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SCHUMER: “If, God forbid, there is a shutdown, it will fall on the Majority Leader’s shoulders and the President’s shoulders.” (Floor Speech, 1/17/18)

• PELOSI: “Pelosi told House Dems not to vote for CR in caucus meeting this morning, per source in the room.” (Tweet, 1/17/18)
• DURBIN: “The Senate's No. 2 Democrat, Dick Durbin, appears to be itching to set off a shutdown crisis over DACA.” (“Byron York: With DC distracted, immigration debate reaches critical point,” Washington Examiner, 1/8/18)

THE SHUTDOWN CAUCUS

“There’s a bloc of Senate Democrats, including New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand and California’s Kamala Harris, who are taking steps to run for president in 2020.” (“The Compromise On Immigration Is Clear, But The Parties Are Struggling To Get There,” FiveThirtyEight, 1/10/18)

• HARRIS: “On Tuesday, a spokesperson told ThinkProgress that the California senator’s views had not changed... ‘Sen. Harris first announced in late October [last year that] she wouldn’t back any end-of-year spending bill unless DACA was addressed,’ they wrote in an email. ‘The same is true regarding the Jan 19th bill.’” (“Only 7 Democratic senators say they will vote against a spending bill that doesn’t include DACA fix,” ThinkProgress, 1/9/18)
• WARREN: “A spokesperson from Warren’s office this week told ThinkProgress that the Massachusetts senator was prepared to vote no on the January 19 spending bill if it did not include permanent protections for DREAMers.” (“Only 7 Democratic senators say they will vote against a spending bill that doesn’t include DACA fix,” ThinkProgress, 1/9/18)
• GILLIBRAND: “But some Democrats considering presidential runs, such as… Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, are pressing Democrats to oppose any government-funding bill — no matter how short-term — that does not also protect the approximately 800,000 young immigrants brought to the United States as children, known as Dreamers.” (“As Shutdown Talk Rises, Trump’s Immigration Words Pose Risks for Both Parties,” New York Times, 1/15/18)
• SANDERS: “I will not be voting for any [short-term extension] that does not provide legal status to the DREAMers and a path toward citizenship.” (“Democrats Divided Over Forcing a DACA-Shutdown Even After Trump’s ‘Sh*thole’ Saga,” Daily Beast, 1/16/17)
• BOOKER: "Booker has already signaled that he will not vote for a deal to fund that government that does not include a DACA fix.” (“How three elections are snarling the immigration fight,” Politico, 1/17/17)