liz goodwin? guest: the dhaka issue -- the daca issue is one of those albatross issues. there are republicans and democrats who care about it, but it does not get addressed. there was an effort at the end of the very last session when democrats still controlled the house to do something bipartisan on that. senator thom tillis and kyrsten sinema were working on it, but they could not get an agreement. a lot of the issue is republicans want the population that gets legalization to be narrow, just that youngest dreamer group, and they want a lot of order security and exchange. democrats pushed for a bigger population and objected to some of their order reforms and asylum reforms they were rushing. it did not happen -- they were pushing. it did not happen. kevin mccarthy has made a pledge not to endorse any measure that includes amnesty, which is the word he uses. a lot of immigration advocates have taken that to mean that any legislation that offers a pass for immigrants is out of the question for th

liz goodwin?uest: the dhaka issue -- the daca issue is one of those albatross issues. there are republicans and democrats who care about it, but it does not get addressed. there was an effort at the end of the very last session when democrats still controlled the house to do something bipartisan on that. senator thom tillis and kyrsten sinema were working on it, but they could not get an agreement. a lot of the issue is republicans want the population that gets legalization to be narrow, just that youngest dreamer group, and they want a lot of order security and exchange. democrats pushed for a bigger population and objected to some of their order reforms and asylum reforms they were rushing. it did not happen -- they were pushing. it did not happen. kevin mccarthy has made a pledge not to endorse any measure that includes amnesty, which is the word he uses. a lot of immigration advocates have taken that to mean that any legislation that offers a pass for immigrants is out of the question for the

host: liz goodwin follows reports on washington journal c. host: we want to welcome back to the program gene dodaro, who is the u.s. comptroller general and head of the government accountability office. when you get involved in holding the government accountable? guest: the gao exists to aiden sure the accountability of the federal government to to benefit the american people. the scope of our responsibilities across the entire breadth of the federal government's responsibilities. we get involved on our own initiative. wherever there are federal funds or a federal nexus, we also have a number of requirements that congress puts in law or statutory language. we also respond to requests from committee chairs and ranking members. we reach -- treat both the same. we are professional and fact-based. host: mr. todaro has been with gao -- mr. dodaro has been with gao for 45 years. how did the gao get involved with those programs? guest: in the original cares act legislation in 2020, there was a statutory provision for gao to audited the money and loo

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then, liz goodwin previews the week ahead in congress including tuesday's estate of the union address. later, gene dodaro joins the conversation. washington journal starts now. ♪ host: good morning on this monday, february 6, the o