Originally Posted by CIR_DREAM2009

It could be the case that there'll be enough (I don't know if it'll be a majority but close enough) Republicans who "oppose" the bill officially but tacitly support the bill sort of like the Hurricane Sandy vote. I think it's to our advantage that the conservatives are split on this issue instead of united like previous efforts at immigration reform.

Speaker Boehner is in an unenviable position though. If and when the Senate bill passes, there'll be so much pressure on him to pass it in the House, which from all articles is the Dem strategy.