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We seek to have an agreement on immigration at that time and the other outstanding issues. if an agreement has not been. reached by february 8th we move to immigration. and that the senate deals with it as the senate should without relying on the white house or other bodies or chamber. s to dictate what we do here. deal with this issue as we have dealt with it in the past by debating. by amending legislation and by moving forward. that i yield the floor. >> we are waiting there to see if anybody else was going to speak up and make any comments.

Immediately proceed to consideration of legislation dealing with daca. >> mitch mcconnell jabbed at schumer for pursuing a strategy of shutting down the government for an unrelated issue. >> if we learned anything during this process, it's that a strategy to shut down the government over the issue of illegal immigration is something the american people didn't understand. speak of the bill includes a six-year health insurance extension for an estimated 9 million children. moderate democrat up for reelection this year called the shutdown for immigration a mistake. >> i wish we had never shut it ...

Isn't stepping up, doing the right thing. the fact that he's not part of the conversation to help move the ball forward and is instead attacking individual numbers of the president's staff shows the lengths they are going to blame people for their own failures. sick of the white house defended a tough new immigration add put out by the trump campaign. charges democrats who don't support border security measures will be complicit in crimes, and by illegal aliens. >> democrats who stand in our way we complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants. >> press secretary saying that the pr...

Would be helpful if the language were a little bit stronger because the level of tension is so high. but you have to remember that initially the majority leader was not talking about this issue. so he has moved. the republican leader has moved to accommodate the concerns that have been raised. and i think that democratic leader needs to give him credit for moving on the daca issue. but it would at the same time be helpful if senator mcconnell's language were stronger. >> senator collins, you had a side -- i think this is the same question. you both had side deals for mitch mcconnell for votes ...

Jello comment. i think it's important that the white house be very clear with us where they are. and i hope they can support something that comes out of the congress in a bipartisan manner. >> one question that keeps coming up as which tick through president trump's tweets on this topic or others is at what point do congressional republicans make or break from the president? and this seems to be a situation where, from a policy and agenda perspective, there actually could be a break. they could say, we're not going to listen to what you're going to do, mitch mcconnell could put this bill, you ...