The Speaker’s Rhetoric Can Only Go So Far

How did Speaker Boehner’s ridiculous claim about enacting immigration reform next year play in the media?  Not good at all.  See for yourself: From The Wire: Immigration reform in 2015? Speaker John Boehner says it could happen. Of course, Boehner also said… Continue

The House Republican Party Then & Now

What Mr. Boehner and the House Republican Conference told us then: “One of the great founding principles of our country was that children would not be punished for the mistakes of their parents. It is time to provide an opportunity for legal… Continue

Long live the GOP Rhetoric

Before calling for the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, see what Mr. Boehner and some House Republicans had to say about our nation’s DREAMers: “These children were brought here of no accord of their own… –Rep. John… Continue

‘Off the menu’..’invasion’…’son of DACA’

After suffering an unsurprising embarrassment yesterday, Boehner’s updated and radicalized border bill has won the attention of Members from his extreme, far-right Conference.  See what some anti-immigrant Members had to say: “The changes brought into this are ones I’ve developed and advocated… Continue

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