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Aspects of the government without a continuing resolution, that is fortunate for many. truth tle, are a lot of republicans that want an agreement on daca. carlos cavelo of florida, and there are many working hard to come to an agreement. many of us embraced the durbin proposal. there are plenty of republicans that the vote for this. that speaker must allow the vote on the floor. >> the speaker is holding it up right now. look at this advertisement. you can hear t the trump campaign put out an ad...

And shouldnt that come before these other considerations which matter but arent as urgent? >> we think not. we do think border security is a very urgent situation. say that to the family of kate steinle. say that to other families -- >> say that to the family of jorge garcigarcia, who just wat him get thrown out. >> chris, lets be clear. a daca fix would not help jorge garcia. hes not a daca recipient. >> he missed it by one year. but you could make changes in the law where you consider these ki...

Thrown out. not a parking ticket on his record. >> hes above the age. >> he missed it by one year. you could make changes in the law and consider these. >> we could. that is not even addressed by the durbin proposal. lets be clear. as a matter of fact checking. >> hold on. katesteinly. that family had to live through. politicized as it was. losing katy. all understood. you have a pretty intentional effort to make legal immigrants as you call them, monsters. you put out this report today that fic...

The durbin proposal. there are bipartisan bills there that could pass and fortunately, with the president saying or not saying, we have no idea what he wants. we have no idea what mitch mcconnell wants to put on the floor and what speaker ryan wants to do and thats where the confusion is and thats why, were again, dealing with this issue and if republicans end up passing a cr, continuing resolution, that goes into effect february 16, theyll be faced with the same issue again in one month and if ...

Support for an immigration deal to pass it. once you have the house and you have speaker ryan saying he wont take up a bill that trump doesnt support. any deal watered down enough to have survived the senate is likely to be dead on arrival at the house. congress is trying to thread a needle here it is hard to see one that could satisfy both chambers. >> julie: point out a problem with the rounds, king, collins proposal and the durbin proposal. >> the one yesterday was to the left of the durbin p...

Deal on this issue. theres the graham/durbin proposal. its pretty good. it deals with family reunification. it deals with a number of issues that many of my republican colleagues have expressed concerns over. its a very good start. youve also heard about the goodlatte proposal. i believe that this d.r.e.a.m.er proposal should be tied to the budget agreement. that should be forge coming any time -- >> why. >> not for the continuing resolution -- >> not to the one this friday, not this fridays dea...

Graham and durbin brought you. >> reporter: thats right. its really unclear what hes hoping to accomplish today but youve got to keep in mind that all along a lot of democrats had said that the person standing in the way of a deal at the white house has been stephen miller, but we know that john kelly has been tasked with this immigration deal. as you mentioned, he was one of the voices saying to the president last week, this is not a good deal for you and asking him to reject the graham/durbin ...