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   WASHINGTON -- One of President Barack Obama's top advisers said   
   on Friday that he expects House Republicans will ultimately file   
   articles of impeachment against the president.   
      
   Dan Pfeiffer, a senior aide who has been with the administration   
   since Obama first took office, told reporters that he   
   anticipated that a lawsuit filed by House Speaker John Boehner   
   (R-Ohio) over executive actions taken by the president on health   
   care would ultimately not be enough to satisfy some of the more   
   vocal conservatives in Congress.   
      
   Pfeiffer added that coming executive actions surrounding   
   immigration reform would only stoke the impeachment flames.   
      
   "I think a lot of people in this town laugh that off," said   
   Pfeiffer. "I would not discount that possibility. I think that   
   Speaker Boehner, by going down this path of this lawsuit, has   
   opened the door to Republicans possibly considering impeachment   
   at some point in the future."   
      
   Speaking at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast, Pfeiffer   
   based his prediction on several factors. The first was former   
   Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) calling for articles of impeachment   
   to be drawn over the president's executive action allowing   
   certain young undocumented immigrants to stay in the country.   
   The second was a CNN poll released Friday morning showing that   
   while just 33 percent of the country supported impeachment, a   
   full 57 percent of Republicans were in favor of it.   
      
   "I think impeachment is a very serious thing that has been   
   bandied about by the recent Republican vice presidential nominee   
   and others in a very unserious way," said Pfeiffer. "And no one   
   has even made any allegation of anything that would be within   
   six universes from what is generally considered in that space."   
      
   Boehner has said repeatedly that he is not interested in   
   drafting articles of impeachment against the president.   
      
   UPDATE: 10:25 a.m. -- Boehner's spokesman Michael Steel emailed   
   the following response to Pfeiffer.   
      
   We have a humanitarian crisis at our border, and the White House   
   is making matters worse with inattention and mixed signals. It   
   is telling, and sad, that a senior White House official is   
   focused on political games, rather than helping these kids and   
   securing the border.   
      
   While Pfeiffer did float the prospect of impeachment without   
   much, if any, prodding, it's worth noting that he did also   
   discuss the crisis at the border during Friday's breakfast   
   session.   
      
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/john-boehner-   
   impeach_n_5620467.html   
      
       
      
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