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Immigration agenda. i think they put it out there because they figured, okay, we're holding a million or so d.r.e.a.m.ers hostage. they'll have no choice but to say yes. and what in fact happened is there was no hesitation to say no, and it started with the d.r.e.a.m.ers themselves, who i think at the end of the day have been the most sort of honorable, courageous patriots of the entire cast of characters that are having this debate that we're having right now. >> kirsten, i want you to react to what we saw from the white house as well and ask you also, we don't have much time for all of this ...

In the senate. there are majorities in both houses right now, if you went to the floor in both houses, you've got bipartisan majorities for a daca deal, border security, c.h.i.p., fund the government, why not do it? >> i think with all due respect, i think unless there's $18 billion of funding for securing the border, you're not going to get that bill through the house side. there's only 25 republican sponsors of mr. hurd's bill and it's a great start, but i have to have $18 billion of funding for border security for that bill to become realistic. >> but then, aren't you just saying that you'r...

You got a bipartisan daca deal in the senate. there are majorities in both houses right now, if you went to the floor in both houses, you've got bipartisan majorities for a daca deal, border security, c.h.i.p., fund the government, why not do it? >> i think with all due respect, i think unless there's $18 billion of funding for securing the border, you're not going to get that bill through the house side. there's only 25 republican sponsors of mr. hurd's bill and it's a great start, but i have to have $18 billion of funding for border security for that bill to become realistic. >> but then, ar...

They ate chinese food and had a chinese dinner, more border security and we can have, we do the dream act. but they keep changing the stakes. look, they're holding the d.r.e.a.m.ers hostage. we're ready to reciprocate and pay the ransom but they keep changing the terms. we want to go back to the original framework and say, we're willing to sit down in a bipartisan manner. >> it sounds like republicans may not be willing to do that. they've added in this chip stopgap measure which we continue for 9 million kids but congresswoman speier said that's not enough. in terms of congresswoman gutierrez...

Why he got such cold feet. maybe it was that this was the moment when so much opposition mounted, stephanie. if you remember, all of the groups that came out, business groups, the catholic bishops, two former presidents issued statements. it's possible that he just did not foresee the overwhelming negative response on this. but he is also in an impossible situation here. he's caught between his base and between the overwhelming public support, the majority support for maintaining this program. he wants congress to try and come up with some kind of solution, but he himself has also said that he...