“The President called me hours after he issued a partisan statement which attacked me and my fellow House Republicans and which indicated no sincere desire to work together,” Cantor said in a statement. “After five years, President Obama still has not learned how to effectively work with Congress to get things done. You do not attack the very people you hope to engage in a serious dialogue.”
The Virginia Republican reiterated that the House has no intention of taking up the Senate’s reform bill, which many GOP lawmakers call unfair “amnesty” for undocumented immigrants.
However, a White House official described the call as “pleasant” and said they were surprised by how Cantor’s staff had characterized the exchange. The call was imitated so that the president could wish the House Majority Leader a happy Passover, according to the official.
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