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Brian4Liberty
12-03-2013, 01:50 PM
Speaker Boehner is moving closer to McCain, Graham and Rubio. This should work out even better than Obamacare.

Food stamps and welfare for everyone!



Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has hired a new expert on immigration policy, a move that could signal a renewed House effort to act on the issue in 2014.

Rebecca Tallent, director of immigration policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, will start her new job as assistant to the Speaker on Wednesday. Her arrival was one of a series of personnel moves Boehner announced on Tuesday.

Former Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.), a co-chairman of the think tank’s immigration task force, said Boehner’s decision to bring in Tallent was “affirmation of his strong desire to move legislation in 2014.”

Boehner has repeatedly expressed his commitment to tackling immigration reform, but he has faced mounting criticism from advocates, including some Republicans, over the House’s inaction on the issue so far. While the Senate passed a comprehensive bill in June, the House has not voted on any immigration legislation this year, and Boehner has not said how or when the House would move, other than to stress that the lower chamber would address immigration in a series of bills, not one large overhaul.

"The Speaker remains hopeful that we can enact step-by-step, common-sense immigration reforms ¬– the kind of reforms the American people understand and support,” Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said. “Becky Tallent, a well-known expert in this field of public policy, is a great addition to our team and that effort.”

Tallent previously served as chief of staff to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and was deeply involved in efforts to pass immigration reform in 2006 and 2007.
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More:
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/191918-boehner-hires-ex-mccain-aide-to-lead-house-immigration-efforts

Brian4Liberty
12-03-2013, 09:35 PM
Everybody sign up for your SSDI!


How broken is the Social Security Disability Insurance program?

It is no secret that the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program is broken. The real question is how broken is it? In taking a look at just the headlines over the last three months, you will see that there is no shortage of serious operational issues with the $135 billion and growing entitlement program. Recently, the Government Accountability Office uncovered $1.3 billion in overpayments and CBS’s 60 Minutes featured the beleaguered SSDI program—identifying parts of the country where 10-15 percent of the population is on the government program. If you look below the headlines and examine the people who are gaming the system, you will quickly discover that the ongoing fraud and abuse is abundant, sophisticated and even large scale.

At least 8.9 million Americans now collect disability benefits, more than the population of New York City. Unfortunately, the Social Security Administration too often fails to weed out legitimate disability claimants from those who are capable of working and are attempting to defraud the system by receiving regular income without having to get a job. As a result, countless Americans are likely scamming the system by improperly collecting taxpayer-funded disability benefits. An investigation spearheaded by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations recently uncovered some alarming trends when they reviewed some of the applications filed with the Social Security Administration. According to a Fox News article about the investigation, “Coburn’s report says a random examination of 300 case files by Congressional staff found more than a quarter of the case files ‘failed to properly address insufficient, contradictory, or incomplete evidence,’ suggesting a high rate of fraud or abuse.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/191509-how-broken-is-the-social-security-disability-insurance

Southron
12-04-2013, 07:46 AM
I guess some Republicans are still under the delusion that the reason Mitt Romney lost was because they haven't passed immigration reform.

mosquitobite
12-04-2013, 07:52 AM
So kinda like that lady that worked for insurance companies hopping around legislators office, now we have an immigration expert? What is her background, that will tell us much more!

mosquitobite
12-04-2013, 08:26 AM
That's also how Rep. Raul Labrador (R) of Idaho, Representative Gutierrez's counterpart among House conservatives, sees things – albeit with a little longer time window.

Without legislation that is “well on its way by the end of the year, I think you get into the silly season, the political season, and nothing is going to get done,” he says. “I hope that something is at least fully vetted by December.”

But between that timeline and political reality are a host of problems.

“There are a lot of things that have to fall into place in kind of a perfect fashion in a timeline that a lot of people are talking about in the next four to five months,” says Rebecca Tallent, a former chief of staff to immigration reform veteran Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona, who is now leading an immigration reform commission at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2013/0320/For-immigration-reform-time-could-be-of-the-essence

mosquitobite
12-04-2013, 08:33 AM
http://larayueladejavier.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/the-parade-of-diversionary-opinion-pieces-on-immigration-reform/


Inside the Beltway, people enjoy spending hours debating the most effective process for moving legislation through Congress. They debate timing, voting dynamics, party dynamics, and personal dynamics. The fact is that the only way immigration reform will happen with this Congress is if members who represent districts that may otherwise seem unlikely to be affected by reform are sold on its merits. If advocates and constituents can do that effectively and with a sense of urgency, there is still a chance for reform before the 2014 elections.

mosquitobite
12-04-2013, 08:36 AM
"We've been lectured for the better part of a month now how we need to be realistic, that Barack Obama was not going to repeal Obamacare," Rubio said in an interview with the Tampa Bay Times. "Likewise, I think supporters of immigration reform need to be realistic. The House is just not going to jump on board whatever the Senate passes."

