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On Capitol Hill, most players are taking a wait-and-see approach.
House Speaker Paul Ryan's office was noncommittal. "The House immigration working group will review these principles and continue to consult with our conference and the administration to find a solution," spokesman Doug Andres said.
Other sources pointed to the timing of the release -- the Sunday night before a federal holiday -- as a possible indication the White House is not as serious about the list.
"Like they're trying to bury it," one congressional aide said. Administration sources, for their part, said the list had been in the works for some time and was simply ready to be released.
A Republican consultant familiar with the discussions on the Hill about DACA downplayed the release altogether as "noise" -- saying not much matters until the date draws nearer to December 8, when government funding runs out and any potential shutdown talk could get serious if progress hasn't been made.
Hill work continues
Sources familiar with negotiations in Congress say they have been progressing slowly.
According to multiple sources familiar, the working group organized by Ryan, which includes key Republicans on different sides of the ideological spectrum, has met at least four times. The bare bones of a deal have yet to take shape, the sources said.
Further details remain on close hold. Members and their staffs have agreed to maintain silence on the substance of the discussions to avoid negotiations leaking to the press.
On the Senate side, sources familiar say conversations are happening, mostly among staff, but the process is less formal than on the House side.
Democrats maintain substantial leverage in the negotiations. Not only would any immigration deal require Democratic votes to pass -- both to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the Senate and to make up for Republican holdouts who would never support a DACA fix -- but Democrats are already signaling they could withhold support for must-pass bills like government funding if progress isn't made.
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