House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 11, 2013.
But on the other side of this are conservative members of Congress, especially in the House of Representatives, where Republicans have the majority, who do not favor the kind of sweeping immigration reform that some Republican moderates and many Democrats prefer. These conservative Republicans believe that giving those who came into the country illegally a path to citizenship amounts to an amnesty. And they oppose that.
And the question is: How will they come to some sort of compromise that satisfies the conservative concerts about illegal immigration and border security, and still puts a new face on the Republican Party of openness to minority voters?
Jim, you’re working on another reform issue which is health care. Now we have health care legislation in place and the changes are sort of staggered over several years. However, there has been a push to possibly defund some of the provision of what people call “Obamacare,” the health care reform legislation. What are the prospects of that?
This is shaping up to me as a fascinating battle. And it’s important it will go to the strength of the Republican Party -- whether it’s a viable party in the near future in our elections and what will happen to President Obama’s signature achievement of his term so far, which is health care reform. As you mentioned, the law has been passed by Congress; the main implementation of the law will occur in 2014. And Congress must begin to consider that as they fund the government for the next year.
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