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republican congressman from arkansas. here s what he said to cnn yesterday. it s a hell of a position to be in. i just can t imagine the frustration the speaker must have now. and fred as you know speaker boehner has been threatened multiple times by some of these really conservative congressmen. there are conservative republican senators who have tried to do the same thing to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. but ultimately the senate passed the clean funding bill yesterday. and the house hasn t been able to do that. and speaker boehner is under a lot of pressure from these conservative congressmen. i guess what is different now, erin is as of that decision or that vote last night in the president signing it just before midnight that now you do have republican leadership which you re using this latest example as another way in which to push the discussion on the ousting of boehner. is that being taken very seriously in the rank and file? reporter: it certainly is. if it were
to the stage where there would be a breakdown in government. i don t see where the benefit for any political party is when there is total incapacity total dysfunction in getting even a budget for security for the american people passed. let me ask you this do you think the issue of immigration should be in this bill? or should it be something separate? well, it should be something separate. because the president clearly has federal control over immigration. what he did on the deportation issue is proven by legal scholars on the right and the left. but i think a very small fraction maybe 60 in the house republican caucus the tea party caucus is holding up funding for homeland security. the entire department the entire scope of domestic security for the american people in retaliation for that
tackle president obama s executive action on immigration another way. i want to play for you what bernard karerik said earlier to cnn. do whatever you have to do but do not hold up funding for the department of homeland security. it s just not it s outrageous it s dangerous. and it puts us in jeopardy. reporter: and, fred earlier i spoke with the first dhs secretary, tom ridge, who was a republican. he s the former governor of pennsylvania. and he believes cooler heads will prevail. he says that republicans have made their point, they really aught to just pass this. but there is a small group of conservative republicans in the house who were trying to hold speaker boehner s feet to the fire. and it s putting him in a really tough position. and i want to read to you a comment made by steve womack a
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