What he was referencing from a meritbased perspective we would like to have those with skills who can assimilate and contribute to the United States. Moving away from country quotas and meritbased system. It has turned into an s show and we need to get back to being a great country where democrats and republicans will Work Together to do something that we should have done years ago. Republicans are in control of the house and the senate and the white house. It is their decision if they want to work with us. We dont want to see the Government Shutdown but would like to see a twoyear budget deal thats clean. We havent given up on that and we hope that democrats will not hold our government hostage and will not stop military spending. Sandra peter doocy is live for us on a chilly day in washington peter are republicans trying to win over democratic support to keep the government open . No, sandra, theyre trying to do it with republicans only. The leaders are attempting to sweeten this one
However, thats not our first choice. The president doesnt want to shut down. If one happens, i think you only have one place to look, and thats to the democrats, who are holding our military and our National Security hostage by trying to push through other policies that have nothing to do with the budget. Dana peter ducy is live on capitol hill. Are any democrats willing to agree to a spending bill if daca is not addressed . Reporter none that we know. They want it by friday at midnight. The white house sent john kelly here to the capitol to meet with the congressional the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to see what kind of flexibility they may have on daca, but it does not sound like he moved the ball. I left the meeting with a great deal of optimism. It was a rehash with the general kelly in terms of he explained Congress Progress to get this solved. Reporter just a few minutes ago senator lindsey graham, who has been working with democrats on an immigration deal that is now stalled, s
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