Originally Posted by bronco67

The move is partly altruistic...partly political.

He wants to give the Republicans a chance to make themselves look bad, which they most surely will do because they can't help themselves. They're very skilled at it, in fact. Just look at the Obamacare lawsuit they're finally putting into action.

They're going to spend the next 2 years ensuring they don't get back into the White House. I honeslty wish they would get their act together, because the government can't function when one side is guided by special interest groups like Heritage Action. They're responsible for the government shutdown last year, and they'll be responsible for the shutdown that happens over immigration. Boehner really has no choice.

I don't agree with Obama taking this path, but we all know that congress will do nothing -- and they've been given more than a chance to be the heroes in this situation. The bill has been sitting in the House for over 500 days but Heritage won't let them take a vote on it because they're afraid it might pass.