Nearly 20 House Republicans are breaking with leadership to force a vote on immigration legislation. Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Jeff Denham of California on why he's pushing for a vote.
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Arm-twisting. Heated negotiations. Legislative threats. The lead-up to a Friday vote in the House of Representatives on a massive farm bill has become a messy battle wrought with fights over sugar prices, food assistance programs and now an unrelated but dramatic clash over an issue that has for years proved exceedingly divisive across the Republican Party: immigration. ... Rep. Jeff Denham, the California Republican leading efforts to push the moderate approach with the discharge petition, only...
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Rep. Jeff Denham joins S.E. Cupp to discuss "queen-of-the-hill" immigration reform efforts. Watch: @secupp and @RepJeffDenham on his petition to get an immigration bill to a House vote. "These Dreamers have been waiting too long." https://t.co/kGMwU6cqOB — SE Cupp Unfiltered (@UnfilteredSE) May 17, 2018
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May 17, 2018 - 5:45 - Republicans are split over immigration legislation; Rep. Jeff Denham and Rep. Sean Duffy share insight from both sides of the debate on 'The Ingraham Angle.' Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
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Tucker Carlson debated a Republican California congressman who is one of at least 18 in the GOP who are trying to force a vote on an amnesty package for illegal immigrants, along with much of the Democratic caucus. ... Carlson said the Republicans at-large ran in 2016 on a promise to secure the southern border and end illegal immigration. He said people like Denham appear to want to "betray that pledge" with the "discharge petition." ... Denham told Carlson that he wants to follow President Dona...
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House Speaker Paul Ryan is being attacked from the ideological center and the far right wing of his Republican Party as both sides try to break the months-long logjam over immigration legislation. ... Jeff Denham, a California Republican who started the effort that led to the discharge petition, said he supports putting the Goodlatte bill on the floor, but it should be considered along with the other three proposals to see what can actually get a majority. “If you never have a debate, if you nev...
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An effort to force a House vote on immigration didn't pick up any new supporters Tuesday night, but its backers say they are already sure it will reach enough signatures to hit the floor. "We are extremely confident we already have the votes," Republican Rep. Jeff Denham of California said as he walked onto the House floor for the first votes of the week, which was the first opportunity lawmakers had to sign the measure since last week. He walked into the Capitol with Republican Rep. Carlos Curb...
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Three vulnerable House Republicans—Reps. Carlos Curbelo of Florida, Will Hurd of Texas and Jeff Denham of California—have attracted attention by challenging their party’s leadership. They’re trying to get 218 signatures from colleagues of both parties to force a series of votes on immigration bills. Most of the discussion about this strategy has focused on arcane procedures, missing the essential point: Self-government requires majority rule. ... Messrs. Curbelo, Hurd and Denham are trying to fo...
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Congressman Jeff Denham is heading an effort by a group of House Republicans to avoid the conventional legislative process and force a vote on a group of immigration proposals, spurred by the fact that Congress has not been able to approve a fix to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. ... “Congress must do its job and have the debate we have avoided for years,” Denham said. “My rule is about coming together in a bipartisan manner to find a compromise on a permanent solution for Am...
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