No action on immigration bills till fall
- House Republicans' decision to act in a piecemeal fashion, instead of on one comprehensive immigration bill, points to a drawn-out process that may spill into the 2014 midterm election season and jeopardize final negotiations.
- Democrats say that if Congress doesn't agree on legislation by the end of the year, an immigration-law revision may fall by the wayside.
- The House is starting to assemble its strategy for a rewrite of immigration laws almost six months after the Democratic-led Senate began negotiations and two weeks after the Senate passed its broad plan on June 27.
- Legislation to secure the border and enforce immigration laws will come first, Boehner said.
- They emerged with a consensus on dealing with border security first and moving legislation in pieces, in contrast to the sweeping bill passed last month by the Senate on a bipartisan 68 to 32 vote.
- With Democrats insisting on a path to citizenship, that left it unclear whether Congress will be able to get any kind of immigration bill to President Obama's desk.
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then the budget comes up in Sept and Oct.
Immigration overhaul to be methodical, Boehner says
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