Since the terrorist attacks in Paris last week, Republicans and Democrats have been loudly fighting over the president’s plan to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees – with the House on Thursday strongly passing a bill, 289 to 137, to essentially pause the plan, defying the president’s veto threat. Despite a strong push from the White House, 47 House Democrats sided with Republicans, adding extra layers of scrutiny to a vetting process for Syrian and Iraqi refugees. That's enough to override a veto, although Senate Democrats say they’ll never let it get that far. But even as the parties jousted over vetting of refugees, a more bipartisan approach about a far greater concern began to take...
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