Sentences with phrase «vote on an immigration bill»

, and former chairman Jim Jordan, R - Ohio, are among the conservatives looking to leverage their votes on the farm bill to secure a vote on an immigration bill.

Obama is planning to dramatically expand deportation relief after the midterm elections — after Boehner told him earlier this year that the House would not vote on an immigration bill.

Several moderate House Republicans are firmly opposed to the farm bill or considering voting against it, providing leverage to conservatives who are trying to make their support contingent on securing a separate vote on an immigration bill.

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Similarly, Paul used the same opportunity to bring up Rubio's wavering on immigration, and his support of the so - called Gang of Eight immigration overhaul bill in 2013, where he voted with Democrats, including New York Senator Chuck Schumer, in favor of the bill.

With the Senate voting on a provisional bill to fund the government for three more weeks, Sara Fagen, DDC Advocacy, and CNBC's John Harwood discuss the road ahead for getting a final spending bill and work on immigration.

The accord was aimed at heading off a drive by moderates who are just five Republican signatures short on a petition to force votes on a bipartisan immigration bill Democrats would likely support.

One solution being floated was a minimal immigration bill dealing with DACA and border security — but the problem for the GOP in the House is fairly straightforward — if a bill does nothing on DACA it loses certain votes, and if you add DACA in, that pushes other Republicans away.

Ryan did, however, promise members of the far - right House Freedom Caucus that he would hold a vote on a much more conservative immigration bill that would provide fewer protections for DACA recipients than the bipartisan Senate bill does.

An unspecified number of House Freedom Caucus members are looking to leverage their potential support for the farm bill to secure a House vote on a conservative immigration bill, a maneuver they say would kill a discharge petition moderate Republicans have started.

Leaving Ryan's office before the vote began, McCarthy had told reporters the farm bill would pass, adding conservatives will get their demand of a vote on their hardline preferred immigration bill — authored by Virginia Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte — in June.

The group had been demanding a vote on a sharply conservative immigration bill, and Ryan's team late Thursday offered such a vote — but not until June, incensing members of the caucus.

Assemblyman Robin Schimminger and freshman Assemblywoman Monica Wallace also voted against the bill, which among other things, would prohibit state and local law enforcement from detaining individuals based on immigration status and would provide for legal representation for people without documentation who otherwise couldn't afford it.

The dynamic has provided an opening for the House Freedom Caucus to leverage their support for the farm bill in exchange for a House vote on a conservative immigration bill.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and some Democrats are trying to leverage the budget vote to extract a vote on an unrelated immigration bill.

Dominic Raab's amendment to the Immigration Bill has been selected by Speaker and will be voted on

David Cameron has been delaying the next stage of the debate on the immigration bill for weeks, because he knew that the report stage debate would see dozens of Tory MPs trying to vote against the government and in favour of a much tougher stance on immigration.

• Number 10 has announced that Conservatives ministers will be told to abstain in a crunch vote this afternoon on the immigration bill.

Heseltine was one of a group of 15 Conservative MPs to vote against the 1968 Commonwealth Immigration Bill on second reading (Conservative whips advised their MPs to support it, but it was a free vote).

The bill could still be brought up, potentially depending on whether Ryan and the rest of the party leadership can get the votes for an immigration bill supported by conservatives but likely opposed by GOP moderates.

She's been quick to comment when Congress votes on healthcare or immigration bills.

A Republican lawmaker says GOP leaders have discussed scheduling House votes on two immigration bills as a way of ending the party's internal battle over the issue.

House Speaker John Boehner is sticking to his position: The House will not vote on the Senate - passed immigration bill.

Freedom Caucus members feel they've been burned in the past by leadership agreeing to schedule votes on legislation — such as a conservative immigration bill by House Judiciary Chairman Robert W. Goodlatte — and then not following through.

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But Boehner and other House GOP leaders have repeatedly rejected calls to vote on a Senate - passed comprehensive immigration bill.

The House of Representatives seemed poised to pass a bill to keep the government open until 16 February, after promising conservatives a vote on a major increase in defense spending, a hard - line immigration bill as well as other unnamed concessions that the conservative House Freedom Caucus leader Mark Meadows called «subplots» on Thursday night.

The council voted 41 in favor and 6 against on two bills that will largely end cooperation with the federal government when it requests an immigration detainer — which asks Corrections or the NYPD to hold a person for 48 hours when they might otherwise be released so that the person can be handed over the the Immigration and Customs Enforcemimmigration detainer — which asks Corrections or the NYPD to hold a person for 48 hours when they might otherwise be released so that the person can be handed over the the Immigration and Customs EnforcemImmigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.

Washington (CNN)- Two weeks ago, the Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill on a 68 - 32 vote, with 14 Republicans joining the Democratic majority to send the measure drafted by a bipartisan «Gang of Eight» to the GOP - controlled House.

Corker helped clinch a deal on border security in an ultimately doomed 2013 immigration bill and designed a bill to allow Congress to vote on President Barack Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran.

CNN: Five reasons immigration reform isn't close to the finish line Two weeks ago, the Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill on a 68 - 32 vote, with 14 Republicans joining the Democratic majority to send the measure drafted by a bipartisan «Gang of Eight» to the GOP - controlled House.

In that last six months, backbenchers could propose a tougher immigration cap, a tighter benefits cap, a British Bill of Rights, English votes for English laws - and so on.

This is a reference to Downing Street's decision to order its MPs to abstain in a vote on an amendment to the immigration bill that would have curbed the right of foreign criminals to resist deportation on the grounds that they have a family life.

Rep. Mark Meadows, the North Carolina Republican who chairs the Freedom Caucus, told reporters Thursday that members might withhold their votes for the farm bill in order to force a vote on a hard - line immigration bill.

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