It appears that John Boehner is completely powerless. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is being controlled by tea party GOPers.
NYTimes:
....As senior members of the Judiciary Committee looked on, the opponents — Representatives Raúl R. Labrador of Idaho, Louie Gohmert of Texas, Steve King of Iowa and Mo Brooks of Alabama — reshaped two bills to address the rush of unaccompanied children trying to enter the country illegally. Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota, was there, too, and she and Mr. King later took to Twitter to post photos of themselves approving the final language....
“When
you put Raúl Labrador, Steve King and Michele Bachmann together writing
an immigration bill, there’s damage done, no question,” said Carlos
Gutierrez, a commerce secretary under President George W. Bush who led
the failed war room in 2007 trying to get a comprehensive overhaul of
the nation’s immigration laws passed.
The
Republican Party pumped tens of millions of dollars into defeating Tea
Party candidates in the midterm primary season, exerted pressure to cut
off funding to conservative Tea Party-affiliated political action
committees, and even turned to Democrats to pass crucial laws and
neutralize conservative rebels. Mr. Boehner said he went along with a
government shutdown in October to show his fractious conference the
political cost of intransigence....
Bachmann, Steve King, Labrador, and Gohmert are controlling legislation??? Hatred, fear, and lies are being used by these right wingers to promote their agenda.
Which members voted for this legislation? You can see the list here. It includes Rep. Pat Tiberi and the rest of the Ohio Republicans. Shame on them for caving into the hatemongers!
