Politics
Domestic and global challenges continue to hamper Obama agenda
The Republican’s House leader John Boehner has said any increase in the debt ceiling must be matched by spending cuts, repeating his stance from a similar stand-off in 2011 when the United States only narrowly avoided a default.
Obama meanwhile is yet to chalk up a success on his legislative agenda in the eight months of his second term.
The White House however hopes the House of Representatives will follow the Senate by approving proposed immigration reform this autumn.
Again however, a faction of Republican lawmakers, eyes already fixed on the November 2014 mid-term elections, have spoken out against Obama’s proposed reforms, alleging they represent an “amnesty” for illegal immigrants.
“It’s a long shot on immigration reform but not impossible,” said Mann. “If immigration reform fails to pass, the Republicans, not Obama, will pay the political price in 2016 and beyond.”
Copyright 2013 AFP
