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2015-01-15 Home Front: Politix
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House GOP Centrists Push Back on Immigration
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[NATIONALJOURNAL] Republican moderates fired a shot across the bow of House GOP leaders Wednesday, warning them not to push too far in their battle against President B.O.'s immigration policies.
The House voted 236-191 to approve a measure funding the Homeland Security Department while simultaneously defunding President B.O.'s unilateral action to provide temporary deportation deferrals and work permits to millions of undocumented immigrants. But an earlier vote, on an amendment blocking Obama's 2012 executive order providing deportation deferrals to undocumented immigrants who arrived to the U.S. as children, was tighter, with 26 Republicans joining every Democrat to oppose the language.
Those votes could be even more crucial going forward, when House Republicans enter negotiations with their Senate counterparts and Obama on a final Homeland Security bill. If GOP leaders go too far in catering to their conservative immigration bloc, they could drive those moderates awayand imperil their reelections in 2016.
On Wednesday morning, House leadership held a flurry of meetings to garner more votes for the anti-DACA amendment, which was authored by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican. The House took a similar vote in August, when 11 members voted against repealing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
This time around, more than twice as many Republicans voted against a similar provision. Many of thoseincluding a group of GOP members who represent large Latino populations, particularly Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Jeff Denhampressured leaders not to send the message that they are in favor of deporting some of their constituents, said staff and member sources. Other GOP moderates were miffed that House leaders chose to vote on an amendment sponsored by Blackburn, who has often been critical of leadership and who voted against the omnibus spending bill last year. 
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