said but i dont think theres any will in the congress to move forward with the discharge petitionbut a senior house republican leadership aide conceded that in all likelihood the petition would reach the required number of signatures another republican aide said moderate members would continue negotiating with party leaders and the conservative house freedom caucus while keeping the discharge petition as a backstopi guess were at the family meeting stage still said representative mark amodei republican of nevada who has signed the petition after the closeddoor gathering if theres three or more people in that room that go ok i love family meetings but i also want to be able to vote then well seecoming up with a compromise immigration bill in a matter of days is a tall order the senate has already shown the difficulty of trying to find a solution for daca rejecting a series of measures in februaryhouse republicans are particularly divided over whether to provide young undocumented immigrants with a path to citizenship who would be eligible for such a path and the mechanics of getting to citizenship if legislation provided the pathultimately what it comes down to is the citizenship question and how you deal with that said representative mark meadows of north carolina the chairman of the freedom caucusmr denham said a proposal had been put forth that would create a special visa that would be available to daca recipients but he said he was waiting to see that plan in writing and republican leaders face a challenge in selling any kind of compromise across their conference where views on immigration vary considerablyrepresentative steve king republican of iowa and an immigration hardliner warned its just surrealistic that im standing in here listening to member after member talk about everything except what theyre doing which is destroying rule of law when you reward lawbreakers youre destroying the rule of lawon the flip side lawmakers eager to secure protections for dreamers are having their patience testedfolks are fixed in their position and its just a mystery still whether we will be able to get the signatures or they will bring some proposals to the floor said representative ileana roslehtinen republican of florida who has signed the discharge petition some of us are really frustrated to not be able to have a votems roslehtinen said the prospects of gaining three more signatories was growing frustratingwere three signatures away but its like the last two minutes of a football game it just goes on forever she said