HOUSE LEADERSHIP WILLING TO LET IMMIGRATION STRETCH TO END OF YEAR – HEARTLAND BLUEPRINT: Ohio Gov. John Kasich shows GOP how to win – Jane Harman, Leon Panetta, Laura Tyson b’days - POLITICO Playbook - POLITICO.com

HOUSE LEADERSHIP WILLING TO LET IMMIGRATION STRETCH TO END OF YEAR – HEARTLAND BLUEPRINT: Ohio Gov. John Kasich shows GOP how to win – Jane Harman, Leon Panetta, Laura Tyson b’days - POLITICO Playbook - POLITICO.com: Leadership needs to find out where people stand on four main areas: the future flow of immigrants into the U.S., a possible pathway to citizenship, government benefits and border security. Could they tie these items together in one bill? It’s possible, but there are political upsides to putting them on the floor separately: One reason would be to jam Democrats who vote against them. Putting the bills together would allow members to say they supported a package with items they both liked and disliked. It’s possible that the House takes up the Senate bill in committee and strips it down to the studs and rewrites it. … Even though leadership usually would like far-right lawmakers to keep their mouths zipped when they talk about these issues, this time they plan to let the anti-immigration reform members run wild. They want to see exactly how many people agree with folks like Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). From there, they’ll have a better sense of what kind of legislation is feasible.”