19 House GOP Reps are ready to voice support for Boehner's immigration principles

[Mass]

according to a survey by Rollcall, who has called all of them.

That is 19, including the those who wrote and promoted the principes (Boehner, Cantor, McMorris Rodgers and McCarthy and Paul Ryan).

I know that these principles are not exactly well defined, but even with this vagueness, attracted absolutely nobody who was not already convinced something had to be done.

http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/where-do-house-republicans-stand-on-immigration-principles-whip-count/

YES

Mark Amodei, Nev.

John A. Boehner, Ohio

Ken Calvert, Calif.

Eric Cantor, Va.

Jeff Denham, Calif.

Charlie Dent, Pa.

Mario Diaz-Balart, Fla.

Renee Ellmers, N.C.

Peter T. King, N.Y.

Kevin McCarthy, Calif.

Michael McCaul, Texas

Howard “Buck” McKeon, Calif.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Wash.

Steve Pearce, N.M.

Paul D. Ryan, Wis.

Glenn Thompson, Pa.

Marlin Stutzman, Ind.

David Valadao, Calif.

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So, I guess there will be no vote anytime soon.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/02/25/refusal-to-budge-on-immigration-isnt-about-obama-its-about-republicans/

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The core question on the table, the core dilemma the GOP faces, is pretty straightforward. Can House Republicans develop their own actual policy solution to the problem of the 11 million? Can they develop their own proposal that would extend some kind of legal status to the 11 million, packaged with security triggers, that they can support? Right now, if Roll Call has it right, only 19 House Republicans will endorse this idea even in principle. We’re not even talking about actual legislation here; nor are we talking about whether Republicans should enter into negotiations with Obama and Dems (they have already put their ideas on the table, in the form of the Senate bill) or on what terms. Rather, we’re talking about whether House Republicans endorse the basic idea that the 11 million should be allowed to come out of the shadows, contingent on security conditions being met to their own satisfaction.
The answer to that core question appears to be No.

[truebluegreen]

1. "Boehner" and "principles" don't often appear in the same sentence...

That said, 19 Republicans plus all the Democrats is enough. If they wanted to do it, they could.

[Bandit]

3. You think all the Democrats will agree to Republican Principles on immigration?

I somehow doubt that very much. It would be hard enough to get all the Democrats to agree on a Democratic Bill let alone a Republican one.

[truebluegreen]

4. Republicans don't have any principles on immigration

except "don't do it."

But the Senate has already passed a (draconian) immigration bill incorporating a lot of Republican "principles" so it is possible that that could pass the House, just to be able to do something.*



*13 years' wait for citizenship? WTF?

[Old and In the Way]

2. Not only is the GOP corrupt, but it's totally dysfunctional and incapable of leading.

This is what happens when you pander to extremists who eventually become the core of your Party.