Those Republicans in the House who have begun looking at immigration reform, have proceeded cautiously and slowly. Instead of bundling a host of smaller bills together in a comprehensive bill, the GOP is moving piece by piece from low-skilled worker visas to border security.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/10/28/business-faith-and-silicon-valley-leaders-to-pepper-house-on-immigration


They're all telling us that since they can't get Americans to swallow a whole amnesty bill, they will do it piece meal.

Warlord
12-04-2013, 09:38 AM
Boehner is the ultimate shill

mosquitobite
12-04-2013, 11:05 AM
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2008/08/22/203011/whos-advising-mccain-on-energy-and-climate/

Rebecca Jensen Tallent is at the center of outreach from the McCain campaign with other informal energy and environmental advisers.Based in Arlington, Va., Tallent, 29, began her Capitol Hill career in 2001 as a legislative assistant in McCain’s Senate office. She moved to Arizona Republican Rep. Jim Kolbe’s office and then returned to McCain in August 2005 to handle immigration issues and reform of the Army Corps of Engineers.Tallent has a political science degree from Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.

mosquitobite
12-04-2013, 11:12 AM
http://www.howdemocracyworksnow.com/participants/becky-jensen-tallent

http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2013-06-24/how-will-immigration-reform-reduce-the-deficit

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/05/rubio-reaches-out-to-conservatives-on-immigration-bill-sets-conditions-for/

She has apparently been working with Condoleeza Rice:
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_22567082/condoleezza-rice-co-chair-immigration-inquiry-panel

http://www.citizensforethics.org/page/-/PDFs/Legal/FOIA/CREW%20FOIA%20-%20DOD%20-%202-1-13.pdf?nocdn=1

mosquitobite
12-04-2013, 11:13 AM
And the most important thing I've read yet:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/policy/bipartisan-deals-can-only-pass-inside-a-narrow-window-here-are-the-dates-20131017


While Congress now seems entirely at the mercy of its own internal dysfunction, there will come a time next year when, in theory at least, House Republicans will be in the best position to vote on divisive issues such as immigration or maybe even a long-term budget deal.

The sweet spot should come in mid-June, when half the states will have conducted primary elections and almost all members representing the others will know whether they face a primary challenger. It also will be far enough away from the November general election to insulate Republican incumbents from a conservative backlash if they bend on such issues as government spending or legalization for undocumented immigrants, according to several GOP strategists, some of whom would not speak on the record because of the sensitivity of the subject.

The proponents of this strategy have two goals. First, they want to neutralize interest groups like the Club for Growth that threaten to unseat incumbent GOP members who don’t toe the conservative line. Second, they want to pass legislation that stands a chance of becoming law in an election year. Waiting until summer is the middle ground between the bullish Republicans who want to act now on government spending, the debt ceiling, and immigration, and cautious Republicans who want to hold off until after the 2014 election.


Republicans who want to work with Democrats insist that the hard-line groups have a loud bark and a weak bite. But that’s not always obvious early in the election cycle. “The fear of being primaried is really overblown, but it’s being very effectively overblown,” said Rebecca Tallent, a former chief of staff for McCain who now works at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Until the summer, strategists say House Republicans should play small ball and move to topics such as school choice, flexible work time, and whittling away at President Obama’s health care law. School choice (alternately phrased as “equal opportunity for education”) and flex-time are attractive issues to women voters, whom the GOP sorely needs. An added bonus is that while unions generally oppose those proposals, most Americans support them.

Brian4Liberty
12-04-2013, 01:04 PM
And the most important thing I've read yet:


“The fear of being primaried is really overblown, but it’s being very effectively overblown,” said Rebecca Tallent, a former chief of staff for McCain who now works at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/policy/bipartisan-deals-can-only-pass-inside-a-narrow-window-here-are-the-dates-20131017

Good catch.

