WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House labored Thursday to keep Democrats from joining an embarrassing rebuke of President Barack Obama as House Republicans pushed legislation toward approval that would erect fresh hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi refugees trying to enter the U.S. Obama promised a veto, but his top aides struggled to limit Democratic defections as last week's attacks in Paris showed signs of splintering the lame duck president's party. The White House rushed chief of staff Denis McDonough and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to the Capitol early Thursday in an attempt to win over House Democrats. Democratic aides said Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., had a forceful exchange...
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