Trump Administration, Border Security, Government Shutdown

Look Ahead to the Week of March 10: Will Congress Avoid a Government Shutdown?

Alston & Bird on 3/10/2025

Both chambers are in session this week, although the House is scheduled to leave early to accommodate the House Democrats’ annual policy retreat. The focus this week will be on preventing a government shutdown, with federal...more

Look Ahead to the Week of February 24: House Tackles Budget Resolution, Shutdown Worries Continue

Alston & Bird on 2/25/2025

Both the House and Senate are in session this week. Last week, the Senate took its first step to unlock the budget reconciliation process by adopting its budget resolution on a 52-48 vote. Senate Republicans are preparing to...more

Will Ending Government Shutdown Turn On DACA?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/16/2019

Is it possible that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program might be the key to ending the government shutdown? A DACA-for-border-funding compromise that was taken off the table a year ago is again being...more

Window On Washington - Vol. 3, Issue 3

Clark Hill PLC on 1/15/2019

Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Partial Government Shutdown Continues With No End in Sight: The ongoing partial government shutdown, a result of 7 of the 12 annual appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2019...more

Spending Negotiations Remain In-Flux Ahead of Government Funding Deadline

Baker Donelson on 12/21/2018

Lawmakers are aiming to enact a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) until February 8 for the seven remaining appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY) to avoid a partial government shutdown scheduled to occur Friday,...more

GOP Leaders Rattled as Trump Threatens Government Shutdown

BakerHostetler on 8/1/2018

President Donald Trump on Monday renewed threats to shut down the government if Congress doesn’t approve billions of dollars for border security, even as Republican leaders on Capitol Hill implored Trump to avoid budget...more