House and Senate Action
The House and Senate are out of session and return the week of April 13.
DHS Funding
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (S-SD) said he’s working with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to find an agreement on DHS funding after House Republicans rejected the Senate’s compromise Friday and passed their own clean 60-day continuing resolution. The House bill passed 213-203. However, Senate Democrats signaled that they would only support the Senate’s DHS funding measure, which excluded ICE and CBP funding. As the shutdown nears a second month, President Trump signed a memo that could allow TSA workers to be paid as the funding lapse continues. There is a small possibility that Congress is called back next week to continue negotiations to pass a bill.
President’s Budget
The White House is expected to release the President’s budget this Friday, April 3, although, it is a bit unusual to do so when Congress is not in session. When President’s Trump’s FY26 budget was released last year, Congress largely rejected the steep cuts and program consolidation his budget called for. Once the budget is released, cabinet officials are expected to visit Capitol Hill to justify and explain their department’s request.
Iran
As financial markets opened Monday, President Trump again indicated that his administration is negotiating with Iranian leadership on a settlement to the war. However, reporting indicates that the Trump Administration is weighing several escalatory options, including some that involve American personnel landing in Iran.
Top stories
- Senate to stay on SAVE after recess (Roll Call)
- Trump Weighs Military Operation to Extract Iran’s Uranium (WSJ)
- Budget reconciliation bill to target ‘fraud’ in means-tested programs, chairman says (Roll Call)