Manchin: 2013 Senate immigration bill would have passed House if Boehner called vote
Joe Manchin · Joe Manchin Exposes The Chaos Inside Biden’s White House · Oct 23, 2025 · at 47:38
Former Senator Joe Manchin claims former House Speaker John Boehner declined to bring the Senate's bipartisan immigration bill to a vote due to right-wing primary pressure.
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“We had that bill and couldn't get it because they were afraid that he would lose the right. He lost them anyway. The far right wasn't going, Tea Party at that time wasn't going to go, but John could have put it on the floor, and it would have passed, and I think if you talked to John.”
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