Until a few weeks ago, "Queen of the Hill" meant little to anyone. But today, this little-known House rule may be Congress' best shot at improving our border security and resolving issues with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. President Trump called on Congress to pass a permanent legislative solution for DACA enrollees, who were brought to the United States illegally as children — but his March 5 deadline came and went. Seven states have now filed lawsuits asserting that the e...
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Congress looks like it’s about to get into another contentious, high-stakes, nearly impossible-to-resolve fight over young unauthorized immigrants brought to the US as children, known as DREAMers. … Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) says he has enough support to force floor votes on immigration, but he continues to negotiate behind closed doors with leadership to find a compromise bill. The petition needs 218 members to sign on to force action on the House floor, which would happen by the end of June. As ...
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Republican leaders are rushing to find an immigration bill that Republicans can support, in order to avoid a forced vote next month on a series of bills that include language supported by Democrats. … Rep. Jeff. Denham, R-Calif., a co-author of the discharge petition, said GOP lawmakers have given him commitments for the remaining signatures and he is moving ahead while at the same time negotiating with GOP leaders. “It has always been dependent on how these negotiations go,” Denham said. “I’ve ...
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Rep. Jeff Denham said Wednesday he plans to hold back the final signatures needed to activate a discharge petition that would force a vote on four immigration measures affecting so-called “Dreamers” — saying that negotiations between GOP leaders and conservatives are headed in a positive direction. … “As we are continuing to make progress and still meet the timeline of the petition, we will continue to hold off on filing the final votes, or the final signers,” Denham said. … Denham, who says he ...
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A Republican lawmaker-led effort to buck party leadership and force an immigration vote in the House picked up its first new GOP backer in a week Wednesday, but intense negotiations continued behind the scenes to find an alternative path forward. … Petition organizer Rep. Jeff Denham, a California Republican, said Wednesday that he wouldn't push for the petition to gain enough signatures to force votes until those negotiations fall apart. "We're not going to put all 25 across until we're done wi...
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House Republicans say they’re making progress on a plan to do the long-impossible: unite a fractured GOP conference on the issue of immigration. ... Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), one of those leading the effort to force a series of immigration votes through a discharge petition, told reporters he was hopeful that Republicans could come up with the outlines of an immigration deal to address DACA as soon as Thursday. “We’re getting pretty close,” he said. … For one, moderates and conservatives don’...
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Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen of Minnesota signed a petition Wednesday that would force the House to vote on a series of immigration proposals, including a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) fix. … More Republicans are likely to sign in the next two days. The movement is led by Republican Rep. Jeff Denham of California. “Congress must do its job and have the debate we have avoided for years,” Denham said on the issue in a press release. (RELATED: Big GOP Donor Heats Up Amnesty Fight) …...
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Minnesota Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen on Wednesday signed a petition to force series of votes on immigration proposals, marking 21 House Republican members and the first GOP congressman to sign in a week. … Discharge petition organizer Rep. Jeff Denham, a California Republican, said Wednesday he is negotiating with leadership and conservatives in “good faith” on an alternative plan, and thus the discharge petition won’t hit the necessary number of Republicans until those negotiations fall throu...
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Some Delta groups and local lawmakers are decrying language in a U.S. House of Representatives spending bill that would make the California WaterFix immune from judicial review. … Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Turlock, did not directly address the appropriations rider in a statement released Tuesday. He wrote that a bill he introduced, which would authorize a pilot project to help finance development of water resources infrastructure in reclamation states including California, was the right way to go. “We...
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