The amnesty bill may be dead in the House

  While the media considers the symbolic defunding of Obamcare to be the big story of the day, there was actually another story which might be more important that happened today in the House.

  It now appears as if the “gang of seven” amnesty bill has been delayed and could actually be dead.

In a blow to the hopes of passing immigration reform anytime soon, the bipartisan House “gang of seven” plan is probably dead, and almost certainly won’t be introduced this fall as promised, a top Democrat on the “gang” acknowledges.

“It doesn’t appear that we’re going to move forward with the group of seven,” Dem Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a key player on immigration as a member of the gang, said in an interview with me. “The process is stalled. I don’t believe we’re going to produce a bill anytime soon.”

  Luis Gutierrez blames the Republican House leadership for this:

The bipartisan group just wasn’t getting support from Republican House leadership,” Gutierrez says. “It’s just not gonna happen now.” Gutierrez continues to believe there is substantial tacit support for immigration reform even among Republicans, but that the GOP leadership refuses to acknowledge this or try to make something happen. “We need the GOP leadership to acknowledge the votes exist for reform,” he said

  This would mean the establishment Republican leadership actually did something right for a change, and the reason I think this is a bigger story than the Obamcare story is because I do not believe the elitists in the Republican party have any intention of actually defunding the healthcare reform law.

  We can celebrate this small victory today but there is still the chance that the House could push through several smaller measures so we will still have to keep a close eye on what the duplicitous and untrustworthy  John Boehner has planned. I simply do not trust him.