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Speaker Boehner : NO conference on Amnesty
The following extract
is from an editorial at National Review Online; it provides patriots with the
message for Speaker Boehner on any House bill on Immigration “Reform”
Nothing if not a shrewd political operator, [Sen. Chuck] Schumer knows that the best chance for the Gang of Eight bill is a House-Senate conference and that the only way to get there is incremental legislation in the House. Incremental fixes to the immigration system make sense on the merits, and House Republicans understandably want to show that they favor their own set of reforms rather than oppose anything and everything. But incremental bills are destructive if their ultimate purpose is to get to a conference committee that would bless a version of the Gang of Eight bill. House leadership aides pooh-pooh the possibility of a conference committee. Well, then, there is a simple way to allay our fears and those of other opponents of the Gang of Eight — for Speaker Boehner to make a blood-oath commitment to oppose any conference committee.. . .
Instead, Boehner was unwilling to say even what his own position is on immigration on Face the Nation a few weeks ago, repeatedly describing his role as that of a “facilitator.” This is, needless to say, not confidence-inspiring. The speaker has said in the past that he favors comprehensive reform, and there is enormous private pressure from the Republican establishment and donor class to pass a comprehensive bill by hook or crook to “put the issue behind us.” . . .
It would be a travesty if the House leadership subverted the will of its conference to find a way to rescue the Gang of Eight bill. Speaker Boehner should crush Schumer’s hopes and give his word — no conference.
Contact info for GOP Speaker John Boehner:
Butler County
Office PH (513) 779-5400
Miami County Office
PH (937) 339-1524
Clark County
Office PH (937) 322-1120
D.C. Office
PH (202) 225-6205
FAX (202) 225-0704
And his mailbox (send postcards):
Speaker John Boehner
7969
Cincinnati-Dayton Road, Suite B
West Chester, OH
45069
