Search the Roll Call archive by keyword, date, Congress, section, or tags.
By David Hawkings and Thomas McKinless</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> <p class="p1">Congress is continuing its debate on immigration this week during an ongoing furor over the Trump administration’s family
</p> “We want to keep families together.
</p> Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Wednesday morning said he the odds of both chambers being able to get a bill to the president’s desk are “just about zero.”
</p> Watch: Immigration Policy Separating Families Envelops Hill</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Key is active with the Martin County Democratic Party and volunteers with the local Planned Parenthood, a friend
</p> ICYMI: At the Table — Sen.
</p> The administration will start phasing in implementation of the rule on Sept. 1 and continue through 2019.
</p> Immigration, Immigration, Immigration: Talk of the Policy Separating Families Envelops Hill</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Humans, not insects Trump himself Tuesday resorted to the demagoguery of those
</p> Watch: Can a Felon Make a Congressional Comeback?
</p> The failed May 18 vote marked the second time in five years that a farm bill ran into obstacles in the House.
</p>Leadership The White House and conservatives have started calling the compromise bill the “the leadership’s bill” and “the speaker’s bill,” respectively, in an apparent effort to avoid taking ownership
</p><p class="p2">The former would, among other things, reduce family separation. And lawmakers are expected to add language to the Goodlatte bill to address the issue.
</p> The Louisiana Republican said his whip team wiould count votes on the compromise bill Tuesday night: “It’s probably got a better chance of passing. And I support both bills.”
</p> Last year, Nelson and Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton offered an amendment to the Senate’s version of the defense authorization bill that would prohibit Space Corps from being funded.
</p> [5 Things to Watch in House Immigration Debate This Week]</p> To that end, Trump signaled he wants Congress to send him a bill to address existing law and the court ruling that would allow his administration
</p> Arizona Sen. John Boozman and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy also signed the letter to Sessions urging the reversal of the family separation policy.</p> Rep.
Bill Nelson, broke with the Trump administration’s policy, saying “Let me be clear — I do not favor separating families.
</p> Separately, just before Flake’s move, some Senate Republicans aired concerns to McConnell about not holding floor votes on amendments to the fiscal 2019 defense authorization bill.
</p> The Feinstein measure has the unanimous support of the Senate Democratic Conference.</p> Patrick Morrisey, the West Virginia attorney general who is running against Sen.
</p> As in previous House GOP budgets, nondefense discretionary would take a hit.
</p> Watch: Farm Bill Defeat Leads to Confusion on the House Floor</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> The farm bill would have required able-bodied adults who don’t have children under age 6 to work or participate