GOP sets vote to expand visa requirements

Published December 3, 2015 4:18pm ET



House Republican leaders have announced a new legislative proposal aimed at boosting national security by changing the nation’s visa waiver program, and said the bill would get a vote by next week.

A counterterrorism task force made up of Republican committee chairman announced the bill on Thursday, and predicted it would pass with an overwhelming and bipartisan vote.

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