House GOP Plans Wednesday Vote on Compromise Immigration Bill
- Many conservatives upbeat, though they haven’t seen the text
- Ryan downplays chances of passage, as Senate seeks consensus
Children climb up the Mexican side of the U.S./Mexico border fence in Sunland Park, New Mexico.
Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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As House Republicans prepared to put a compromise immigration bill up for a vote on Wednesday, many members spoke favorably about it even though few of them had seen the final legislative text and House Speaker Paul Ryan downplayed the chances that it would pass.
In a bid to attract more support, lawmakers decided last week to delay the vote and add two provisions to a measure designed to be a compromise between conservative and moderate Republicans.