Republican leaders pressure members against Durbin-Graham DACA bill.

Washington (CNN) Republican Senate leadership is waging a quiet, behind-the-scenes pressure campaign to encourage GOP members to not sign onto a bipartisan immigration deal.

Sources say the pressure is directed at members who might support a bill proposed by Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, and Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, and rest of the so-called Gang of Six.

Two GOP sources with knowledge of the process say Republican leadership -- including Sen. Mitch McConnell -- has made clear to several members that it wouldn't be helpful to the current Republican strategy to get onto the proposal.

Durbin and Graham have managed to lock up four Republicans -- Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Mike Rounds of South Dakota and Susan Collins of Maine -- in addition to the three Republicans that made up half of the "gang" to support the proposal so far -- still four votes short of enough to muster the 60-vote threshold needed to advance the legislation if all Democrats join in. It still has not been introduced in legislative text form, but a description of the pieces of the bill has been made public.

Graham and Cornyn have landed publicly on different sides of the issue. Asked about Cornyn's assertion there would not be a short-term continuing resolution of a few days on Thursday, Graham replied: "Well then you need to tell Sen. Cornyn, I respect him a lot, but he needs to get 60 votes. Good luck."

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looks like we are going nowhere with this "bipartisan" bill.

YAS, Graham. Tell them. Educate them. Slap them.

Graham hero!

They are on the defensive

Another reason why we need a shut down. Thanks shady Republicans!

Am I the only one who thinks a shutdown will make us look bad?

Yes.

Republican's failure to govern will cause a shutdown, not us.

Well if they don't do anything, we won't ever be legalized. Trump is committed to Cotton's vision on immigration, those bills will never pass the Senate.

how else can we get DACA relief if not via the CR?

this article already saying Republicans don't want any reasonable deal.

Three likely outcomes from one-on-one Schumer-Trump meeting: Schumer could emerge from meeting and say Senate Ds will accept House CR if they get certain assurances on DACA; the two could cut a side-deal; or it could all fall apart.

per Manu Raju CNN.