Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) took another swipe at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) for suggesting that the House border crisis bill may be used as a vehicle for bicameral conference negotiations on comprehensive immigration reform.
“Instead of addressing the crisis at hand Senate Democrats are talking up some nutso scheme to jam through the Senate immigration bill, even though they know it will never happen,” he told reporters on Thursday, repeating that the House won’t consider the Senate-passed immigration legislation no matter the context.
Reid’s spokesman Adam Jentleson called Boehner’s comment “[s]trange” and noted that he was once a proponent of overhauling immigration.
Strange for @SpeakerBoehner to call conferencing CIR “nutso” since he assured Sen. Reid he’s personally committed to passing CIR @sahilkapur
— Adam Jentleson (@AJentleson) July 31, 2014
