Senate Republicans on Monday night declared they would only allow immigration to be on the Senate floor for one week -- pressuring Democrats to show their hand as the Senate inched closer to opening its debate.
A GOP leadership aide said Republicans want to light a fire under Democrats and get them to release their amendments. GOP leaders are worried Democrats want to drag out the debate for "weeks and weeks."
"That's the plan," said GOP leadership member Sen. John Barrasso when asked if this would be finished this week. He added that "Democrats have been waiting for this for a long time. They were promised we'd go to the floor with this and it's now on the floor."
Negotiators hope to have plan Tuesday
Democrats and moderate Republicans negotiating with them, meanwhile, said they have nothing finalized -- yet. But the goal, they said, is to have something by Tuesday.
"We are continuing to really talk turkey, legislative language etc," said Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine, who is part of a bipartisan group negotiating on the topic. "We're making progress, but," he added, trailing off. "It may be (ready Tuesday), not for sure."
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