{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/degette-pass-daca-fix-by-year-end-or-look-elsewhere-for-support-on-deal-to", "DeGette: Pass DACA Fix by Year End or Look Elsewhere for Support on Deal to Avert Shutdown", "2017-11-27", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Diana DeGette", "D000197", "degette.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, said Wednesday she\u2019ll withhold her vote on a crucial December spending deal unless the House passes legislation before the end of the year to protect undocumented immigrants who came to the country as minors.\nSome congressional Republicans have been pushing to postpone a vote re-establishing the Obama-era\u00a0Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, until next year, but Democrats are pressing to link the immigration measure to a bill the GOP-controlled Congress must pass to fund the government past a December deadline.\nAlthough leading Democrats want an immigration fix bundled with a year-end spending measure to ensure its passage, DeGette said in an interview with Colorado Politics that she would prefer the House pass a stand-alone bill aimed at restoring protection for immigrants, known as Dreamers. Regardless how it\u2019s accomplished, she said she\u2019s unwilling to kick the fix into the new year.\n\u201cI think we need to pass what we call a clean DACA bill by the end of the year,\u201d she said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s a stand-alone bill or in the (continuing resolution), it needs to pass by the end of the year. I\u2019m not going to vote for a CR if it either doesn\u2019t include DACA or there\u2019s not a separate bill that passes by the end of the year.\u201d\nPresident Donald Trump\u00a0announced in September\u00a0that the DACA program would stop processing new applications immediately and end entirely in March, giving Congress six months to come up with a legislative solution for the 800,000 young immigrants granted a\u00a0reprieve from deportation and the ability to work legally in the United States.\nMore conservative Republicans want to delay considering DACA legislation until closer to the program\u2019s scheduled demise in hopes of retaining leverage in negotiations over the fate of the young immigrants. Some have said they\u2019re willing to consider extending DACA in some form in exchange for beefing up border security, although others have laid out conditions Democrats indicate will be deal-breakers.\nFractured Republicans need Democratic votes to pass a spending resolution and keep the government open past the current Dec. 8 deadline, giving the minority party its own leverage to force a vote on DACA legislation. Politico reports congressional leaders are\u00a0working on a short-term extension, potentially pushing a shutdown threat to the days surrounding Christmas.\nDeGette dismissed the looming brinksmanship.\n\u201cWe need to pass it,\u201d she said. \u201cWe need to protect these Dreamers.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/degette-pass-daca-fix-by-year-end-or-look-elsewhere-for-support-on-deal-to"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5029339119791985, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}