A day late and a compromise short. House Republicans stayed in Washington longer than planned to try to change an emergency border bill so it can pass without any Democratic help. A split between tea party conservatives and more moderate Republicans over how to respond to the immigrant surge from Central America threatened to further delay the start of the five-week summer break for Congress. GOP leaders abruptly pulled the bill from the House floor on Thursday, to address concerns by some conservative factions. They came back Friday with a revised version that included more money for the National Guard.
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The GOP-led House passes an immigration bill by a 223-189 vote
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Democrats, including President Obama, have criticized the measure
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Senate failed to push through its version and left town for the month of August
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With no legislation, Obama will act on his own
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Among the changes: provisions making it easier to deport children back to @placeholder and scheduling a separate vote on a bill to deny President Barack Obama the authority to halt deportations of young immigrants -- the so-called "Dreamers."
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That's because the measure has zero chance of getting through the Democratic-led Senate, meaning @placeholder will go on its August recess without sending legislation to President Barack Obama on what both parties call a humanitarian crisis.
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Obama had asked for $3.7 billion in emergency funds to strengthen border security and speed up the processing of new arrivals, while the Democratic plan scuttled in the @placeholder called for $2.7 billion.
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Obama, however, called the resulting GOP legislation "the most extreme" version so far and said Republicans knew it had no chance of becoming law because the @placeholder-led Senate wouldn't pass it and he would veto it.
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Obama, however, called the resulting GOP legislation "the most extreme" version so far and said Republicans knew it had no chance of becoming law because the Democratic-led @placeholder wouldn't pass it and he would veto it.
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Obama also will do what he can to address overall immigration reform because House Republicans have refused to vote on a comprehensive measure passed last year by the @placeholder, Earnest said.