GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Speaker Paul Ryan’s carefully crafted immigration bill appears headed toward defeat after tensions boiled over in the House ahead of Thursday’s [6-21-18] vote. In a rare dispute on the House floor Wednesday [6-20-18], Ryan and House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows argued loudly with each other over what exactly was going to see a vote. At one point, looking down his glasses, Meadows angrily gestured at Ryan. Meadows later told reporters that Ryan was putting the wrong version of a conservative bill up for a vote and that there were two other provisions that were left out of the leadership-backed ‘compromise’ legislation he’d helped negotiate with moderate Republicans. The public spat is the latest sign of how much trouble the GOP’s immigration push is in. But both the ‘compromise’ bill and the more conservative plan were likely to fail even before the heated exchange between Ryan and Meadows. Republican leaders met late Wednesday after the dispute and vowed to move forward with the votes Thursday.”
-Rachael Bade, Heather Caygle and John Breshnahan, “GOP immigration bills on brink of collapse,” Politico, June 20, 2018 6:42 pm