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elleng

(130,839 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 08:13 PM Jun 2014

Obama: Cantor Loss Not Death Knell of Immigration.

Source: nyt/ap

President Barack Obama says he rejects the notion that Tuesday's stunning loss by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor means that an overhaul of immigration laws is now out of reach.

Obama says he "fundamentally rejects" that analysis and that he will tell Republican House Speaker John Boehner to reject it as well.

Obama made his remarks Wednesday to about 40 big-dollar donors who paid $32,400 to hear him speak in a Boston suburb. The money goes to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/06/11/us/ap-us-obama-cantor.html?hp

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Obama: Cantor Loss Not Death Knell of Immigration. (Original Post) elleng Jun 2014 OP

Onward with the immigration . . . Iliyah Jun 2014 #1

Very true davidpdx Jun 2014 #2

It's the death knell until November. After that, with 2016 looming, the republican "civil war" pampango Jun 2014 #3

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

1. Onward with the immigration . . .

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 08:23 PM

Jun 2014

of course the GOPers will block and keep blocking it, that's why its important to vote.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

2. Very true

Reply to Iliyah (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 03:42 AM

Jun 2014

I don't really think Cantor is going to make that much of a difference. Keep pushing for votes. Eventually the GOP are going to lose enough seats that Boner and his buddies will be in the back room getting drunk and talking about the good old days when they had a majority.

pampango

(24,692 posts)

3. It's the death knell until November. After that, with 2016 looming, the republican "civil war"

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 05:53 AM

Jun 2014

could lead to a willingness to do immigration reform. The key then will be for Democrats to hold repubs' feet to the fire to get significant reform rather than the piecemeal, guest worker BS that some of them have hinted at.

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