27-06-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com

House defeats immigration bill backed by Donald Trump

The Republican-led House has rejected a far-ranging immigration bill despite its eleventh-hour endorsement by President Donald Trump, as the gulf between the party's moderate and conservative wings proved too deep.The vote was 301-121, with nearly half of Republicans opposing the measure.The depth of opposition was an embarrassing showing for Mr Trump and a rebuff of House GOP leaders, who'd postponed the vote twice and proposed changes in hopes of driving up the vote for a measure that seemed d
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