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Article snippet: Republican centrists will have to show their cards on immigration cards Tuesday after a month of gamesmanship within the House Republican Conference.If the centrists demanding votes on legislation to protect “Dreamers,” who came to the country illegally as children, can get 218 signatures on their petition, it will force a vote this month that Republican leaders have sought to avoid.If they do not, they’ll miss a deadline, punting the issue to July and taking their foot off the accelerator.The moderates will begin the day three signatures shy of 218, but they insist they have the support to reach the threshold.The question is whether the handful of GOP lawmakers who have remained open to signing on will actually do so — or whether they will back off to allow more time for negotiations.The pragmatic approach, preserving a unified GOP front ahead of a difficult midterm election, has its advocates. And GOP leaders have taken steps to try to cool enthusiasm for the discharge petition — which represents a clear challenge to leadership.Rep. MORE (R-Iowa).“I guess it’s their decision — it’s their leadership PAC — but is it going to make the conservatives in America happy?”King’s contention is that all the proposed bills so far allow different groups of immigrants a path to legal status, whether said immigrants were in the country legally or not.“And this whole march down here towards amnesty is going to insult the base. Whenever they figure this out, the base is going t... Link to the full article to read more