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Article snippet: House GOP leaders plan to move forward with a compromise immigration bill next week despite a Friday morning tweet from MORE saying he thinks Republicans should hold off on immigration until after the midterm elections. Trump said Republicans should "stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November," dealing a setback to lawmakers who were looking to get the president's support before casting their vote. House Majority Leader MORE (R-Va.) — will come to the floor before lawmakers leave for their July 4 recess. "We have been working very closely with the entire conference taking all ideas in," McCarthy said Friday on the House floor. "We had a very productive conference last night, and we'll work through the weekend and will see that bill on the floor next week." Changes to the legislation are expected to be made over the weekend. The measure was initially supposed to get a vote on Thursday and was then pushed back to Friday. It was delayed further after a conference meeting Thursday evening, when leadership said it would be postponed to the following week. House Majority Whip Scalise's comments come a day after a conservative-backed immigration bill failed in a 193-231 vote. Democrats say Republican leaders haven't made an effort to bring up bipartisan legislation that could potentially make it to the president's desk, while McCarthy said Democrats were only open to supporting the discharge petition int... Link to the full article to read more