Source: ROLL CALL, 5/18/18


 The farm bill’s defeat Friday wasn’t the outcome House Republican leadership was expecting.  GOP leaders headed to the floor for the vote with an inconclusive whip count. They knew the vote would be close. But they felt fairly confident based on private conversations they had throughout the week that their commitment to hold a vote on immigration legislation in the coming weeks would sway enough Freedom Caucus members whose votes they needed.

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