Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio is making a mistake pushing for an immigration overhaul this year, according to one of the House Republican Conference’s former top immigration negotiators.

Rep. John Carter of Texas, one of four GOP congressmen who was part of bipartisan negotiations over comprehensive immigration policy changes last year, said voting on the matter this year would distract from the party’s efforts to highlight flaws in President Barack Obama’s health care law.
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Carter added that the votes could leave Republicans vulnerable to primary attacks from the right, especially if, as is expected, the changes take on the question of the legal status of some 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.

“I personally think this is the wrong time from our standpoint to go forward on immigration,” he said. “It’s an election year. I mean Texas is in the middle of primaries right now.”
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Carter’s criticism echoes that of some of the staunchest critics of an immigration overhaul, underscoring just how difficult it will be to pass anything this year. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, for instance, said that he’s worried that leadership is heading down a path many GOP members would rather avoid.

“I’m concerned about an effort to stampede our conference,” he said. “Any day that we’re discussing immigration here, having a debate on the floor or in committee and capturing the news media cycle on it, is a day that we’re not fixing the calamity of Obamacare.”

Luzinski's Gut wrote:http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-government-and-the-sinaloa-cartel-2014-1

This could be a huge scandal and a major mess.

Under the new constitution:

The president may serve two four-year terms and can be impeached by parliament
Islam remains the state religion - but freedom of belief is absolute, giving some protection to minorities
The state guarantees "equality between men and women"
Parties may not be formed based on "religion, race, gender or geography"
Military to appoint defence minister for next eight years
Critics say the new constitution favours the army at the expense of the people, and fails to deliver on the 2011 revolution.

jerseyhoya wrote:

drsmooth wrote:add following keywords to CC office email search:

Weinberg
Hoens

Maddow rounded up enough dots to make a more interesting, more plausible, maybe more consequential revenge story

An Alternate Theory of the Bridgegate Scandal

Weinberg is the #2 not the leader, but it makes a ton more sense than the stuff that was being peddled.

Kinda sick to my stomach tbh because I thought the other stuff was a load of crap, so it couldn't be true or reach up to Christie. This could be pretty not so good. Guess we'll see where the chips fall over the next few weeks/months.

td11 wrote:http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57617199-38/appeals-court-strikes-down-fccs-net-neutrality-rules/

this sucks. #$!&@ you verizon and att

pacino wrote:The WV spill is now flowing into Ohio...Cincinnati is on high alert, water intake from Ohio River is currently shut off. sheesh



spills and incidents have steadily risen over the past 20+ years

JFLNYC wrote:

pacino wrote:The WV spill is now flowing into Ohio...Cincinnati is on high alert, water intake from Ohio River is currently shut off. sheesh



spills and incidents have steadily risen over the past 20+ years

The important thing is that business not be burdened with job-killing regulations.

Speaker Boehner was asked if more regulations were necessary after a chemical spill in West Virginia left 300,000 people without safe drinking water.

He answered, “The issue is this: We have enough regulations on the books. And what the administration ought to be doing is actually doing their jobs. Why wasn’t this plant inspected since 1991? I am entirely confident that there are ample regulations already on the books to protect the health and safety of the American people. Somebody ought to be held accountable here. What we try to do is look at those regulations that we think are cumbersome, are over the top, and that are costing the economy jobs. That’s where our focus continues to be.”

The Republican Party has waged a decades long war on the EPA and environmental regulations, but Speaker Boehner wants the American people to believe that the chemical spill in West Virginia was President Obama’s fault. Boehner knows full well that the company that owned the tank that ruptured, Freedom Industries, was exempt from both state and federal inspections because they don’t produce chemicals.