Senate Republicans to meet with Trump Thursday on DACA

The whole damn article has been bolded because everything is important and has to do with DACA.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3...ursday-on-daca

BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 01/03/18 07:56 PM EST

A group of Senate Republicans are expected to meet with President Trump at the White House on Thursday as they try to get on the same page ahead of a looming fight over immigration.

"We're supposed to meet at the White House tomorrow, a number of Senate Judiciary Committee members, to talk more about DACA because everybody is trying to figure out what the path forward is," Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told reporters on Wednesday.

The meeting comes as Democrats are angling to include a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as part of a mid-January showdown to fund the government and avoid across-the-board budget caps.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has promised to give a DACA fix a vote if negotiators can reach a deal this month, though he has not pledged to include it in a "must pass" bill, like a government funding agreement.

Cornyn signaled that Republicans are looking to get guidance from the president about what he would accept as part of any deal.

"I think as soon as the president will tell us 'okay this is something I could support' then I think that gives us I think a lot of room to go talk to Democrats and say 'okay this what our parameters are,'" he said.

The White House didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about the meeting.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has been leading talks among GOP senators on his panel, as well as with Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), James Lankford (R-Okla.) and David Perdue (Ga.), about a potential deal that paired an immigration fix with a border security package.

A spokesman for Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of the Judiciary Committee, confirmed that the GOP senator would also be taking part in Thursday's White House meeting.

The meeting with Trump comes after White House chief of staff John Kelly met with a bipartisan group of senators, including Cornyn, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) last month.

Senators said after the meeting that they expected to get a list from the White House on what border security and related priorities it needs in any DACA deal.

Senators noted earlier Wednesday that they were still waiting for the list.

Come on trump! Tell the turtle and ryan to just put something up for vote!! Screw democrats, if republicans would pull through and say hey this is the bill we will bring up for vote, either u support it or not. At this point any of the bills is better than nothing. Forget democrat's fake leverage. We know for sure they wont do anything extreme like a shutdown to get things done.

If I was Trump I would go ahead with this shit with the hopes that if he gets it done and takes credit, Immigrants will start liking him and he will get many Hispanic votes!!! Like I will campaign for him if this passes this month!

Two-Face, Senior Executive V.P. of DREAMERS FOR TRUMP.

Told y'all, after December, Republicans would say that they were gonna wait for Trump to see what he wanted to do. Trump wants his fucking wall, Dems will not give it to him! This is Trump's only fucking chance at getting his wall, in exchange for Dreamer relief. If he doesn't get it now, he's never getting it, period! You happy optimistic people, tell me how the hell a deal gets done????

no deal gets done then, time for us to move on.

What is the likelihood dems will cave on the wall or e verify? There was a tweet mentioning that McConnell thought the meeting today went “suprisingly well”

none this shit was important. tomorrow they are going to come out with bullshit demands like last time. everyone going have to give up their left testicle to get a 3 year extension.

Only way I see anything being done is if Dems give Trump enough money to "repair" the existing border and Trump spins it as getting the money to build his wall. They would have to give him a good chunk of money in order for Trump to make it believable though.

Some of you guys need to chill the fuck out. You’re so reactionary to every single news got dayum!

Was tears streaming down your face as you typed that?