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Speaker Boehner: New Day, New Excuse for Not Doing Immigration Reform

October 3, 2014
Blog Post
After flip-flopping on immigration, once more, Speaker Boehner spilled another dose of hypocrisy and threats earlier today:

"If President Obama grants #amnesty by executive action, it will poison the well for #immigration reform.  [10/3/14]

Does this threat sound familiar?  Well it should.  Just take a look at the number of times the Speaker himself has killed immigration reform:

7/8/13 – Daily Caller: Boehner reiterates House will not take up Senate immigration bill

10/18/13 – TPM: Republicans Vow To Block Immigration Reform After Shutdown Fight

11/13/13 – The Wire: Boehner Kills the Senate Immigration Bill, to the 2012 GOP's Dismay

11/22/13 – San Antonio Express News: Boehner kills immigration reform in 2013

2/7/14 – Salon: GOP's pathetic new excuse: Trying to blame Obama for killing immigration reform

7/10/14 – USA Today: House GOP kills last hope for immigration bill

7/29/14 – Boehner to Reid: House Will Reject Any Attempt to Add Immigration Reform to Border Bill

9/3/14 – The Wire: Boehner Beats the Immigration Horse He Killed

9/28/14 – Boehner: I'm Staying Out Of Immigration Debate

Speaker Boehner, all you have done is torch good commonsense proposals and hand the gavel to the most extremist elements of your Party who've repeatedly voted to deport DREAMers.  Instead of issuing out threats about our nation's broken immigration system, you should bring H.R. 15, bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform, to the floor for a vote and witness its passage.