{"id":5667,"date":"2014-01-09T12:15:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T17:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=5667"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:18:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:18:26","slug":"house-gop-leaders-drafting-immigration-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/01\/09\/house-gop-leaders-drafting-immigration-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP Leaders Drafting Immigration Principles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5678\" alt=\"house_hallway\" src=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/house_hallway-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/>On Wednesday morning, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/politics\/politicsnow\/la-pn-house-gop-principles-immigration-reform-20140108,0,7778446.story#ixzz2ppsPASOy\">informed<\/a> House Republicans during a closed-door meeting that House leaders \u201care working on a standards or principles document\u201d on immigration reform.<\/p>\n<p>Boehner\u2019s brief comment was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/post-politics\/wp\/2014\/01\/08\/boehner-says-gop-will-soon-outline-immigration-position\/\">made<\/a> at the beginning of the meeting, and he did not delve into any details about what the principles would be or when they would be released.\u00a0 A <i>Washington Post<\/i> reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edatpost\">tweeted<\/a> that the document\u2019s release date is \u201cweeks away.\u201d Some sources <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/politics\/politicsnow\/la-pn-house-gop-principles-immigration-reform-20140108,0,7778446.story#ixzz2ppsPASOy\">say<\/a> that Boehner\u2019s goal is to present the document at the upcoming GOP retreat on January 29.<\/p>\n<p>The timeframe for acting on this principles document by moving on specific legislation is also unclear.\u00a0 One <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/costareports\">report<\/a> noted that Speaker Boehner is expected to wait until \u201cafter consultation at retreat in late Jan[uary], maybe even primary season\u201d to act on the principles. Republican Members of Congress in the cloakroom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/costareports\">reportedly<\/a> told the press that Boehner&#8217;s remarks do not mean anything is coming to floor soon.\u00a0 However, one House GOP Congressman expressed a different understanding.\u00a0 Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/post-politics\/wp\/2014\/01\/08\/boehner-says-gop-will-soon-outline-immigration-position\/\">said<\/a>, \u201cI got the impression that it\u2019d be sooner rather than later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boehner\u2019s immigration policy advisor Rebecca Tallent, who previously worked for Senate Gang of Eight member John McCain (R-Ariz.), is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/politics\/politicsnow\/la-pn-house-gop-principles-immigration-reform-20140108,0,7778446.story#ixzz2ppsPASOy\">coordinating<\/a> the effort with House Republican leadership, such as House Majority Leader Rep. 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Boehner\u2019s brief comment was made at the beginning of the meeting, and he did not delve into any details about what the principles would be or when<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/01\/09\/house-gop-leaders-drafting-immigration-principles\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":5678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[472,754],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5667"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20039,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667\/revisions\/20039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5667"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}