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Ultimately voted yes on the spending bill. one did not, montana senator jon tester. >> i didnt vote for this. its a bad deal for montana. its never been about daca for me. its about making sure we have a budget that doesnt go a month at a time. >> outside groups helping to energize a base are also steamed. moveon.org says "this is a bad come out rages deal. trump and republicans in congress stood with their anti-immigrant nativist based. many democrats backed down. abandoned dreamers and failed ...

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Temporary extension. as one conservative member put it, that is one of the only tools they have left to get this done in the remaining days. its not immediately clear that a daca deal has gone away either as much as the daca deal appears to be looking like it has prospects for the 19th. the president made a surprise appearance at a panel event on opioids and healthcare. he said he saw -- he talked about the economy and other issues. he did see a deal at some point on immigration and on the daca ...

Ultimately, this deal with daca is one that most people support. many in the main stream. so this isnt just such an easy issue to run away from. we have no idea what the convictions are. so thats another thing that we learned. >> this the gang of six is the group working on the deal. good to see you. >> first question, theres going to be a vote one way or another on immigration in the senate. does the gang of six framework have 60 votes? >> the framework is set by the president. he wants to talk...

One group working towards a final solution, its splintered into multiples. without some agreement or resolution on the daca issue, democrats say theyre not willing to move forward on the spending bill. theres concern about whether or not the authorization for the childrens health insurance program will go through. if these issues arent all wrapped up by january 19th, that deadline, theres a possibility, and right now, according to people in both parties, a very real possibility, of a government ...

Something the president has committed to do. we dont want to do that without the other three components. it is like having a stool with two legs. >> to hear senator lindsey graham, the problem with reaching a deal on daca can be pinned to the presidents staff, in particular john kelly and stephen miller. both are hawks on immigration and shot down the deal graham and senator dick durbin brought the president. graham was sharp on miller. >> the reason we yanked these things back is because mr. mi...

To do today and we fail. i think the difference is their mission creep ended up in an effort that became too comprehensive and so today my encouragement for all of us is to do what dick has been trying to do and talked about repealing. to limit the scope of this. i like the idea that both sides have pressure to solve the daca issue. but i think a bigger issue here is not just the daca issue, but what can we do to start the path to the steps that solve this immigration problem. for several reason...

But they are not willing to accept that date up until this point. well see if they changed their position and see if they backed off demand to insist that a bill be passed before february 8th dead line. we dont know that yet. thats going to be a key question whether theres an agreement on that february 8th dead line about moving on immigration and if they are saying lets reopen the government and have these discussions separately and worry about these issue others over the next few weeks. we don...

Divide before hundreds of thousands of young people face forced deportation? joining me now, nbc correspondent peter alexander at the white house and national political reporter jonathan swann here with me. peter, i believe the pool is still in with the president, and the lawmakers have been talking for a while, so we dont know whats coming out of that yet. but there is a big divide between both sides. were talking about a smaller immigration deal, but bottom line, the democrats and the republic...

Table from the beginning, from the government and debate immigration is a separate issue. >> the president waited in a statement saying "im pleased democrats in congress have come to their senses and are not willing to fund our great military. border patrol, first responders and insurance for vulnerable children." the white house kurtzs focus back to forging a deal on the so-called dreamers. white house sources say they had been making progress in negotiations. democrats moving on wall funding, ...