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Boehner Camp Denies Jeb Recruiting Pro Amnesty Czar Becky Tallent

Monday Breitbart News reported that House Speaker John Boehner’s relies heavily on adviser Becky Talent to craft his immigration amnesty policies. Now Breitbart News senior political reporter Matt Boyle revealed on Breitbart News Saturday, Sirius XM Patriot radio show, that Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is recruiting Talent to help him shape his immigration strategy.

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Jeb Bush Campaign Throws Boehner Under Bus: Confirms Talks with Pro-Amnesty Staffer After Speaker’s Denial

A spokeswoman for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s potential 2016 presidential campaign has confirmed a previous Breitbart News article reporting that Speaker John Boehner’s on-staff amnesty advocate Becky Tallent has been in job talks with Bush’s campaign—undercutting a previous on-the-record denial from Boehner communications director Michael Steel.

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Report: Top Conservative Congressmen Quit GOP Leadership Whip Team

Florida Congressman Ron DeSantis (R) is said to have quit the House Republican whip team because House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) has politicized the procedural vote process and has threatened to kick out those members who did not conform to the wishes and demands of House leadership, this according to a source very close to whip team itself.

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Republicans Plan to Blast Democrats for Blocking DHS Funding

For the past week, President Obama and Senate Democrats have spent the past two weeks blasting Republicans after the House passed a bill which included two different proposals to defund Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Republican leaders in Congress, however, haven’t been as aggressive in their messaging strategy.

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Buchanan Criticizes Israelis, Boehner For Netanyahu Invite

Columnist Pat Buchanan argued that the declining relationship between the US and Israel was due in part to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Buchanan argued there

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Boehner: Of Course Obama Has Antipathy Towards Netanyahu

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report with Bret Baier,” in an interview, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said “of course there is” antipathy in the Obama administration toward Netanyahu. Partial transcript as follows: BAIER: Are you surprised by the

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Boehner: ‘Proud’ Netanyahu Accepted His Invitation

Tuesday at the Republican leadership press conference, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) defended his invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress without consulting the Obama administration saying, “We had a right to do it and we

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House Homeland Security Committee Aides Say No Fence For Border, Because It’s Too Expensive

A border bill introduced by House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) has less than 50 miles of border fencing because McCaul thinks it would cost American taxpayers too much to secure the whole border, McCaul aides tell Breitbart News. In addition, committee materials that were distributed to House Republicans in an effort to win their support for the bill contain provably false information—specifically a claim that there are already 652 miles of double-layer fencing, of the 700 miles required by law, built on the U.S. border with Mexico.

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Pelosi Blasts Boehner’s ‘Hubris’ for Netanyahu Invite

Thursday at her weekly briefing, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) blasted Speaker of the House John Boehner  (R-OH) for inviting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to address Congress without consulting the administration by saying, “It’s hubris to say, ‘I rule,

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Levin: GOP Won’t Defund Obamacare or Exec Amnesty

Talk radio host and author “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin predicted Congressional Republicans will not defund the president’s executive action on immigration or Obamacare this year on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “When it comes to Obamacare, why