News from The Hill: House conservatives push McConnell to gut filibuster

News from The Hill House conservatives push McConnell to gut filibuster By Cristina Marcos A growing number of House GOP conservatives are pressuring Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday to invoke the "nuclear option" and change the chamber's rules to pass a bill defunding President Obama's executive actions on immigration. Reps. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) and Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) said McConnell should change Senate rules so that the House-passed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill, which includes language to revoke Obama's immigration-related actions, can bypass a Democratic filibuster in the upper chamber.Read more here.