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Republicans face down massive April to-do list
They have a lot to do — and little time to do it.
Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
Democratic group dings Collins on Iran in new ad
The ad urges the Maine Republican senator to “stop supporting Trump’s war, Mainers can’t afford it.”
Screenshot/Majority Forward Videos/YouTube
Democrats wield power on national security votes
Democrats are weighing how to use their ample leverage on expiring surveillance powers and Iran funding.
Sebastian Elias Uth/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters
Immigration funding plan risks stranding Pentagon money
Senate Republicans’ plan for a quick-strike immigration enforcement funding bill could complicate plans to restock the Pentagon’s coffers.
Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters
Republicans enter spring legislative sprint
The House and Senate are speeding toward action on the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement funding and on expiring surveillance powers.
Nathan Howard/Reuters
Republican immigration bill starts shaping up
Republicans want to give President Donald Trump three years of funding for immigration enforcement.
Nathan Howard/Reuters
Lawmakers await Pentagon’s mystery funding request
Congressional Republicans are watching to see whether the ceasefire with Iran is real.
Republicans fight among themselves over their long pre-election to-do list
President Donald Trump’s party has a dizzying number of goals and can’t agree on how to get started.
A Trump deal with Iran would likely get a vote in Congress
Democrats believe the 2015 Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act would apply to an agreement that touches on Iran’s nuclear program.
Democrats to force Iran vote next week
On Thursday morning, House Democrats will try to unanimously constrain the president’s war powers, a move Republicans will almost certainly block.
Trump backs off threat to annihilate Iran
The president announced a two-week ceasefire, contingent on Iran’s “COMPLETE” reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Republicans weigh how big to go on immigration funding
Some Republican senators want to fund the entire Department of Homeland Security for three years to avoid another shutdown.
Senate reaches deal to fund most of DHS
It’s a face-saving move for two parties who’d grown tired of airport chaos and wanted to leave Washington.
Scott Brown isn’t leaving New Hampshire’s ‘weird’ Senate race
He lost the Trump endorsement. The national Republican Party wants his rival. He told Semafor he doesn’t really care.
Trump goes around Congress to pay TSA, raising questions
Several Republicans told Semafor that they’d been aware Trump had this option for days now.
‘Nervous for wins’: Trump squeezed by war and shutdown
The war in Iran is grinding on, air travel is choked by a shutdown, and the president has few easy paths to victory.
Senators reach deal on capping insulin costs at $35
Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Susan Collins of Maine have spent years crafting the agreement, which has conservative and progressive clout but no Trump backing yet.
Schumer indicates Democratic openness to Republicans’ DHS deal
It’s a delicate moment for the minority leader, whose members sense an opportunity to extract the maximum possible concessions.