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Policy, but cnn had a poll out today asking people which is more important, to avoid a government shutdown or get a deal to make daca permanent. 56% said they thought avoiding a shutdown was more important. only 34% prioritized daca. so the question just is is a daca fix popular? it is definitely popular, which is part of why you had republicans on the senate floor protesting they, too, wanted to do a daca fix so we shouldn't shut down the government so we agreed we're all going to do this and we should do this, but i think there is it an issue where the democrats can take a policy where the m...

So i think this is politically hazardous for democrats in a way you don't see by looking at the top line numbers when you poll people on whether they want a daca fix. >> good point. maria, is there a danger that people who otherwise support a path to citizenship for d.r.e.a.m.ers say, i don't know if you should have shut the government down over it. >> i think a lot of folks are. i think that is the risk that schumer takes. i have to say it was a lot of massaging because it took a long time for schumer to get to this point. i think the challenge, though, for the democrats is the people who are...

Like they did a week ago and go back to the compromise he suggested when he first met with the centrists, dick durbin and lindsey graham. >> is there going to be a daca fix, something that will allow the d.r.e.a.m.ers once and for all to have permanent legal status here in the united states? they were brought here as little kids illegally, but they've grown up here in the united states. will there be a daca fix that will eventually result down the road and their ability to become u.s. citizens? >> more than 8 in 10 americans want to see that be. when more than 8 in 10 americans wants something...

Clear they don't plan to cross the aisle to help republicans pass a short term budget. >> the president has said that he wants a daca fix. members in both parties and congress have said they want a daca fix and here we are with a government shutdown looming and a daca fix is nowhere in sight. we'll keep pressing today for congress to take the right action and to come up with a daca fix. because we can't wait any longer. >> if progress can't be made on a month-long budget to fund the government there is no talk about a four or five day long budget. there would have to be major progress on daca ...

Sort of a daca fix. but do they favor shutting down the government over that? >> they certainly do not. and it really is regrettable that the democrats are willing to shut down the government, which means not just saying no to president trump, but saying no to our military, saying no to longer term extension of the children's health programs. saying no to federal workers getting their paychecks. look at the paycheck president just yesterday in pennsylvania, bringing ken onto the stage and talking about the raises, the bonuses. millions of americans now are literally receiving. the same people ...