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...TIME.com tracked down two of the key players in this legislative face-off and asked about the new development. In the Speaker's lobby off the House floor today, House Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio told TIME.com the move was not designed to scuttle immigration reform this year...
...Boehner: No.... We're going to highlight some of those provisions in the Senate bill to make sure people know what the Senate bill really does...
...Boehner: In-state tuition for illegal aliens. Welfare benefits for people who are here illegally. I don't know what all the provisions are, but there's some stuff in there that I don't think folks I know would agree with...
...Boehner: No. Understand something here. I believe that we need to pass a good bill...
...Only surpassed by Howard Dean, this was the biggest gift we?ve gotten,? said David Winston, a Republican strategist. "This puts the Democratic leadership on notice that they?re throwing stones in a glass house,? said Kevin Madden, spokesman for House Majority leader John Boehner. ?This is the pinnacle,? Carl Forti, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, rejoiced...