"Republicans Vow To Block Immigration Reform After Shutdown Fight"

[applegrove]

Republicans Vow To Block Immigration Reform After Shutdown Fight

by Sahil Kapur at TPM

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/house-republicans-vow-to-kill-immigration-reform-after-shutdown

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"I think it'd be crazy for the House Republican leadership to enter into negotiations with him on immigration," Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) told reporters on the eve of the GOP's shutdown surrender. "And I'm a proponent of immigration reform. So I think what he's done over the last two and a half weeks -- he's trying to destroy the Republican Party. And I think that anything we do right now with this president on immigration will be with that same goal in mind: which is to try to destroy the Republican Party and not to get good policies."

Labrador, a former immigration lawyer, has influence among House conservatives. He was an original member of a bipartisan House group working on the issue until he bolted in June over differences regarding a pathway to citizenship and whether or not provisionally legalized immigrants should receive health care subsidies while waiting to become citizens.

That's the unreceptive audience Obama's remarks were directed at when he vouched for immigration reform again on Thursday, the morning after Congress acted to re-open the government and avert a catastrophic debt default.

"There's already a broad coalition across America that's behind this effort of comprehensive immigration reform -- from business leaders to faith leaders to law enforcement. In fact, the Senate has already passed a bill with strong bipartisan support," the president said. "And it's sitting there waiting for the House to pass it. Now, if the House has ideas on how to improve the Senate bill, let's hear them. Let's start the negotiations. But let's not leave this problem to keep festering for another year, or two years, or three years. This can and should get done by the end of this year."



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[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Tee hee - meltdown time!

[applegrove]

2. The GOP has done it to themselves. They are the ones who planned

and have tried to implement no policy success for Obama. So if he gets anything...Obama has won. If Obama doesn't get anything ..... the GOP stopped it and they lose.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. The GOP cannot win on immigration

[Xipe Totec]

4. Proceed, idiots. nt

[sheshe2]

5. Hey guys, yes you, Republicans.

You don't need the Presidents help to destroy your party. You all are doing that just fine yourselves.

Petulant children!

The party of stupid, applegrove. Thanks for the thread!

[applegrove]

6. You're most welcome.

[Zambero]

7. Whether the gov't is open or closed, they will obstruct...

Labrador might have been a bit too forthcoming in showing the GOP's cards. And hey, now we can be 100% certain that with these people it's never been about the good of the country, it's all about what's good for the Republicans. Again, thanks to Labrador for removing any façade or pretension of caring enough to do the right thing. It's now clear that having the government active again does not change the Republican agenda one iota. They will try and block anything and everything as long as they have the numbers to do it.

[SummerSnow]

8. **nickname alert**

Republicans+obstruction= Obstrucplican party, or Repubobstruction party

[applegrove]

9. Obstructlican Party?

[SummerSnow]

10. Too much of a tongue twister? I may have to tweak that

[LostOne4Ever]

11. Let me get this straight

The republican party is going to obstruct the most important bill to the fastest growing and arguably most influencial demographic in the US?



Obama is not going to destroy the Republican party, the teaparty and the far right are going to destroy the repug party and I say:

GOOD RIDDANCE!!!

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[coldmountain]

12. Immigration destroys their Southern and rural power base

They'll fight like hell to keep
Dixie from going like California and Colorado