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Feeling the Heat: Paul Ryan Blames Sessions and Internet for Omnibus Muslim Migration ‘Hyperbole’

In a Tuesday morning interview with radio host Bill Bennett, House Speaker Paul Ryan implied that prominent conservative lawmakers have helped spread “misinformation” about his $1.1 trillion omnibus spending package–a bill which presumptive Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described as “a great victory for the principles Democrats stand for.”

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GOP Leaders Silent on Refugee Funding in Omnibus

Following GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s call for a temporary pause on Muslim migration, Congressional GOP leaders refused to say whether the omnibus bill would fund President Obama’s resettlement of Muslim refugees, and whether the omnibus would allow Obama to continue distributing the same large number of visas and green cards to Muslim migrants.