GOP congressman scolded for being ‘played’ by 

GOP CONGRESSMAN SCOLDED FOR BEING 'PLAYED' BY BOEHNER

Laura Ingraham exposes bill designed to 'placate' conservatives

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House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio

A Republican House member sponsoring a bill purporting to roll back President Obama’s executive action on immigration is being played for a fool by House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, charged talk-radio host Laura Ingraham.

Ingraham told the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., in a radio interview Wednesday that Boehner is supporting the measure as a move to “placate” the conservative base. Conservatives are angered by the House leader’s agreement to a continuing resolution on the budget that would effectively strip Republicans of their power to stop Obama’s plan to allow up to 5 million illegal aliens to remain in the U.S.

Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla.

Even Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid favors Yoho’s bill, Ingraham argued, and the congressman admitted Boehner has not agreed to fight Obama’s executive actions in March when the continuing resolution expires March 31.

Yoho pushed back, but the talk host contended “there’s no mention in your very short bill of funding, and the way to stop [Obama] is to use the power of the purse.”

Yoho replied: “I agree with you a 100 percent and that’s the purpose of the CR we are going to come up with, but this [stand alone bill] takes away [Obama's] legal authority.”

Ingraham shot back: “No, it doesn’t. The court can only take away his legal authority.”

She argued the Constitution doesn’t give authority to the House of Representatives to declare a bill unconstitutional.

“The thing you’re left to do is stop funding of this outrage that is killing American jobs,” Ingraham said.

“Congressman, I like you, but I’m going to say it … you’re being played here.”

Ingraham asserted Yoho is giving the Republican establishment “the cover they desperately crave because they know America is onto this.”

“We’ve been played for fools before,” she said.

Ingraham asked Yoho if Boehner has pledged to replace the continuing resolution when it expires with a proposal by Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., which would take advantage of Congress’ ability to block funding of Obama’s immigration action.

Yoho didn’t give a direct answer.

“We haven’t gone that far,” he said. “What we’re dealing with is crisis management up here, over and over again. [Work authorizations] are self-funding through the fees and things like that they collect. We can’t shut off funds until we get into appropriations process and rewrite those bills.”

Ingraham argued the Congressional Research Service reported that last year’s omnibus spending bill included 16 funding restrictions on fee-based programs.

“So you can cut off the money to the fee-based programs. We did it last year. So Boehner is trying to cook up, ‘Well, we can’t do this because it’s funded.’ Oh bull! He doesn’t want to do it because he wants this immigration amnesty because the Chamber of Commerce wants it, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce wants it and every big fat-cat donor of the Republican Party wants it,” the talk host said.

“That is the truth, and if more Republicans had the guts to say that on Capitol Hill, you wouldn’t win by one percentage point, which you won by last time, or the first time, you’d win by 20 points or you wouldn’t be challenged like Jeff Sessions,” said Ingraham.

She further asked why Senate Majority Leader Reid, a Democrat, supports Yoho’s bill.

“Uhh … I don’t know if he will,” Yoho replied.

Ingraham said: “He does! … He is supporting [Boehner's plan].”

Ingraham, noting Yoho has been critical of Boehner in the past, asked why the House leader should be trusted now.

“It’s not a matter of trust,” he said.

Ingraham interrupted: “Yes it is! Absolutely!”

She insisted it’s a matter of trust because “in the end, Boehner really wants what Jeb Bush really wants, which is comprehensive immigration reform, which is concurrent amnesty with bogus promise of enforcement.”

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