Republican civil war over immigration intensifies

[Panich52]

Republican civil war over immigration intensifies. NYT:

“Growing increasingly frustrated, Mr. Boehner even offered some salty language from the lectern: ‘Why don’t you go ask the Senate Democrats when are they going to get off their ass and do something other than to vote no?’ … ‘Sooner or later, we’re going to have to accept reality,’ said Representative Charlie Dent, Republican of Pennsylvania[, ‘[and] pass something closer to a clean or cleaner bill.’ … [Sen. Mark] Kirk said he thought Republicans ‘ought to strip the bill of extraneous issues [and] just fund D.H.S.'”

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[tanyev]

1. The War Between the Irate.

[pampango]

2. "an immigration fight that “seems headed for failure if not a more spectacular crack-up,” Republican

are now in a “box canyon” of their own making.

Senate Republicans already have failed three times to pass legislation to appropriate money for the homeland security agency because Democrats oppose provisions that would undo Mr. Obama’s executive actions on immigration, eliminating protections for millions of undocumented immigrants, including children.

On Tuesday, Senate Republicans conceded they were “stuck” and without a way forward to prevent a shutdown of the agency at the end of the month. And on Wednesday, Mr. Boehner offered a bit of tough love: Get unstuck.

Indeed, Democrats have worked to stymie Republicans at every turn, having quickly figured out that even in the minority, they can yield significant power if they remain united. Last month, Senate Democrats banded together to force Republicans to allow them to offer more amendments on the Keystone XL pipeline legislation. And even though several Democratic senators disagree with Mr. Obama’s 2014 executive actions on immigration, they have held to the position that they want only a “clean” spending bill.

But Republicans are hardly winning the public relations war, in part because of their decision to include language that could lead to the deportation of the young undocumented immigrants brought here as children and known as Dreamers — something even some Republican lawmakers think is too harsh.

Nice article. Thanks for posting it, Panich52.