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House votes to block Obama's immigration actions - but exposes new GOP divisions

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Launching a fresh attack on President Obama's immigration policies, the House voted 236 to 191 Wednesday to block immigration actions he took last year, passing the bill after adding a series of amendments gutting most of his immigration policy.

But the votes exposed the new political contours of the expanded Republican majority. Ten Republicans, mostly from suburban swing districts, voted against the final bill after 26 had voted against a proposal to end Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects hundreds of thousands of "dreamers." The children have been the emotional centerpiece of the year

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