A group of GOP moderates' move to try force a DACA debate on the floor still has several hurdles to clear before they potentially reach any votes. As of Thursday morning, 17 Republicans signed onto the petition. If all 193 Democrats join them, which is a possibility but not a given, they would still need eight more Republicans in order to hit 218 -- a majority of the House. One of the major driving forces of the effort, California Republican Rep. Jeff Denham, told CNN's Ashley Killough Wednesday...
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House Speaker Paul Ryan opposes a maneuver being attempted by fellow House Republicans who are trying to force a vote on immigration legislation, since Congress has not been able to legislate a fix to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program earlier this year. Their efforts are doomed to be vetoed, Ryan said Thursday. ... Reps. Carlos Curbelo, R-Florida; Jeff Denham, R-California; and Will Hurd, R-Texas, filed the petition Wednesday. If they convince a majority of the members of...
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Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday dismissed the effort launched by a group of House Republicans to circumvent the normal legislative process and force floor votes on a pack of immigration proposals. ... The petition, filed Wednesday by Reps. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., Jeff Denham, R-Calif., and Will Hurd, R-Texas, would force a vote on bipartisan legislation unveiled in March that would allow for consideration of four different proposals, including a conservative immigration bill proposed by Judiciary ...
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Republicans with moderate views on immigration defied party leaders and took steps Wednesday toward forcing campaign-season House votes on the issue. One top maverick said they had enough support to succeed. … “We feel very importantly that this has got to happen now, and we’re willing to drive that vote,” said one leading proponent, Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif. … Curbelo, Denham and others filed a petition Wednesday that would force votes on four immigration bills if they gained the signatures of...
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A group of Republican lawmakers used a rare congressional maneuver Wednesday to try and force the House to vote on a series of bills to protect DREAMers. They were confident they would get enough Republicans to join their effort and bypass party leadership. Nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children have been in limbo ever since President Trump ended the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program last year. Federal courts have forced the admini...
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Five House Republicans took the first step Wednesday to force a debate on immigration bills that would provide a pathway to citizenship for so-called Dreamers. … Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., who is facing a tough re-election bid in his Central Valley district, led the charge last month when he announced more than 50 Republicans had signed onto a resolution to bring up four immigration bills. Denham initially held off on filing the discharge petition, hoping added pressure would convince Republica...
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Fifteen House Republicans have signed on to a discharge petition filed Wednesday that is intended to force votes on a series of immigration measures — including legislation to protect so-called Dreamers. The discharge petition, which is intended to force legislation from a committee, would lead to a floor vote if a majority of House members sign on to it. … GOP Rep. Carlos Curbelo (Fla.) filed the motion, and was quickly joined by Republican Reps. Jeff Denham (Calif.), Will Hurd (Texas), Mario D...
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A bipartisan group of House members led by California's Jeff Denham filed a petition Wednesday to force a vote on four immigration bills over the objections of Republican leadership ... Denham, a Republican from Turlock, said in an interview beforehand that he expects over a dozen House Republicans to sign Wednesday morning, and he's "extremely confident" that the rest of the GOP members he needs will follow closely behind. ... "The speaker can still bring up a bill any time he wants, but if he ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded nearly $12.75 million in Targeted Airshed Grants to the South Coast Air Quality Management District and San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District to help tackle some of North Amnerica's toughest air quality challenges. A total of $30 million in Targeted Airshed Grants will fund nine projects in Alaska, California, and Utah. ... “These grants will help make improvements to equipment that our local farmers and ranchers use every day to...
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An innovative inmate program is gearing up to begin this month in Stanislaus County designed to transition people from serving time in jail to becoming productive citizens once released. ... On Monday afternoon Congressman Jeff Denham dropped by the center to deliver two boxes of surplus books from the Library of Congress. He helped to shelf them on a book cart in one of the four 48-bed housing pods that will be home to inmates on May 21. Denham said he feels the center will be successful in low...
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