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Moderate Republicans pitch DACA fix but are short on votes

By David Weigel and Ed O’Keefe, The Washington Post
Published: September 1, 2017, 10:00am

WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump considers ending an Obama-era program that allows immigrants brought to America as children to obtain legal status, a small number of congressional Republicans are pitching a “conservative Dream Act” as a fail-safe. But it’s far from clear that Republicans could wrangle the votes to pass that bill in the House – or where it might fit in a crowded September session already thrown off by Hurricane Harvey.

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