The Republican-led House resoundingly rejected a far-ranging
immigration bill on Wednesday despite an eleventh-hour endorsement by
President Donald Trump, as the gulf between the GOP's moderate and
conservative wings proved too deep for leaders to avert an election-year
display of division.
The bill was killed 301-121, with nearly half of Republicans opposing the measure. The depth of GOP opposition was an embarrassing showing for Trump and a rebuff of House leaders, who'd postponed the vote twice and proposed changes in hopes of driving up the tally for a measure that seemed doomed from the start.
The roll call seemed to empower GOP conservatives on the fraught issue. Last week a harder-right package was defeated but 193 Republicans voted for it, 72 more than Wednesday's total. Another 112 Republicans voted "no."
Read m,ore: House rejects Republican immigration bill, ignoring Trump
The bill was killed 301-121, with nearly half of Republicans opposing the measure. The depth of GOP opposition was an embarrassing showing for Trump and a rebuff of House leaders, who'd postponed the vote twice and proposed changes in hopes of driving up the tally for a measure that seemed doomed from the start.
The roll call seemed to empower GOP conservatives on the fraught issue. Last week a harder-right package was defeated but 193 Republicans voted for it, 72 more than Wednesday's total. Another 112 Republicans voted "no."
Read m,ore: House rejects Republican immigration bill, ignoring Trump
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