3 Thing Blocking Immigration Reform Bill In The House

What's Blocking Immigration Reform
UNITED STATES - May 16: Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-OH., during his weekly press conference on Capitol Hill on May 16, 2013.(Photo By Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - May 16: Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-OH., during his weekly press conference on Capitol Hill on May 16, 2013.(Photo By Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)

After a Senate committee passed the Gang of Eight immigration bill this week, audience members at the hearing chanted, "Sí se puede." That might not be the case once it's the House of Representatives turn to take up immigration reform.

Supporters of reform believe that the Democrat-controlled Senate will be much more willing to pass a bill with a pathway to citizenship than the GOP-controlled House. Any hope that the bipartisan Gang of Eight bill could quickly sail through both chambers was quashed on Thursday, when GOP leaders in the House said they would not simply take up and pass the legislation as is.

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