House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday ruled out any action in the House this year on immigration

[applegrove]

CNN Breaking News Email:

"House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday ruled out any action in the House this year on immigration reform.

"I'll make clear we have no intention ever of going to conference on the Senate bill," Boehner said.

In June, the Senate passed a roughly 1,200-page bill that promised to overhaul immigration laws for the first time since 1985, creating a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented residents while ratcheting up security along the U.S. border with Mexico. The sweeping legislation -- initially drafted by the four Democrats and four Republicans in the chamber's so-called "Gang of Eight" -- passed by a 68-32 vote.

After Republicans lost the presidential election in 2012, and Hispanic voters voted overwhelmingly to re-elect President Barack Obama, Boehner said it was time for Congress to pass major immigration reforms. "I think a comprehensive approach is long overdue. And I'm confident that the president, myself and others can find the common ground to take care of this issue once and for all," Boehner said in an interview with ABC News the week after the election.

The Speaker brushed aside a question of whether House GOP leaders were avoiding the divisive debate on immigration reform to focus on the problems with the implementation of Obamacare.

"This is about trying to do this in a way that the American people and our members can absorb," the Speaker said, adding immigration reform is too complicated to rush. "There are hundreds of issues involved in dealing with immigration reform, and we've got to deal with these in a common-sense way where our members understand what we're doing and their constituents understand.""

[Pretzel_Warrior]

1. Sound like congress needs a march on Washington and

A flood of phone calls and letters & emails.

[applegrove]

2. +100

[monmouth3]

3. Considering their 2014 work schedule, they won't have time for anything but naming post offices..n/

[beachbum bob]

4. gop will never have a real immigration bill

We won't see it.....the bigotry runs too deep

[PeteSelman]

5. They aren't going to do ANYthing about anything.

Frankly, immigration reform is really low on my list of priorities but they aren't going to do anything that is high on my list. This congress just plain sucks.