House Republicans short of votes to pass immigration bill: lawmaker

Thomson Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have not yet rounded up the votes needed to pass immigration legislation they plan to take up later on Thursday, a member of the House Republican leadership said.

"Well, we're working with our members. Obviously we have to get 218 votes, and we're working hard to get there," Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the head of the House Republican Conference, told Fox News Channel.

"We're not there yet, but we're working on it," she said.

(Reporting by Tim Ahmann; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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