looking for when there is a shutdown achieve the goal. molly: president trump announced his plan to end daca. there were legal challenges to the decision, but they have until march of that until march at the come up with their own legislation. hundreds of thousands of dreamers, immigrants brought to the u.s. illegally as children could face deportation. immigration is not the only fight when it comes to the budget. democrats have concerns of the levels of domestic spending. they say the short term bills hurt military readiness. real human lives cost to the constant flow of the short-term bill. house speaker paul ryan says making progress on a long-term bill. particularly making progress when it comes to a budgetary agreement, but even if they were able to finalize agreements in that regard commanders still wouldn t wouldn t be time to draft a long-term spending bill by the february deadline.
washington. hi. hi. no one on capitol hill says they want a shutdown when last month was not good politically for anyone, but the deadline to get something done is rapidly approaching. house speaker paul ryan says the government won t shut down, but he also says a long-term budget before this week s deadline is unlikely. i think we re making progress on an agreement an even if we get everything figured out by say tuesday, we still will have to have a cr if only for the fact we had to get them time to write an appropriations bill. sources tell fox news republicans are looking at a short-term bill that funds the government through march 23rd. but lawmakers haven t reached an agreement just yet. even the republican party, there are disagreements. congressman meadows told a group of reporters i don t see the probability of the freedom caucus supporting a fifth cr without substantial changes by february 8th unless we see dramatic changes. defense hawks say short-term bills hurt milita