House Republicans for two hours, closed-door meeting a wide range of strategic meetings on Capitol Hill on the most pressing topics, immigration reform, emerging Wednesday that there is an agreement, they will continue on this issue, but not nearly the pace of seeking the White House or the Senate .
Content seems to shelve the issue until the fall session, Republican lawmakers say they will eventually produce a solution will come in smaller blocks of a deeper conservative legislative impact than the Senate's bipartisan support for the bill by the end of June and comprehensive.
These Members also stressed that strengthening border security and interior immigration enforcement measures will have to come up with any any group among the nation's 110,000 undocumented immigrants legalized before.
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But Republicans, listened to Congressman from Ohio Speaker John Boehner (R) Paul Ryan (R), Wisconsin, but stressed that there was broad agreement that the Bush administration should do something.
Rep. Lou Barletta (R), Pennsylvania, immigration hardliners, "said:" There is a consensus that people want to do this, this issue has been on the table for too long. "There is an overwhelming agreement that we do border security first, and then do everything."
But any package Republicans craft, it's just not the White House or the Senate immigration reformers want as fast as possible.
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Louisiana Congressman John Fleming (R) said that it was "absolutely impossible", the House will recess in August before the immigration legislation.
"We want to continue to move forward, but we do not feel the same, we must pass something in the next few weeks," on behalf of Fleming said. "We want to go home, and in August, talk to our constituents."
Republicans are facing a winding road, but the fact is through immigration legislation.
On the one hand, they do not want to give any leverage inaction, President Barack Obama and the Democratic Senate majority.
"If we do not pass anything, just going to let the Senate dominated, it's just not a very good policy, said:" The road Lamborn (R) Colorado.
On the other hand, the Republicans will take time to figure out what, exactly, that they support.
House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee has passed a series of immigration reform puzzle pieces, about half of the meeting, according to House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte to educational programs for immigrants.
However, in addition to the requirements of more and faster fuzzy border security than envisaged in the Senate bill, it is clear that the Republicans, with little attempt to find a consensus policy Wednesday. By the Speaker Boehner and Rep. Ryan's presentation, dozens of members of Congress rose for every 90 seconds, in order to solve their colleagues.
Republicans have been circulating since left pending bills in half a dozen countries will be allowed undocumented population are some ways to adjust their legal status. One called for those in the United States illegally to citizenship is an absolute must-have for Democrats and Mr. Obama.
New York Sen. Charles Schumer (D), "if the House group has citizenship means, even if it is different than ours, it may be more stringent, we can look, said:" ", but there is no path to citizenship, I do not see how you get anywhere, at home or in the Congress. "
Congressman says Republicans are still likely to get some form of legalization Raul Labrador (R), Idaho, yet there is no consensus on the matter. "This thing, it would be hard to get, but I can see we get there," he said.
Many people believe that ultimately implies the need to ship the Democrats in the House through some immigration measures Labrador Representative went on to say: "I hope the Democrats will join us can see that it is better to get something than nothing." legal status for undocumented and other issues.
But by whether it is ultimately benefit most Republicans out will not be easy, either.
The Democratic Party's fear, immigration reform, like other Republican quandries farm bill, fiscal cliff and other issues, House Republican leaders are trying to get any of the measures they lined up behind a significant number of troops to be.
"There is a Sina indispensable leadership ... and followers, said:" House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D) of Maryland. "I think Mr. Boehner is a great difficulty to find followers."
And the Democratic Party, whose votes proved (or, in the case of the farm bill passed the key, to kill) several major initiatives that will eventually come Bona hat - in - hand and asked a democratic boost immigration reform measures, while all Wednesday focus is found that more than half of the Republican Conference may support measures.
If Republicans can act only through a series of conservative vote, "That would be great, because we have to get it done, but I just do not want to see them do so, said:" Congressman Xavier Becerra ( D) California, a long-time immigration negotiations and ranked fourth in the Democratic Party in the House. "This means that they will have to reach across the aisle way, most Americans want them to get this to work and if they reach across the aisle, they will know we are willing to cooperate."
But every one needs democratic vote, you may need to shave the Republican vote concessions to House Republican leaders diabolic point.
But for now, the content is just shelved Republican issue.
Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole (R) pointed out that the House of Representatives have student loans and farm bill in front of the horizon, then the August recess. When lawmakers reconvene in September, they will have only a few weeks to prevent a government shutdown, and then always start talks ahead of a controversial federal finances once again hit its borrowing limit.
These problems are "real trigger, the real date, real consequences," Cole said, in the House of Representatives will pay full attention to immigrants will have to deal with.
In a way, slow and steady approach stems from the fact that House Republicans, it is not the same pressure back home to deal with immigration reform.
On behalf of a total of only 38 Republicans to make the region more than 20% of the Latino population, according to the Wall Street Journal and other Democrats are not fully able to watch many of the Republican ascribed cooling enemies. Republicans 234 seats, only 28 are considered politically competitive, according to the Cook Political Report "ranking potential congressional elections.
However, there is more time to operate, is a good thing, in Cole's mind, because it gives House Republicans Wednesday's special session time legislation adopted on the basis of the service - even if it takes some time.
"Inaction is not an option, we have a problem with the American people think that this is a very important issue, which is our duty, if we in the majority, the production of things to deal with that. Thought you were can stick your head in the sand on the issue will not go away thinking is unrealistic, "Cole said. "It is politically very counterproductive, and in the policy sense, it is a chamber majority party to give up your responsibility."
"We need to generate a bill or a series of bills, we can go to conference with the Senate," he concluded, "and then see where we are."
 



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