congressman steve scalice. he says wait until after the midterm and see if republicans can pad majority here. leadership plan had been to vote yesterday and they were going to vote yesterday and now it is sometime next week, they realized this bill needs to be sweetened. we have come to the conclusion that there are a couple of provisions we need to add to the bill and that will have a vote on it next week, everybody is working together, working together in good faith. i was really amazed at how we pulled together as a team. did we all agree with each other on everything? no. we pulled together as a team. the leadership is on hold now, has full $25 billion president trump wants for the border wall in it, it would provide pathway to citizenship by daca kids. immigration hard liners and moderates, many call it compromise bill, but democrats don t want to be a part of any
was controversy around the influx of unaccompanied minors during the obama years. do you have any sense there is anyone on capitol hill in leadership that would like to see any of these government agencies held to account? do you think anyone wants to ask any questions? senator bill nelson from florida was turned away from a shelter. is anybody up there alarmed by what s happening? yes, they re alarmed, but it seems that the anger, at least the temperature has cooled a bit since the executive order was signed yesterday. we saw a lot of people, orrin hatch comes to mind, a lot of people who are definitely immigration hard liners, john cornyn, say separating families is wrong. but we haven t heard as much from them since the executive order was signed, nicolle, they were already in a position of attacking the president for one of his policies. but we need people to stay on this like you re staying on this story. continue to ask these questions because you can t just let 2300 children d
but we had a great meeting. thank you very much. nbc news is reporting the president told house gop that he s backing their effort to pass an immigration bill and essentially, quote, gave his endorsement to two bills, one by house judiciary chairman bob goodlatte, republican of virginia, that s popular with immigration hard-liners, and a second compromise measure that reflects a deal between conservatives and moderates, both of which house leaders are likely to put on the floor thursday. the compromise bill does reverse trump s zero-tolerance policy. a vote on the bill is expected later this week. we ll see.
quit separating the kids. they re separating the children. mr. president, don t you have kids? again, the president of the united states being, in effect, heckled by members of congress in the other party tonight. extraordinary sight on the hill. congressman billy long of missouri was in that gop meet eg ing, sent out this photo via twitter. the president gave his brief assessment as he left the hill. mr. president, if you believe these are laws that have been broken for many years, decades, but we had a great meeting. thank you very much. nbc news is reporting the president told house gop that he s backing their effort to pass an immigration bill and essentially, quote, gave his endorsement to two bills, one by house judiciary chairman bob goodlatte, republican of virginia, that s popular with immigration hard-liners, and a second compromise measure that
answering the president s call to action in september of last year when he challenged congress to come up with a bipartisan solution to this immigration question in our country. every time the immigration issue comes up, congress if not congress, the house responds with paralysis and we re tired of that. we want to have a debate. we want members to bring their bills to the floor. and, by the way, this discharge petition process is probably the most constructive ever because we re not bringing forward one bill. we re offering the opportunity for four bills to come to the floor including one that is backed by immigration hard liners, and another that would be drafted and filed by the speaker of the house. so, we re actually offering all members the opportunity to participate in this debate and to convince their colleagues. and, yes, our goal is also to get a law passed, so we would like to pass something that this president can sign. congressman, how angry are you with house leader