ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representative still plan to bring an immigration bill up for a vote next week, despite President Donald Trump’s urgings on Friday [6-22-18] to drop the effort until after November’s elections…Trump, faced with a public outcry over his policy that separated children from their migrant parents at the U.S. border with Mexico, had urged Congress to take up immigration legislation to permanently prevent family separations. But, in a series of Twitter posts early on Friday, he said House Republicans should drop efforts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation until after the November elections…Despite Republican control of both the House and the Senate, the party’s slim 51-49 majority in the latter chamber makes some Democratic support necessary for most legislation to become law.”
-Richard Cowan, “Republicans aim to debate immigration bill next week, ignoring Trump plea,” Reuters, June 22, 2018 9:32 am