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White House: Boehner Won’t Set Immigration Vote This Year

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06.30.14 | 2:16 pm
FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2014, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures while speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The road the country has been on for the past five years is now b... FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2014, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures while speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The road the country has been on for the past five years is now beginning to come to an end. The Federal Reserve, which pumped $3 trillion into the economy to keep the Great Recession from worsening, is withdrawing its financial lifeline amid signs of fresh economic growth. The nation’s gross domestic product is inching up and annual federal budget deficits are heading down. How Washington policymakers respond to the improvements in the economy may even sow the seeds for more cooperation in Washington. "The president’s policies are not working," Boehner declares.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: Boehner won’t set immigration vote this year; Obama to pursue changes on his own.

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  1. Face it…he won’t set any meaningful vote in any year…if the winds of fortune are with us…he will be following his little buddy Cantor out the door,at some point, this disastrous body may get back to governance…not while these contrarian losers have a say by doing nothing for America…

  2. Translation: “Stick your suit in the rear-end of your suit.”

  3. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    Why spoil a perfect record?

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