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STUNNER: House GOP Votes Down Own Bill To Avert Shutdown [View all]
Source: TPM
WASHINGTON — In a huge embarrassment for Republican leaders, the GOP House voted down their bill Friday to avert a Homeland Security shutdown hours before the deadline.
The House GOP plan was to pass a three-week stopgap bill to delay the immigration fight with President Barack Obama until March 19.
But even that failed to pass, losing conservatives who considered it too much of a surrender as well as Democrats who demanded a yearlong DHS funding bill.
The vote was 203-224. Fifty-two Republicans voted against it, while just 12 Democrats voted for it.
The House GOP plan was to pass a three-week stopgap bill to delay the immigration fight with President Barack Obama until March 19.
But even that failed to pass, losing conservatives who considered it too much of a surrender as well as Democrats who demanded a yearlong DHS funding bill.
The vote was 203-224. Fifty-two Republicans voted against it, while just 12 Democrats voted for it.
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