House Republicans failed to pass their own bill to address the border crisis Thursday as efforts to build support among conservative members collapsed. Unable to shore up enough votes, House Speaker John Boehner pulled the doomed legislation, which would have provided $659 million in emergency aid to the U.S. border. Lawmakers are now poised to leave Capitol Hill for a five-week recess without passing any funding relief for the southwestern border, where a flood of some 57,000 unaccompanied minors have been apprehended since October, straining immigration resources and facilities beyond capacity.
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