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Meet with senate democrats about it. all of this comes as the president is getting together today as well with a bipartisan group of governors and mayors from across the country to continue his push for a massive infrastructure deal. a lot going on. cnn's lauren fox is live on capitol hill. she's joining me now. lauren, what is in this new budget deal that they just announced? >> look, this is really the first step. democrats trying to cement the president's agenda items here. this broader package, this budget outline is expected to include other changes as well. it's not just traditional infr...

Leader said, we had historic achievements in 2017 that we want to build on. >> all of those comments with be debated. the republican leaders did mention 2018 and hope for bipartisan in this year and big immigration changes. but for a party facing a slim majority in the senate, the chance of losing the house, a president with really low approval ratings, there was little mention of how they will get all of this done. cnn's jeremy diamond is live in washington. jeremy, we didn't get too many specifics here. we did get an idea of what the gop's top priorities are for the next few months. >> that'...

Say when he was talking to his reporters just a short while ago. >> want to immediately work with congress on the diversity lottery program on terminating it, getting rid of it. we want people that are going to keep our country safe. we don't want lotteries where the wrong people are in the lotteries. and guess what, who are the suckers that get those people? >> now the president says he wants to change over to a merit based immigration system, that is, of course, the same immigration that policy adviser steven miller was talking about at the white house a couple of months ago. brooke, i've ta...

Of caucus in the senate. in the house, paul ryan was not a big immigration hawk, but he was talking about how he supportsupport ed building the border wall. >> pop-up the video while perry speaks. >> so that kind of idea is moving in the house, and it's in the appropriations bill, i do think the border wall could pass this year and that could lead to more immigration changes. >> it may be the issue here, that's what they're driving for, they want people to have to go on the record about this, they want republicans in conservative states to have a chance to go on the record on this and be for s...