GOP staves off immigration revolt — for now

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday tamped down a Republican insurrection on immigration — at least temporarily — with vows to “put pen to paper” on a compromise bill to protect the young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers.

During a two-hour, closed-door meeting in the basement of the Capitol, Ryan and other GOP leaders urged their troops not to endorse a procedural move to force votes on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — known as a discharge petition — and instead give leaders more time to forge a compromise that can win 218 Republicans.

The promise seems to have bought them some time in their search for an elusive DACA deal that can win the support of centrist immigration reformers and conservative hardliners.

The new unofficial deadline appears to be June 12, leaving leadership just five days to craft legislation they believe can garner 218 GOP votes. Supporters of the petition are two Republican signatures away from the number of members needed to bypass leadership and bring the “Queen of the Hill” rule to the floor.

“We are looking forward to seeing an agreement put on paper,” Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), one of the leading forces behind the discharge petition, told reporters following the meeting. “We finished a very productive meeting. We've had a lot of productive meetings, but ultimately this is about writing a bill that makes sense for the country.”

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/39...revolt-for-now

I guess June 12 is the new date to watch for!

Ok Im literally laughing cause we keep getting these "deadlines" but they always keep getting pushed back.

Well it seems they will actually come up with a bill by Tuesday. If its not on paper by then, most likely the discharge petition will go ahead and the USA Act will pass but the Senate most likely wont pass it.

So Tuesday is a make or break day for the rest of this Congress.

Dems NEED to win the House this fall. The GOP House sucks ass!

waited 20+ years.... I can wait 5 more days.... lol