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In the sand about the need for comprehensive immigration reform. let me ask >> lpet me ask about the maneuvering. >> we need to have both the house and the senate vote on a clean bill, because for the senate to send a clean bill and the house is just going to put back the kind of amendments that brought us to this particular situation is not going to advance the dialogue. so what we need to send both the house and the senate is a clean bill for the president to sign and then we need to debate and pass comprehensive immigration reform that we have been calling on the house to do for over a year...

For some strange reason but the senate reached a tentative deal today to pass a clean department of homeland security that does not block president obama's immigration actions. they voted and it was 98-2. the vote is only the first step to begin the debate on the dhs bill. the battle is far from over. there's no word on how house speaker john boehner will proceed now. the tea party republicans are making life pretty difficult for boehner right now. they want to see the president fail on immigration. this is a crowd that is bound and determined to stop the president on immigration on all fronts...

>> we have to make sure that people understand the nature of this congress that we serve in. so to have senator mcconnell just pass the ball over to the house isn't going to do the trick. i'm waiting to hear from the speaker. >> but when it comes to the house, there are no guarantees. dozens of republicans in the house believe holding the line on dhs funding is the best way to fight chances and changes in immigration. a letter signed by nearly two dozen house conservatives say now is the time to stand firm against these unlawful executive actions and boehner said he did his job when he sent th...