Bye bye Cantor, hello Steve King (Digby)
Not a particularly good evolution, IMHO (and this is not because Cantor was any good, but McCarthy and Boehner have absolutely no backbone and are already surrendering without conditions).
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/bye-bye-cantor-hello-steve-king.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
House Republicans emerged from a closed-door meeting Friday morning with a revised plan to address the child migrant border crisis one leaders hope to pass later today.
The latest plan will still require the House to vote on the border funding bill before being allowed to vote on language to stop the expansion of President Barack Obamas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, according to members exiting the conference meeting.
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Conservative Republicans are now more positive about the package and the process by which changes were made, with some of the earlier, harshest critics, like Rep. Steve King of Iowa, now leaning toward voting yes.
King said he was extremely pleased with the concessions he was able to extract from leadership.
The changes brought into this are ones Ive developed and advocated for over the past two years, he told CQ Roll Call. Its like I ordered it off the menu.
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And the GOP has agreed.
Greg Sargent called this a long time ago" "On immigration, the GOP is Steve King's party."
Of course they are. After all a large majority of the Republican base thinks Steve King is right about those Latinos. As Laura Ingraham tells them every single day: these children are coming here to destroy our way of life.
Update: Luke Russert just declared that John Boehner has brought his far right into line. Yeah, that's how lil' Luke sees this.