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Bill? what s going on sneer. here? this s not going to stop. this is a temporary patch-through before we get to the debt ceiling. remember the debt ceiling? we hit the debt ceiling sometime at the end of february. so first of all, this is probably going to be a temporary stop gap measure. then we re going to hit the debt ceiling at the same time and you ll have all these negotiations again, but look, the most important thing here is donald trump sold himself as the great deal maker. he was the great deal maker and wrote the art of the deal. well, he s got 24 hours to make a deal, and he doesn t seem to have much of a grip on how he s going to do that. this is classic legislative bargaining, you know, you ve got to give something substantial to get something substantial. it seems as though the republicans who control the white house, both houses of congress, you know, basically ....
There s no fix for daca. this means the house speaker, paul ryan, needs 218 republicans to back this proposal. here s the kicker for him. there s a group of influential fiscal conservatives, don, who may oppose this measure because of their fiscal concerns and the fact that congress can t get their act together. across the capital and the u.s. senate, it s just as complicated. there s only 51 republicans in the senate now, is you need 50 votes to pass this stop gap measure. and lindsey graham said today he s not going to support it. so that means republican leader mitch mcconnell needs 10 democrats to join the republicans to get the 60 votes needed to approve the stop gap measure. while many democrats are unlikely to support it, there are some who may break and could vote to shut the government down could hurt them in november. ....
Against this, then they are also voting against pentagon funding and also an extension for six years for the children s health insurance program. the newest member of this body, junior senator from alabama, campaigned on this very issue. as senator-elect, he insisted that his future colleagues should, quote, stop playing political football with the healthcare of our children. reporter: now conservatives in the house freedom caucus are threatening to stop this stop gap measure because they are concerned that if it gets pushed to next month, they d have to deal with the budget all at once. it will be harder for them to get what they want on immigration. dana: very interesting. thank you, peter. let s bring in the anchor of fox news sunday, chris wallace. great to have you on the program. let me show you, this is the republican funding plan. they want to fund the government through february 16. there s that six year extension of the children s health insurance program. ....
From children s health insurance, there s no compromise. that s the democrats being asked yet again to rescue republicans from their own failure to govern. let s drill down more. extend government funding a little bit more. there is some speculation they may do that with the children s health insurance program. delay daca talks for a week or two weeks but pass a stop gap measure. can you support that? i certainly support continued funding for chip. i don t think we can leave daca recipients behind. no daca, no temporary, no nothing. at this point, why should we when it would be simple? it would take 15 minutes on the floor of the house of representatives to pass daca. we probably have 300 votes to do it. the senate would certainly pass it. there is no excuse. we have session today and ....
They re in no mood for negotiating here. some say they don t want to make a deal because the environment is so toxic, they would rather let the president kind of stew in it if you will than not give him a win. for many, john, this is a line in the sand. we have heard from democrats and republicans throughout the weekend and also this morning on how they should move forward. the majority of my caucus, myself included, we will not fund the government without a daca deal. if we don t have any measurable progress towards a daca deal, i am not going to vote for a stop gap measure and i m asking republican and democrats to take that position. we re in congress and regrettably congress is an institution that only acts when it s forced to. reporter: so john, as lawmakers come back to work tomorrow, whether or not the democrats will take advantage of the leverage they do have at this time to push forward and ....