Immigration

How the GOP’s pragmatists saved the border bill

By David M. Drucker
Published August 2, 2014 12:47am ET
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How the GOP’s pragmatists saved the border bill
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash.: “Perhaps our experience over the last year and a half influenced a decision to stick it out a little bit longer." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

House Republicans decided that the tail had wagged the dog long enough.

During a special closed-door meeting July 25, resistance to legislation to address the border crisis from House Republicans’ insurgent wing threatened to paralyze the conference and kill their bill.

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