Article snippet: Speaker MORE (R-Wis.) sought to put down a revolt from pro-immigration Republicans on Thursday, insisting he wants to bring a bipartisan immigration bill to the House floor before the crucial midterm elections. But the Speaker reiterated that the immigration legislation would need to get MORE’s endorsement first — a tall order given the inability of Trump and Democrats to agree on an immigration compromise. “I’d like to. I want to have — I want to fix this problem, so I would like to have an immigration vote before the midterms. But I want to have a vote on something that could make it into law. I don’t want to have show ponies,” Ryan told reporters at his weekly news conference. “I want to have actual law and that means the White House has to be a part of this and it’s got to be a bill the president can sign,” Ryan added. Ryan dismissed the discharge petition backed by the centrist Republicans, which GOP leaders argue would simply give power to Democrats by allowing the to team up with a minority of Republicans to pass a bill on the House floor. “We never want to turn the floor over to the minority. What I don’t want to do is have a process that just ends up with a veto,” Ryan said. “Going down a path and having some sort of spectacle on the floor that just results in a [presidential] veto doesn’t solve the problem. We actually would like to solve this problem,” he added. Ryan’s comments are unlikely to dissuade the centrists pushing the discharge petition. So ... Link to the full article to read more