House conservatives demand vote on tough border bill to avoid shutdown
Source: The Hill
BY MELANIE ZANONA - 01/17/18 01:28 PM EST
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.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and his top lieutenants are threading a very thin needle as they try to build support among frustrated defense hawks and conservatives for the fourth temporary funding patch since September.
And the House Freedom Caucus, a band of roughly 30 conservative hard-liners, has enough members to defeat legislation if they band together.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/369360-house-conservatives-demand-vote-on-tough-border-bill-to-avoid-shutdown
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