A prominent Senate Republican issued a blunt warning Wednesday about the prospects of getting proposed immigration reform legislation through both chambers of Congress.    

They seize on the projections of illegal immigration under the Senate Gang of Eight bill.

He criticizes the bill for what he sees as a failure to balance Democratic and Republican proposals.

The divergent views on the immigration bill of Texas' 26 Republicans on Capitol Hill are providing an unusually vivid illustration of the challenge GOP leaders face in trying to corral unified support for the measure.

House votes to cut food stamps by $2 billion Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 4:28 pm, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 The chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment to the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm legislation that would have maintained current spending on food stamps, now called the Supplemental ...