Speaker Paul Ryan has dismissed an effort by a group of House Republicans to go around the normal legislative process and force floor votes on a pack of immigration proposals.

1. A GOP effort to gain immigration votes
Speaker Paul Ryan has dismissed an effort by a group of House Republicans to go
around the normal legislative process and force floor votes on a pack of
immigration proposals.
“We never want to turn the floor over to the minority. What I don’t want to do is
have a process that just ends up with a veto,” Ryan said at his weekly news
conference, after being asked about the discharge petition — a maneuver that can
be used to force votes on the House floor.
A small group of centrist Republicans filed a discharge petition on May 9, 2018
that would trigger a series of floor votes on different immigration proposals if 218
lawmakers sign on. If every Democrat gets onboard, 25 Republicans would have to
defy GOP leadership to force a floor debate. As of the afternoon of May 10, 2018,
18 Republicans had signed on.
The Wisconsin Republican said that Republicans want to solve the DACA problem
and find a bill that can garner 218 votes. He said that the bill would need to be
bipartisan, but emphasized that it must be one that President Donald Trump would
sign.
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