Kathianne
11-20-2014, 03:03 AM
No Republicans, so much for working in bi-partisan fashion. LOL!
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/immigration-dinner-obama-to-host-18-democrats-no-republicans/article/2556388
POLITICS (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics): WHITE HOUSE (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/white-house)Obama to host 18 Democrats, no Republicans, for immigration dinnerBY BRIAN HUGHES (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/brian-hughes) | NOVEMBER 19, 2014 | 2:54 PM
President Obama will host numerous lawmakers at the White House for dinner Wednesday to brief them on the eve of announcing executive action on immigration reform.
However, he didn’t invite any Republicans.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Obama would have dinner later Wednesday with 18 Democratic lawmakers to discuss immigration.
When asked why Obama wouldn’t break bread with GOP leaders, Earnest replied, “We’ve had any number of countless conversations with Republicans.”
“If it were only dinner that was required,” he added when pressed on whether Obama was preventing compromise with Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Robert Menendez, D-N.J., are among those who will dine at the White House.
Republicans were not happy about their exclusion from the dinner...
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/immigration-dinner-obama-to-host-18-democrats-no-republicans/article/2556388
POLITICS (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics): WHITE HOUSE (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/white-house)Obama to host 18 Democrats, no Republicans, for immigration dinnerBY BRIAN HUGHES (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/brian-hughes) | NOVEMBER 19, 2014 | 2:54 PM
President Obama will host numerous lawmakers at the White House for dinner Wednesday to brief them on the eve of announcing executive action on immigration reform.
However, he didn’t invite any Republicans.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Obama would have dinner later Wednesday with 18 Democratic lawmakers to discuss immigration.
When asked why Obama wouldn’t break bread with GOP leaders, Earnest replied, “We’ve had any number of countless conversations with Republicans.”
“If it were only dinner that was required,” he added when pressed on whether Obama was preventing compromise with Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Robert Menendez, D-N.J., are among those who will dine at the White House.
Republicans were not happy about their exclusion from the dinner...