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(CNN) With just two weeks until Congress is expected to leave town, the fate of roughly 700,000 young immigrants still hangs in the balance. And, it could be up to Senate Democrats now to decide whether they will make protections for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients a condition of their support for a must-pass spending bill or punt the issue to next year when they still have months to work it out. There's a whole host of issues that must be dealt with by the end of the year including reauthorizing a spying program, funding disaster relief and paying for the Children's Health Insurance Program, which has all sparked questions about whether Democrats will insist DACA also be included in that list of year-end spending priorities.Democrats have repeatedly called for a fix to the ending of the DACA programThe party may have the most leverage as part of their year-end negotiations 
 Question:The President had spoken favorably in September about DACA recipients and pushed _ to reach a deal, but in recent weeks ne has taken to hardline rhetoric on illegal immigration and blaming Democrats for crime.
Congress

A day after the government announced acceptance of the long-pending demand on One-Rank, One-Pension (OROP) by ex-servicemen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned efforts to mislead the servicemen on the early retirement benefits while addressing a rally in Faridabad on Sunday. While inaugurating an extension of ITO-Badarpur Metro section till Escort Mujeser, in Faridabad’s Sector-12 ground, PM Modi asserted that the Congress government has no right to ask any question pertaining to OROP. During his 35-minute speech, Modi took credit for implementing One Rank One Pension (OROP) and said that all previous estimates either done by the Congress government or by the Koshyari committee were wrong.Prime Minister's comments came at a rally in FaridabadModi also inaugurated an extension of the ITO-Badarpur Metro 
 Question:He added that implementing _ could affect other departments but the government was ready to take up such risks for the welfare of the veterans.
OROP

Nigel Farage today boasted that Ukip would 'bite very, very hard' on Labour's support in its northern heartland as he stepped up campaigning for the Oldham by-election. The by-election on December 3 was triggered by the death of Labour veteran Michael Meacher, who represented Oldham in the Commons for 45 years. Ukip has named its candidate as John Bickley, who last year came within 600 votes of ousting Labour from another rock solid northern seat. The by-election will be the first big political test for Jeremy Corbyn since he became Labour leader. Under Ed Miliband the party saw a slump in support in working class areas as Ukip's appeal spread.Ukip candidate is John Bickley, who almost won a Labour seat last yearFarage says voters are unimpressed with 'trendy hard-left' CorbynDecember 3 by-election triggered by the death of MP Michael MeacherSee the latest news from UKIP on the Oldham by-election 
 Question:The Ukip leader claimed immigration was the number one issue for voters, questioned Mr _'s patriotism and said 'old Labour' voters would be 'appalled' at his views on many subjects.

Jeremy Corbyn