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And i won't win all the time, the democrats won't win all the time but something will come out and the things is, is the daca issue has been held hostage to people on the left who want their perfect immigration bill or nothing and people on the right who want nothing. and so really, i'd say let's vote on it. put it forward and vote on it. the impasse could end today if republicans would promise just to have a week of immigration votes, have a conclusion, let us all put forward amendments. the american people would like to see us hash out our differences through amendments and votes. >> i know ...

To call the president, can, they know that. he works the phones himself. erin, we still don't understand why democrats who support each individual piece in the continues resolution don't support the continuing resolution. you now have democrats against s chip. you now have democrats against border patrol agents because they want to resolve people who came across the same border illegally. this president has said he has committed to resolving the daca issue. i know many people do not expect him to do that. >> for them but insist that a d.r.e.a.mer, a daca solution be part of this? there is no w...

Spending levels. the democrats have wanted a commitment to get those into law. some way to get it under the president's desk. it's unclear how mitch mcconnell made that xhicommitment in this meeting, but in a sign that things are not going particularly well, senator john cornyn, the senator majority whip, just emerge fd from his office and spoke to reporters about the idea of having a vote on the daca issue before february 8th, which is the time frame for when this proposed stopgap measure would expire. he said it's quote, ridiculous, to consider a stopgap, consider a vote on the daca issue by...

The government. i was opposed to the shutdown in 2013, i'm a republican and was opposed to the shutdown when barack obama was president and i was one of those who opened up the government, and i certainly don't favor a shutdown now that donald trump is president. i don't think this should be a blame game. i think that we should work in a bipartisan capacity to move the nation forward and, certainly, to open up the government. >> well, talk to me about your thoughts on the president's involvement or lack thereof, however you see it, with regards to these negotiations and getting out of a shutdo...

A crisis to meet with these dreamers, you heard secretary nilsson admit she's never met a dreamer, i would think they'd have their minds open, if they met with one of these people impacted by the threats donald trump is making. >> scott, you want to respont to that? >> i share brian's passion on fixing the issue on daca. >> they deserve legal certainty. virtually every republican i know agrees with that, i don't think there's broad consensus in the congress and the white house right now over what that legislative package is going to look like. what we do have consensus on is the chip program, ...