Washington ( CNN ) -- House Speaker John Boehner said Friday that Congress `` will not stand idle as the President undermines the rule of law , `` but gave no specifics on how congressional Republicans would respond to the president 's executive action on immigration . Boehner told reporters that by moving ahead with unilateral action , the president chose to `` deliberately sabotage any chance of enacting bipartisan reform that he claims to seek . '' In a less than five minute press conference on Capitol Hill , the Speaker said he told the President on Thursday `` he 's damaging the presidency itself . '' Pressed if congressional Republicans would try to block the president 's executive actions by moving legislation to strip funding from federal agencies , Boehner sidestepped the question and instead said he was reviewing various actions with his members . `` The House will in fact act , '' the Speaker promised . Due to deep divisions inside the House GOP conference there is no consensus yet on how to try to block the president 's plan to allow as many as 5 million immigrants temporary status . Many conservatives want to attach a provision to a must pass spending bill to strip funding for federal agencies to carry out the president 's plan . But the chairman of the spending panel argues that is impossible because the customs agency is self-funded through fees and does n't need congressional appropriations . And many Republicans on Capitol Hill worry another fight on a spending bill will lead to another government shutdown . Others are pushing to sue the president , or vote on censuring him . The clock is ticking for Boehner - government agencies run out of money on December 11th .
Boehner responded to Obama 's immigration executive action . Boehner : Obama is 'damaging the presidency itself '