, and 32% find it somewhat important. I suspect that the jump in people caring about the issue has more to do with Conservatives and others stating that any Republican who votes for the Rubio-Schumer amnesty bill will get no money and no support.
Boehner may very well push different types of immigration legislation, like actually securing the border, implementing biometric immigration controls, and means to drive the illegals out.
I’d say he should also start making noise about all the jobs plans that the House has passed and the Senate has refused to take a vote on, but we all know that the MSM will simply ignore what he has to say. And while you and I, who pay attention, will know, the average American won’t take the time to find out.
And then there’s Marco Rubio (D-Fla)
But he said he told them that he would go to Washington to “fight to stop what is bad for America,†and that what we have now is, in fact, hurting America. â€I simply wasn’t going to leave it to Democrats alone to try to figure out how to fix it.â€
“I got involved because I knew that if conservatives didn’t get involved in shaping this legislation, it would not have any border security reforms our nation desperately needs,†Rubio said.
Yeah, that’s worked out really well, chump. Do I even need to go through the list of how bad this is in so many ways?
