John Boehner rips Obama on immigration 'overreach' and says 'he knows the truth'

As House Republicans push a bill this week that funds the Department of Homeland Security while blocking President Barack Obama's dramatic immigration policy shifts, Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that the White House should start listening to Americans' concerns about 'amnesty' run amok.

And in a testy meeting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, he had a chance to press his case.

Boehner told reporters that during a late-morning meeting with Obama he would 'make it clear to the president that we're listening to the American people. ... We hope he'll start to listen too.'

GOP messaging has become more animated and insistent in the week since they took over both houses of Congress. The speaker cast his party as constitutional defenders on Tuesday and insisted that the White House is playing games.

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