That dovetails right into this story. It appears that Boehner is waiting until the Primary filing deadline is over, so that Tea Party candidates will not primary pro-amnesty GOP candidates. Special interests throw around money and get their way. The best Congress money can buy. Obama and Harry Reid will get their comprehensive immigration "reform" (expansion) before the next General Election.


A new report from the Texas-based Quorum Report, published by longtime Texas journalist Harvey Kronberg, says that House Speaker John Boehner plans to push amnesty legislation through the House, after the primary filing deadline for candidates. The move would prevent Tea Party from challenging GOP lawmakers who support amnesty in 2014.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/12/04/Report-Boehner-promises-big-money-donors-he-will-sneak-amnesty-through-after-GOP-primary-candidate-filing-deadlines

Brian4Liberty
12-04-2013, 01:07 PM
408311425157705728

mosquitobite
12-04-2013, 01:08 PM
So basically, if there was ever a time to make sure SOMEONE primaries each and every one of them...it is now!

DFF
12-04-2013, 01:19 PM
Flooding the US with illegal immigrants is the tactic of a particular well-connected, well-heeled ethnic minority.

The objective is to destabilize and ultimately wipe out the white Christian majority.

FloralScent
12-04-2013, 01:20 PM
Flooding the US with illegal immigrants is the tactic of a particular well-connected, well-heeled ethnic minority.

The objective is to wipe out the white Christian majority.

duh

Brian4Liberty
12-04-2013, 01:34 PM
Obama and Reid already celebrating a backroom deal with the GOP Surrender Caucus.


Reid confident Congress to pass immigration bill, says Boehner will ‘cave in’
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Reid said the House of Representatives could pass a bill now with a coalition of Republicans and Democrats.

Although a minority of Republicans would have to join with Democrats to pass immigration reform legislation containing a pathway to citizenship for people in the United States illegally, Reid said Boehner is “going to cave in.”

The bill has to pass by the end of 2014, when the 113th Congress concludes its business.
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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/dec/04/reid-confident-congress-pass-immigration-bill/

Brian4Liberty
12-04-2013, 03:30 PM
It appears that some libertarian's (like Jennifer Rubin) support this move by Boehner. :eek: :rolleyes:


Boehner’s decision was applauded by progressive groups, and by some libertarian activists.

“Tallent’s hiring is another sign, in addition to multiple statements by the speaker, that immigration reform is alive and kicking,” said Jennifer Rubin, a Washington Post blogger.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/12/04/back-from-the-dead-will-boehner-resurrect-obamas-campaign-for-more-immigration/

FloralScent
12-04-2013, 04:10 PM
It appears that some libertarian's (like Jennifer Rubin) support this move by Boehner. :eek: :rolleyes:

The more influential a party becomes, the more infiltrators it's going to attract. The PTB will have their interests represented.

Brian4Liberty
12-04-2013, 11:33 PM
Flooding the US with illegal immigrants is the tactic of ...

A whole slew of special interests, including, but not limited to:

- Crony corporatists of all kinds whose only concern is cheaper labor.
- Democrats who want more Democrats.
- Unions who want more members and know that poor working and labor conditions lead to demand for Unions.
- Naive GOP politicians who hope to cater to so many special interests all at once.

And a whole lot of others with their own reasons.

Brian4Liberty
12-12-2013, 12:45 PM
Lobbyists for foreign workers praise Boehner’s new aide


Lobbyists for foreign workers praise Boehner’s new aide

The decision by House Speaker John Boehner to hire a business-backed advocate for more foreign workers shows that he wants to pass an immigration bill, says a top lobbyist working for Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg.

The advocate, Becky Tallent, “wouldn’t have taken the job if she didn’t think it was the real item,” said Todd Schulte, the executive director of Zuckerberg’s lobbying group, FWD.US.

“It is all good news,” Schulte told The Daily Caller.
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They hope that Boehner will push for increased immigration after GOP legislators finish their constituent meetings during the Christmas break.

The Senate has passed a bill seeks to triple legal immigration over the next decade to 30 million, and also raise the annual inflow of temporary guest-workers above 2 million.
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The Senate bill would allow businesses to hire enough immigrants and guest workers during the next 10 years to replace every American aged between 20 and 30 who has a job.
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Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/12/11/lobbyists-for-foreign-workers-praise-boehners-new-aide/

Southron
12-13-2013, 08:44 PM
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/10/28/business-faith-and-silicon-valley-leaders-to-pepper-house-on-immigration


They're all telling us that since they can't get Americans to swallow a whole amnesty bill, they will do it piece meal.

