HOUSE OF REPS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN: “House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows issued a blunt warning to House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday [2-14-18], suggesting if he fails to address conservatives’ concerns on immigration he’ll risk his top leadership post… The North Carolina Republican stressed, ‘this president was elected largely on an immigration issue that defined him differently than the other candidates and so it is the defining moment, more so than the budget or anything else that we’ve passed.’ Ryan’s office did not provide a response to Meadow’s comments.
Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan also piled on Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican. He criticized Ryan for backing the budget deal that avoided a government shutdown last week, tweaking the speaker, who rose to national prominence for his focus on cutting deficits… Jordan also pointed out that Ryan’s positions on immigration do not sync up with many House conservatives…
House conservatives are demanding a vote on an immigration proposal from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia, and argued that the Republican-controlled House should ignore any deal that could emerge from the current Senate debate…
Ryan has been careful to say that House Republicans would continue to work on a proposal separate from the Senate, and that he would move a proposal that President Donald Trump backed, and he reiterated that position Wednesday morning.”
-Deirdre Walsh, “House conservatives put Paul Ryan on notice over immigration bill,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Feb. 14, 2018 02:02pm