Ted Yoho Steps Into National Spotlight Against Obama on Immigration

U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., will step into the national spotlight this week as House Republicans push back at President Barack Obamas executive action on immigration while trying to avoid a government shut down.

Reports emerged out of Washington that U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has agreed to let his caucus vote on Yohos proposal to prevent Obama from using an executive order to allow illegals a path to stay in the nation. When he unveiled his proposal in late November, Yoho insisted Obama was overstepping what the executive branch can do and hopes his Executive Amnesty Prevention Act" will cut Obama off at the pass.

In return for letting conservatives in the Republican caucus vote on Yohos bill, Boehner has set the stage to pass an omnibus appropriations bill funding most of the federal government until September 2015 while funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which handles most immigration matters, until March through a continuing resolution. Conservatives might be able to defund Obamas immigration action early next year as the GOP takes control of the Senate in January.

Yoho talked to the New York Times on Tuesday and said he did not expect the Senate, currently in Democratic hands, to pass his measure. However, Yoho insisted his bill will help undermine Obamas efforts.

The simplest way this would work is, it will bring a stop to the action that the president wants, Yoho told the New York Times. He talks about how he has a pen and a phone. This will take the ink out of the pen.