they're trying to break the immigration impact, texas republican hill bud and california democrat pete aguilar. and illinois democrat twomey duckworth will be the first u.s. senator to give birth while in office. she's discovered some rules that need changing. >> senate to behind the times. >> the senate is behind the times. we're going to work on that. >> cordes: as always we'll have plenty of political analysis of the week's news, it's all ahead on "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation" i'm nancy cordes. we've got a lot of ground to cover today and we begin with the republican senator from maine, susan collins. she led a bipartisan effort to reopen the government last monday and her group of about 25 senators is now working to influence negotiations over a bill to protect children of undocumented immigrants and increase border security. senator, welcome. >> thank you. >> cordes: i want to talk about immigration but first i want to get your reaction to the latest news that was first reported in "new york times" that despite months of white house denials, the president a

we made him aware of a bipartisan bill that was introduced this week by william hurd and pete aguilar which provides just very specific daca fix which is paired with some border security elements, which we think is the way to go. we need something that is narrow in scope that does not include issues in which we cannot agree on. i think overwhelmingly the majority in the house would pass that bill with strong republican support if it were allowed to come to the floor for a vote. i specifically asked the general that if we were allowed a vote in the hurd-aguilar bill passed the house, would that be something that the president would sign? he did not give a guarantee that the president would, although he reiterated that the president is committed to finding a solution for dreamers. in the past they have said, let congress figure it out. well, if congress passes this bill, will the president sign it? there was no indication. they didn't know what was in the bill. we tried to catch them up to speed and explain parts of the bill. there are further ongoing negotiations. hopefully, they will

members of this ohio house, led by represent -- of this house, hurd from esentative texas and pete aguilar, began out if together a second proposal. the u.s.a. act. nd this proposal currently has 49 bipartin co-sponsors it. came out of efforts put together -- response -- co-sponsors. it came came out of efforts put together by a group called the problem solvers. and in this particular proposal, the u.s.a. act, in order for you to be eligible for it, a person needed to be at least 18 years of age on the date of entry. not have been, again, convicted of an offense punishable for more than one year or any combination of offenses resulting in imprisonment for more than one year. then the person could transition to lawful permanent residency. again, maintaining a clean record for eight years and ving completed a college degree, completed two years in a bachelor's degree, or higher postsecondary vocational programs. they must have served in the military for the entire length of their enlistment contract. or been employed for at least three years, 80% of the time they were under conditional perma

represented in will hurd and pete at your -- pete aguilar.m capitol hill is congressman heard. thank you for your time. we heard this morning from president trump that representative bob goodlatte was also coming out with an immigration bill in the next few days. how would your proposal work alongside congressman good length proposal's -- congressman good length -- good last -- done by a democratic majority in the house and senate. it's time for a new plan and our plan is a bipartisan way to give a permanent legislative fix to kids who came here and we do it while we secure the border. i have more border than any member of congress. i spent almost a decade as an undercover officer in the cia. it's about time we use smart solutions and every tool in our toolkit to secure our border and we should be taking the input from the men and women on the ground in order to learn how we should be securing that and we the issue of immigration judges and making sure we are improving hand address the root causes in central america that has been feeding some

congressman republican will hurd and pete aguilar and nothing they have an agreement on daca. their plan is focused on finding a way to give recipients green cards while increasing border security as well. lauren: lawmakers hope their plan will set a foundation for a deal between the public and in coming days. adam shapiro from here. >> good morning. the white house is a bipartisan effort to reach some sort of compromise in negotiations over immigration in the daca deal in order to get to a funding agreement to meet the january 19th deadline with the u.s. government runs out of money. all of this is on the table appeared key is the immigration reform deal. democrats want permanent.as for the young people brought here over the years illegally. the administration wants confirmation and a commitment to increase border security funding to build a wall as well as as well as an end to chain migration. marc short, director of legislative affairs said this on fox yesterday. >> we are anxious to create a budget cap to budget cap to go to rebuild our military. that is a priority. the de

