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GOP leaders float plan to use courts to fight Obama on deportations

By Susan Ferrechio
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GOP leaders float plan to use courts to fight Obama on deportations

House Republican leaders on Tuesday floated a plan to use the court system, rather than legislation, to stop President Obama’s recent executive actions on immigration.

House Speaker John Boehner told GOP lawmakers in a closed-door meeting on Tuesday that the House likely would vote on a measure “to authorize litigation on this issue,” according to a source in the room.

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