CNN-Immigration anger fuels House vote
By Deirdre Walsh, CNN
updated 11:22 PM EST, Thu December 4, 2014
Washington (CNN) -- A week before a possible government shutdown, the House of Representatives spent time on a Republican bill that doesn't fund any federal agencies, and even its supporters admit is already dead on arrival in the Democratic-led Senate.
House Republican leaders are still building support for their spending bill, and are eying a vote next week -- potentially Dec. 11, the same day as the deadline when agencies run out of funds. But as time is running out to avoid a potential crisis, the House voted Thursday to back a measure that's designed to let GOP opponents of President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration vent their frustrations.
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The "Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act" was drafted by Florida Republican Rep. Ted Yoho. It states that the executive branch of government does not have the authority to stop deportations of certain categories of undocumented workers in the United States. It cleared the House in a 219-197 vote that was almost entirely along party lines.
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