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New House Majority Leader May be Moderate on Immigration — We Will See

By immigrationprof

Rep Boehner Is House Majority Leader

Rep. Boehner succeeded in winning the position of House Majority leader. According to The Hill, Rep. Boehner beat Rep. Blunt who was serving as the acting majority leader, 122 to 109, with one member absent on the second ballot. On the first ballot, Blunt attracted 110 votes, 7 shy of the necessary 117 to win. On immigration, Rep. Blunt was a major proponent of the Sensenbrenner bill while Rep. Boehner was one of the few Republicans who opposed Rep. Sensenbrenner’s anti-immigration bill. Rep. Boehner’s win possibly signals a positive change in the House leadership’s position on immigration. For the full story, see here.

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/020206/boehner.html

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