Paul Ryan announces two immigration votes, halts rogue effort to force DACA issue
Author: Eliza Collins, USA TODAY
Published: 4:53 PM EDT May 21, 2018
Updated: 1:44 AM EDT June 13, 2018
WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul Ryan announced Tuesday night the House will consider two immigration bills next week to halt a bipartisan effort designed to force a series of votes on the divisive issue.
In this May 16, 2018 file photo, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., talks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
J. Scott Applewhite, AP
It is the first time the House will take up legislation to protect undocumented immigrants that came to the U.S. as children, known as DREAMers.
Ryan's announcement means GOP leadership has avoided an embarrassing defeat by rogue moderates of their party and every House Democrat. On Tuesday, the bipartisan group was just two signatures away from putting into a play a rare maneuver — known as a discharge petition — to go around the speaker and bring legislation to the floor
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