The House Freedom Caucus right-leaning bill was voted down today….
House Speaker Ryan is trying to get something that could possibly pass together for a vote next week….
There where things in the Conservative bill that would NEVER get anywhere in the Senate….
Trump has said he WILL NOW sign off on a bill….
House Republican leaders are further delaying a vote on a compromise immigration bill, planning to make changes to the legislation for a vote next week.
The measure was originally scheduled for a vote Thursday evening. GOP leaders had decided early that afternoon to push it off until Friday because members still had questions about the contents of the bill. But the disarray extended well beyond confusion over the bill.
The Republican Conference met late Thursday afternoon for more than two hours to discuss the legislation. Multiple GOP lawmakers said authors of the bill walked through its contents and members raised concerns about issues the bill doesn’t address.
Many members requested the addition of a provision to require employers to use the E-Verify database to check the legal status of their employees.
That is expected to be added, along with language creating a guest worker visa program…..
House GOP leaders — eager to move on from an immigration bill that has divided and distracted their members — are likely to hold a vote tomorrow on a bill that’s expected to fail by a wide margin….
Politico