Against 2016 backdrop, Senate to vote on Syrian refugees

CNN: Senate Democrats blocked consideration of a Republican bill on Wednesday that would have curbed the flow of Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the United States in order to prevent terrorists from slipping in.

In exchange for taking up the bill, Democrats wanted votes on amendments, including one that would have forced GOP senators to go on-the-record on Donald Trump's controversial plan to temporarily ban all Muslims from entering the U.S.

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