ROLL CALL: House Democrats to Try and Force Floor Vote on Immigration Overhaul. “They’ll need to get 218 signatures on the petition in order to compel GOP leadership to bring up their legislation, which mirrors the Senate-passed immigration bill, except for some tweaks in the border security language. The likelihood of that outcome is approximately zero: Even the few House Republicans who have broken with their leaders to sign on as co-sponsors to the House bill are not expected to embrace a procedural tactic that would embarrass the majority party.”

It’s smart of the GOP to resist this, but it’s also smart of the Dems to try it. If the bill passed, a lot of GOP voters would stay home in November.