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Vote on immigration and in particular protection for the d.r.e.a.m.ers comes up before the next continuing resolution deadline set for february 8th. regardless of the back and forth with republicans and democrats on capitol hill, there is a stark reality for the hundreds and thousands of federal workers. they don't have to go to work today. that means they will lose a paycheck for today because the government remains shutdown. many waiting on edge to see whether or not mcconnell and chuck schumer can set aside differences and cast a vote to reopen the federal government. we will see what happe...

Democrats. they believe the white house has not done enough to strike a deal. >> senator, you really think you can come up with agreement by the 8th? >> i don't know. i hope we can, but i am doubting it. it relies on the white house to actually work with us on this and we have not seen that yet. >> the white house staff, i think, is making it very difficult. i talked with the president. his heart is right on the issue. i think he has a good understanding of what will sell and every time we have a proposal it is yanked back by staff members. as long as stephen miller is in charge of negotiating...

We're going nowhere. >> pointed words there. the white house using the senator's own words to defend miller and attack graham, saying, quote, as long as senator graham uses it to support legislation that sides with people in this country illegally, we're going nowhere. >> overnight the white house kept the pressure off. quote, democrats can't shut down the booming trump economy. so they shut down the government instead. the president's position is clear. we will not negotiate on the status of unlawful immigrants while the democrats hold our government and our military hostage. >> earlier presi...