Sunday shows - Shutdown stalemate dominates

View in your browser     Trump's budget chief says shutdown could last more than a week By ALICIA COHN   “I think Democrats want to see the president give the State of the Union under a shutdown,” Mick Mulvaney said on "Fox News Sunday." Read the full story here     Mulvaney on Republican opposition to funding bill: ‘What does it matter?’ By BRETT SAMUELS    “Until you have at least nine Democrats, we cannot open the government. Short of nine, what difference does it make? Without Democrats, the government is not opening.”  Read the full story here     Durbin refuses to predict when shutdown will end By JULIA MANCHESTER    "I'm not going to make that prediction," the Illinois Democrat told NBC's Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press," adding that he feels there are "positive conversations" occurring. Read the full story here     Democrats not willing to extend short-term funding past January, Durbin says By JULIA MANCHESTER    "This is the fourth CR this year," Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told NBC's Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press," referring to a stopgap funding measure known as a continuing resolution.  "There are people, even five Republicans, who voted against the cloture on the continuing resolution because they're sick as well of these continuing resolutions. So you say, 'Why don't we wait another three weeks, another four weeks?' It has to come to end and it will if and when the president shows the leadership that we expect of him as president.”  Read the full story here     Ryan: House would back three-week funding bill By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “We have agreed that we would accept that in the House and so we will see sometime today whether or not they have the votes for that. And that’s really where we are right now,” the Speaker said. Read the full story here     Mulvaney: Trump wants a fix to DACA By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “The president is absolutely interested and wants to get DACA fixed,” the White House budget chief told CNN’s “State of the Union.”  Read the full story here     Trump aide: Trump open to a DACA solution By JULIA MANCHESTER    "I think you've seen the White House shown openness to expand that population, while Democrats have said there are other people who should be apart of the DACA population because they were either afraid or didn't apply to the program,” Marc Short said. “We've shown a willingness to consider that. So we feel like we're making progress on multiple areas."  Read the full story here     Bernie Sanders: US would never recover from 'stain' of deporting 'dreamers' By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    “If we allow Trump to get away with what he did and that is repeal the executive order on DACA, and if these 800,000 people, young people, are subjected to deportation, this will be one of the ugliest stains in the history of the United States.” Read the full story here     Gutiérrez: Trump wants to end legal immigration to the US By JULIA MANCHESTER    “They say let's build a wall to keep us safe.  They say let's build a wall so that our workers don't have to compete with illegals that come across the...but then they end legal immigration.  They say the lottery system, let's end it.  That's legal immigration to the United States.”  Read the full story here     Cotton: I won't commit immigration deal just because Trump supports it By JULIA MANCHESTER    "I will evaluate any deal on its merits and what's best for the people of Arkansas and best for our country," the Republican senator said.  Read the full story here     Dem senator compares negotiating with GOP to convincing kid to do homework By BRETT SAMUELS    “It’s like dad comes home at 8 and asks, ‘how you doing on your homework?’ ‘Oh, making progress.’ At 9, ‘how we doing on that homework?’ ‘Making progress… What’s the big deal, it’s not due until tomorrow,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.)  said on “Fox News Sunday.” Read the full story here     Rand Paul: Shutdown blame game is 'ridiculous' on both sides By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    “I think the blame game is ridiculous on both sides. Republicans and Democrats and everybody trying to say ‘oh you don’t want to fund the military,’” the Kentucky Republican told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Everybody wants to fund the military. Nobody wants our soldiers not to be paid. But when both sides do it, I think the American people see through it.” Read the full story here     Durbin: Doing away with the filibuster would be the ‘end of the Senate’ By JULIA MANCHESTER    Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Sunday dismissed the notion of doing away with the filibuster amid negotiations to end the government shutdown, saying it would be the "end to the Senate" as it is currently known.  Read the full story here     Gingrich on shutdown: Trump thinks he's winning By JOSH DELK   "This is not what the Democrats hoped for. And I think President Trump has played this pretty well," the former Speaker told radio host John Catsimatidis. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.