ABC POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY Washington, DC - 25 February 2015 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. John Boehner, Speaker of the House: “I’m waiting for the Senate to act. The House has done it’s job to fund the Department of Homeland Security and to stop the President’s overreach on immigration. And, we are waiting on the Senate to do their jobs. Senate Democrats have stood in the way now for three weeks over a bill that should have been debated and passed. So, until the Senate does something ... we are in a wait and see mode. (Reporter off camera: But what about, obviously you know the way your caucus feels. Are you concerned about a rebellion if you would go that way?) I am waiting for the Senate to pass a bill. (Reporter off camera: There has been some reporting that you have not spoken to Mitch McConnell in two weeks, why is that?) Our staff talk back and forth, but Senator McConnell has got a big job to do. So do I. (Reporter off camera: Should you talk to him ahead of this important deadline? You guys are on the same team?) Our staffs have been talking back and forth, but at the end of the day the Senate has to act and I have made it pretty clear over the last couple of weeks, we are waiting for the Senate to act. (Reporter off camera: What do you think on the merits of his plan, what do you think about it?) I’m waiting for the Senate to pass a bill. There’s a lot ... I don’t know what the Senate is capable of passing and until I see what they are going to pass, no decisions have been made on the House side. (Reporter off camera: Is Congress going to avoid a shutdown of DHS?) I am waiting for the Senate to act. The House has passed a bill to fund the Department. It is time for the Senate to do their job.”