It’s on, it’s off, and even if the House passed a DACA bill, President Trump would surely veto it. At any rate, here’s the latest by Mike Lillis And Juliegrace Brufke at The Hill:
GOP staves off
immigration revolt — for now
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on
Thursday tamped down a Republican insurrection on immigration — at least
temporarily — with vows to “put pen to paper” on a compromise bill to protect
immigrants known as "Dreamers."
During a two-hour, closed-door
meeting in the basement of the Capitol, Ryan and other GOP leaders urged their
troops not to endorse a procedural move to force votes on solutions for the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — known as a discharge
petition — and instead give leaders more time to forge a compromise that
can win 218 Republicans.
“The next step is to start putting
pen to paper and get legislation to the floor," the Wisconsin Republican
told reporters afterward.
The promise seems to have bought
them some time in their search for an elusive DACA deal that can win the
support of centrist immigration reformers and conservative hard-liners.
The new unofficial deadline appears
to be June 12, leaving leadership just five days to craft legislation they
believe can garner 218 GOP votes. Supporters of the petition are
three signatures away from the number of members needed to bypass
leadership and bring the “Queen of the Hill” rule to the floor.
Not good news, and it’s not much of a breather. The rest of The Hill report is here.
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