WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA ¨C U.S. President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Thursday to overcome sharp internal divisions over immigration policy, a debate closely enmeshed with a deadline to fund the government that looms next week.
Congress needs to agree by Feb. 8 on another temporary spending bill. A failure to do that last month led to a three-day government shutdown, resolved in part by a promise by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to hold a vote on a plan to extend protections for young ¡°Dreamer¡± immigrants.
¡°We¡¯re going to have to compromise, unless we elect more Republicans,¡± Trump told lawmakers from his party at a countryside retreat, alluding to the party¡¯s need for support from some Democrats to pass major bills in the Senate, and to congressional elections in November.
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