I think what they really want to do is pass a "border security" bill, declare the borders secure, then ram through some sort of amnesty, while failing to actually enforce the border security bill.

HOLLYWOOD
01-06-2014, 10:49 PM
HP Announces Another 5,000 Layoffs, For A Total Of 34,000

HP has officially ratcheted up its layoff numbers again. It will be cutting another 5,000 jobs above and beyond the 29,000 jobs it had previously targeted. And that was an increase from the 27,000 jobs it announced in May 2012, as first reported by Business Insider. (http://www.businessinsider.com/source-hp-layoffs-are-going-to-be-huge-2012-5)
In HP's previous quarterly earnings reports filed with the SEC (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47217/000104746913008916/a2216474z10-q.htm), it warned investors that the company might get rid of more than 29,000 employees.
In its annual report filed on Monday (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47217/000104746913011417/a2217554z10-k.htm#fm48801_hewlett-packard_company_and_su__hew03336), it made the bigger layoff official, declaring it would cut 34,000 jobs.
Here's what HP said in that SEC document (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47217/000104746913011417/a2217554z10-k.htm#fm48801_hewlett-packard_company_and_su__hew03336):
Due to continued market and business pressures, as of October 31, 2013, HP expects to eliminate an additional 15% of those 29,000 positions, or a total of approximately 34,000 positions, and to record an additional 15% of that $3.6 billion in total costs, or approximately $4.1 billion in aggregate charges. HP expects to record these charges through the end of HP's 2014 fiscal year as the accounting recognition.
UPDATED: That reference to October refers to a statement by CFO Cathie Lesjak (http://seekingalpha.com/article/1865121-hewlett-packards-ceo-discusses-f4q-2013-results-earnings-call-transcript?part=single) during an analysts call when she warned again that HP might lay off more people:
So, Toni, lets start with the restructuring program. Our restructuring program is really on track. At the end of fiscal ’13, on a program to date basis, roughly 24,600 people exited under the program. So that’s just under 13,000 in fiscal ’13. As we talked about Security Analyst Meeting, our current plan is to end -- at the end of ‘14 at the high-end of our range, so 29,000 plus 15%, so somewhere between 33,000 and 34,000 people.
HP CEO Meg Whitman has promised that HP will not do another big layoff (http://www.businessinsider.com/whitman-says-hp-wont-do-another-big-layoff-2013-10) once this one is complete. It is supposed to end by October, 2014, HP says.
HP says it currently has about 331,800 employees. (http://h30631.www3.hp.com/palo-alto/marketing/jobid4589187-marketing-analytics-operations-manager-jobs)
The silver lining for current employees is that HP has already done most of the cutting. As of October 31, 2013, HP had eliminated approximately 24,600 positions of the 34,000 it expects to cut, the company said in its annual report.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/hp-lays-off-34000-employees-2013-12#ixzz2pgX8T6tI

RandallFan
01-07-2014, 11:02 PM
Obama sued Arizona for what Trey Gowdy has in his SAFE Act. It will be Gowdy and Goodlatte pushing some of the first bills. There is no way Harry Reid or Obama will let the SAFE Act pass. They'll probably use it to attack the GOP as racial profilers and hopefully the whole process can collapse. Reid and Obama think criminal aliens should just fall in to the lap of ICE with no local help.

Most of them will survive a 2014 primary but eventually they can get primaried like Murkowski, Lugar, Bennett and Chris Cannon. Some of these people want to stay in congress for a decade with no pesky primary challengers. Also if enough conservatives stay at home they can lose outright like Spencer Abraham and Romney. Also these people dont like getting a barrage of angry phone calls non stop like Trent Lott or Roger Wicker.

Tallent was involved in some Bipartisan policy group with open border types like Condi Rice and Haley Barbour.

I once read an idiot on some forum list Ron Paul and Condi Rice in the same sentence as groundbreaking presidential candidates. Rice is terrible on everything even abortion. So is to the left of Lindsey Graham.

Twitter feed of Boehner's new talent.

https://twitter.com/beckytallent

(https://twitter.com/beckytallent)