. >>> coming up, we'll talk to republican congressman will hurd and democratic congressman pete aguilarembers of the bipartisan team working on a plan to allow d.r.e.a.m.ers to stay in the u.s. now you can join angie's list for free. which means everyone has access to our real reviews that we actually verify. and we can also verify that what goes down, [ splash, toilet flush ] doesn't always come back up. find a great plumber at angie's list. join today for free. >>> joining us now, republican congressman will hurd of texas and democratic congressman pete aguilar of california. earlier this week, they helped introduce the united and securing america act which would protect daca recipients and increase common sense border security. thank you both for being on the show this morning. kasie hunt has the first question. kasie? >> my question is for you, congressman hurd. the challenge here seems to be figuring out what exactly it is that the president of the united states could possibly support. he seems to say one thing in public, another thing in private, change his position from minute to

i'm focused on working with my colleagues and that's why i've been excited to work with pete aguilar on solving this problem. let's have a daca fix and let's have some strong border security. and get this done and move on to other issues. >> congressman aguilar, the house gop is already saying that house democrats such as yourself who the last time i checked and i could be wrong are in the minority in the house, i believe that's correct, that you are responsible for an impending shutdown and you don't care where chip recipients if the house gop can't pass a cr here. >> yeah, i mean, absolutely. it's just not accurate. the responsibility of the majority is to govern. and so clearly that's what we need to see here. but even when it cops to shutdowns, republicans 90 of them voted against a cr in september. the so the obligation for republicans in the majority is to govern and put up the votes. we'll see shortly if they have the votes. >> there was the hastert rule that guided the house for a long time. basically is required a majority of the republican caucus, a majority of the majority

actually is a very good bill that i support, in fact i'm a co-sponsor, this is the william herd pete aguilarprovides some monies for repairs and for increasing security, it -- it goes into a study to see what we really need at the wall. because i think that we should have concrete information that is based on fact before we plunge into putting money into the wall. >> congressman juty chu. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> and ahead, the republican party's no win -- w.y.n.n. situation. what they are doing with the casino magnet's money. this is something that i'm really passionate about- i really want to help. i was on my way out of this life. there are patients out there that don't have a lot of time. finally, it was like the sun rose again and i was going to start fighting back now. when those patients come to me and say, "you saved my life...." my life was saved by a two week old targeted therapy drug. that's what really drives me to- to save lives. tripadvisor compares prices from over 200 booking sites to time to bask... in low prices! find the right hotel for you at

joining me now heard from texas and pete aguilar from california. congressman, nice to have you on, both of you. >> tlanhanks for having us on. >> speaking of washington and what appears to be clear as mud, at least two of you have been working on this bipartisan plan for quite a while that you hope to be part of the law to help d.r.e.a.m.ers, first to you, how will something the president to agree to maybe a watered down version of his wall or whatever his idea of border security is do you think? >> well, i think the president made it very clear earlier this week, if we send something to his desk he will sign it. and he said we would all work together. what i find interesting is is there a new day in washington d.c. where people are battling about which is the most bipartisan piece of legislation. i think the fact that you have bipartisan legislation, what pete and i have been able to do here in the house, and you have those conversations in the senate, i think that's ultimately a good thing. >> did you, congressman aguilar, would you agree with yo

and the bipartisan house bill from representatives will hurd and pete aguilar, which also has a citizenshiph, but is more narrow. and, the so-called "number two's" group-- the second highest-ranking republicans and democrats in each chamber. that is the group now most closely working with the white house. but no clear deal from them yet. as for the white house: chief of staff john kelly was on the hill all day, negotiating on both immigration and a possible shutdown. >> woodruff: for more now on the government shutdown negotiations in congress, and the fight over what to do with the nation's immigration system, lisa is here in the studio, along with a new member of the newshour team. we are so pleased to introduce yamiche alcindor, as our new corespondent covering the white house. she comes to us from the "new york times." welcome, yamiche. >> thank you. >> woodruff: great to have you here. i'm going to go back to the setup story. where are we on the shutdown? >> the resolution is headed for a vote likely tomorrow and it seems probable it will pass. the freedom caucus wants more for defense