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Us here to the 11th hour. ted cruz spotted on a one-on-one chat. no dr. seuss readings here, we presume. the night begins more friendly than tense. for now, the chamber divided. democrats deep in conversation while republicans, jon cornyn and tom cotton, having their own pensive powwow. republican pat roberts makes a swiping motion to lisa murkowski, all while mcconnell, obviously, eager for a vote. what's this? a bipartisan crossover, republicans jeff flake and ben sasse pay a quick visit to schumer while bernie sanders packing a punch with his message. >> are there any sanders in the chamber...

Threatens to upend. >> we're not going to support a wall across america. >> reporter: with senate majority whip jon cornyn accusing democrats of holding the budget deal hostage. and the long and broad republican policy wish list released by the white house last week has made chances for a deal harder. senator jeff flake telling cnn he's prepared to tell the president at today's meeting that the d.r.e.a.m.ers deal needs to be narrowly focused in order to reach an agreement. >> the inflection point where we get some things doesn't or we don't. >> reporter: negotiations are under way on capitol h...

Police. when they refused, five of them were zip-tied and arrested and taken to jail. ♪ this little light of mine they kept singing when they were loaded into police vans. that was tonight in lewiston, maine. senator collins faced pressure as this state made a push through congress. in bitterford her constituents never made it through the front door. they held a rally on the ice in 20 degree weather because the senator's staff apparently locked the office when they showed up. they left this note, "you left us in the cold." and they all signed their names. in was in texas outside senator jon ...

At the same time you have president trump meeting with senate republicans during their weekly lunch, eager, trying to push before that vote, trying to get some kind of legislative accomplishment before the end of the year. >> i think the tax bill is doing very well and i think the republicans will be very proud of it. >> reporter: president trump heading to capitol hill today to shore up support for the senate tax plan as senate majority whip jon cornyn says they don't yet have enough votes to pass the bill. they can only afford to lose one vote today in the budget committee but at least two s...

Out when this story hit our phones. we've been asking senators about it as they come out of the room. one of the first to respond to it was lisa murkowski, who said if these allegations are true, he should step down and leave this race immediately. jeff flake talked to my colleague, kasie hunt, a moment ago, and he had a similar response. >> does he need to step down? >> if there is any shred of truth to these stories, he ought to step aside now. >> reporter: would he be fit to serve in the senate if this were true? >> no. no. if there were any shred of truth he ought to step aside immediately...