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Article snippet: House GOP leaders will push ahead with a vote Wednesday on their compromise immigration bill, making one last effort to pass the measure even as key lawmakers express pessimism they have any shot of success. Lead negotiators took the weekend to make changes to the bill in an effort to secure 218 Republican votes. But even the revised measure is expected to fall short. The GOP does now appear to have a Plan B, however. Meadows predicted a slimmed-down measure dealing just with the issue of preventing immigrant families from being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border is likely to be voted on this week if the broader bill goes down. “I would think that if it doesn’t pass ... you’ll see a follow-up piece of legislation within days,” he said. Members of GOP leadership conceded that they will likely need to pass a smaller bill to address family separations before they leave for the Fourth of July recess — even with an executive order from MORE ending the practice. Many congressional offices have received a barrage of phone calls and messages from constituents deeply concerned about the issue. “Why would we go back without trying to fix it?” Rep. MORE (R-Texas), chairman of the House Rules Committee, told The Hill. Speaker MORE (R-Va.) that the House rejected last week in a 193-231 vote. But the compromise legislation — the product of weeks of negotiations between GOP conservatives and moderates — has struggled to attract enough support from Republicans. Trump complicat... Link to the full article to read more