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Lawmakers continue to work toward a possible solution. mike mccaul says the hard work continues now more than ever. >> i would urge the president to continue to support the four pillars idea. that is my border security bill. going to a merit-based system and providing for a rational daca fix. that was rejected. as you mentioned the conservative bill that bob goodlatte and i sponsored. got ejected. i did talk to the white house yesterday. they say the president still 100% behind us. >> kevin: but...

November. so will the house still vote on your bill this weekend how much damage has president trump, stop wasting your time tweet, done to the chances for passage? >> i would urge the president to continue to support the four pillars idea. thats my border security bill. going to a merit-based system and provided for a rational daca fix. the more conservative bill got rejected but i did talk to the white house yesterday. they said the president is the 100 percent behind this. moving forward, whe...

Republicans control the house. it was republicans who failed to pass the more conservative bill this week. its republicans who could cash your bill next week without a single democratic vote. you could lose 20 republican votes and still pass the bill. for all the presidents talk about democrats, if you fail to pass the bill, isnt that on republicans? >> the fact is every democrat voted against the bill, a rational daca fix. theyve been talking about daca for a year now we had a bill on the floor...

To shift the blame for the border crisis that he created on to congress. then on friday he threw a wrench in that process telling republicans they should stop, quote, wasting their time on immigration until the midterms. two bills have been brewing in the house, the more conservative bill failed, the other a so-called compromise bill meaning a compromise between hard line and more moderate republicans with no input from democrats is set to get a vote next week. the bill among many things ends fa...

Their side of the aisle, and theres probably about six to ten republicans in the house or republican conference who wont vote for any immigration bill because they are afraid they would be portrayed as voting for "amnesty," that is the problem. no bill yet. >> shannon: the so-called bob ge bill, the conservative bill, dit make it today. >> 193 votes with that kind of shocked me. the handicappers on capitol hill thought it would get 165, 170. he got a lot more and some of that is because your peo...

This point. >> okay. it is really interesting, abby, you have republicans who dont want to be tethered to the word amnesty, but you have an issue that could hurt the party as a whole. what do they do here? how could they possibly soften, change or nuance the language in order to have something palatable for all sides and that will heal the split? >> that is the big question, the party is split. two bills being proposed in the house. i think the president needs to be clear about what he wants. fi...

Senate, again, schumer came out and said no to that. so theyre obstructing every single piece along the way. all you can conclude is the democrats want a talking point in november. they dont want to help the kids. >> you think all democrats dont want to have kids, every single democrat, a lot of republicans would take issue with that statement, but two points. one, republicans cant even get on the same page on this. you oppose the compromise bill, the ryan bill. you support the goodlatte bill, t...

Entyvio. relief and remission within reach. i think at this point the more conservative bill to get to 218. it is up in the air whether the more moderate bill gets to 218. if i were to have to handicap it i would say no it is not. >> that was the chairman of the house freedom caucus republican mark meadows sounding very mesmme pessimistic today. the democratic side we are watching this podium because any minute house minority leader

So i actually think were advancing the cause even if something doesnt necessarily pass. i think these are the seeds that will be plants for an ultimate solution, whether they get through today or tomorrow or the day of that. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was house speaker paul ryan trying to lower expectations as his party faced another test of whether they can actually govern. the house was supposed to vote on two competing immigration bills to address the favorite daca recipients and kee...

Im julie banderas in for dana today. there is mounting pressure on the white house to stop separating children from their parents a it the mexican border. they have yet to commit to the immigration bill. the homeland security secretary heads to capitol hill and we are tracking the breaking news to washington. we are hearing from a republican. hoping his more conservative bill will still be considered. ill see you at the top of the hour. >> melissa: fox news alert for you. any moment president tr...