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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

News Alert: House conservatives demand vote on tough border bill to avoid shutdown

 
 
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House conservatives demand vote on tough border bill to avoid shutdown
Members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus are making an eleventh-hour bid to get a floor vote on a conservative immigration bill in exchange for their support on a short-term spending bill, as GOP leaders scramble to secure Republican votes for their proposal to avoid a government shutdown on Friday.

While Republican leaders sounded fairly confident on Wednesday morning that they would have enough GOP support to pass the continuing resolution (CR), leadership has little room for error, as Democrats are vowing to oppose any spending bill that doesn’t include relief for immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children.
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