Freedom Caucus Could Force Vote on Goodlatte Bill to Derail Amnesty Petition
Published:
Thu, May 17th 2018 @ 12:16 pm EDT
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said on Tuesday that he and the Freedom Caucus are considering leveraging their votes for the upcoming farm bill in an effort to block an amnesty Discharge Petition to force a vote on Rep. Jeff Denham's (R-Calif.) H.Res. 774. He said that their group will likely pressure GOP House leadership to vote on Rep Bob Goodlatte's (R-Va.) H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act.
Rep. Meadows reminded GOP House leadership of their promise to vote on H.R. 4760 in exchange for support from the Caucus on a government spending bill last year. He went on to say that he'd like to see a vote on H.R. 4760 by next week and implied that the Caucus would be willing to throw off the farm bill if needed.
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