A bill put together by House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., that he hopes will be a compromise on immigration reform for both moderates and conservative Republicans appears to have won approval of key negotiators.

Reps. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said they back the Ryan plan, even though they have authored a more conservative immigration reform proposal that House lawmakers are supposed to vote on this month.

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