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 After two dela stanley us ys, the GOP compromise bill has failed in the house amid ongoing speculation on Capitol Hill that the measure would not pass. The Border Security and Immigration Reform Act, negotiated by both moderates and conservatives amid pressure for Congress to finally provide a legislative fix to the country s immigration problems, failed by a large margin of 121   stanley water bottle yes  votes to 301  no  votes on Wednesday.The measure aimed to create a new merit-based visa program, appropriate $25 billion for border security, and sought to end family separation at the border by allowing children to remain in DHS custody for longer than 20 days and mandating that their parents be held in DHS custody rather than DOJ custody if they are being prosecuted for border crossing. It also allocated money for family detention centers.House leaders had twice delayed a vote on the bill, which was initially set for last Thursday. While Republicans sought to gain more support for the bill this past week, President Trump never publicly expressed his support of the measure until Wednesday, despite pressuring members to throw their support behind it in closed-door meetings.                                        Last week he even tweeted urging the House to  stop wasting their time  on an immigration bill until after the midterm elections.     stanley cups HOUSE REPUBLICANS SHOULD PASS THE STRONG BUT FAIR IMMIGRATION BILL, KNOWN AS GOODLATTE II, IN THEIR AFTERNOON VOTE TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THE DEMS WONrsquo;T LET IT PASS  Jwdb Obama to propose corporate tax rate cut
 This story was written by Chintan Desai, The California AggieAs Senator Barack Obama  D-IL stanley tazas   continues to enjoy a surge of momentum generated by 11 consecutive primary and caucus election victories over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton  D-NY , questions persist over the role Democratic superdelegates will play in determining the party s eventual nominee.The approximately 796 unpledged party leaders and elected official delegates  PLEO delegates , who are free to cast their own votes at the Democratic National Convention in August, could play the role of tiebreaker if neither Obama nor Clinton emerges carrying the magic number of 2,025 pledged delegates. Currently, Clinton leads Obama in the superdelegate count, 241-181, according to a recent Associated Press survey.UC Davis professor emeritus of political science Edmond Costantini said he has never seen a Democratic nominating contest marked by such pronounced deadlock.                                         My offhand recollection is [the superdelegates] have never been decisive,  he said.There has never been a scenario in which a candidate was pushed to the nomination on the strength of superdelegate support alone, he added.        The superdelegate rule was established stanley cup  following the 1980 election in which there was a perception among party leaders that they had largely been left out of deciding the Democratic presidential ticket. This was after changes had been made to allow greater public participation -- a respon stanley vaso se to previo