Julian Zelizer : All eyes have turned to the House to see if immigration bill will pass . Zelizer : This is a massive opportunity for House Speaker John Boehner to make history . This is the path that Speaker Tip O'Neill took , to the chagrin of many liberals , when he worked with President Reagan 's administration to pass the tax cut of 1981 . He says Boehner has several tools to shore up support so the key legislation can pass . Zelizer : The president's veto threat could be enough to get it through Congress, but he also wants more concessions from Republicans on border security and legal status for undocumented immigrants who came here as children.
Julian Zelizer : All eyes have turned to the House to see if immigration bill will pass . Zelizer : This is a massive opportunity for House Speaker John Boehner to make history . He says Boehner has several tools to shore up support so the key legislation can pass . Zelizer : The president's veto threat could be enough to get it through Congress, but he also wants more concessions from Republicans on border security and legal status for undocumented immigrants who came here as children.