Truncated Title. Full Title: GOP Rep.: GOP Leadership Failed to Negotiate Syrian Refugee Screening in Omnibus Bill, Called it a ‘Non-Starter’ for Dems President Obama is intent on admitting thousands of refugees from terrorist hotspots to the U.S. but House Republicans failed to negotiate screening protections for the influx in last year’s omnibus spending bill, according to Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX). “They promised me that they were going to have it in there and that they would fight for it and when it didn’t get in there I asked them, they said it was a non-starter with the Democrats,” Babin...