JimBowie1958
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VIDEO: Paul Ryan Wants Boehner To Bring Immigration Reform To A Vote Even If Most GOPers Don't Support It | ThinkProgress
Social Conservatives are fools if they remain in the Republican Party. How many times do these snakes have to betray us before we all figure this out?
QUESTIONER: One of the biggest frustrations weÂ’re seeing right now is hearing Speaker Boehner, that heÂ’s going to follow the Hastert Rule. That heÂ’s not going to bring any of these bills forward unless they have a majority support of the majority party. WhatÂ’s your position, should you maintain that?
RYAN: [...] Bringing these bills to the floor, we’ll find out. It is not, “they don’t come to the floor unless we have a majority of the majority,” because we don’t know if we have a majority until we vote on it. So here’s where I see things going. I’ve spoken to John Boehner as recently as three days ago about this, which is, we all agree it is better to legislate in stages instead of one big thousand plus page bill that no one has read. [...] I’m trying to get to a consensus so a majority of us do support those component parts. I believe that’s achievable because when people really look at the details and they focus on what’s right, I believe what I’ve just laid out is something that a consensus of Republicans and Democrats can agree to.
Social Conservatives are fools if they remain in the Republican Party. How many times do these snakes have to betray us before we all figure this out?