House GOP leaders spike border bill rather than see it defeated
Source: Washington Post
House Republican leaders pulled Speaker John A. Boehner’s slimmed-down legislation to address the brewing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border amid a revolt by conservatives, who said the $659 million proposal did not address the core causes of unaccompanied Central American minors arriving at the border.
Faced with certain defeat, Boehner (R-Ohio) pulled the legislation from consideration Thursday afternoon as Senate Democrats struggled to find enough support for their own slimmed-down response to President Obama’s more robust $3.7 billion proposal.
Rank-and-file members emerging from an emergency closed-door meeting said they had been instructed to stay in Washington overnight, with plans to meet again Friday morning to determine how to proceed.
“It might be that we’re here for a significant number of days, it might be we’re here just through tomorrow,” said Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.). “Flight plans, travel plans, (congressional delegation) plans have been cancelled indefinitely until we get this issue resolved.”
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