This is Brian Lair's Daily Politics podcast from WNYC Studios.

It's Friday, March 27th.

I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom filling in for Brian today.

The stalemate over funding,

the Department of Homeland Security may be coming to an end. The Senate voted overnight to fund key parts of the agency, including the Coast Guard, FEMA, and, most notably, TSA. The package

does not include additional funding for immigration and customs enforcement or

border control. The bill now moves to the House today for Democrats who were holding out to

try and force changes to how ICE conducts enforcement following the deaths of two American

citizens in Minneapolis. What did they actually achieve? And for President Trump, who wanted to tie a strict new voter law to any funding deal,

is there any chance he will back off the SAVE Act?

We're going to discuss all of that and more in a Friday, federal morning politics roundtable,

as opposed to local politics.

Joining me now is Mary Claire Jalonic, a congressional reporter for the AP, who I think was up very late last night.

She's also got a new book out called Storm at the Capitol, an oral history of January 6th.

Mary Claire, welcome to WNYC.

Thanks for being awake with us this morning.

Oh, thanks for having me.

And also joining us is Evan McMorris Santoro.

He's a national politics reporter.

He writes the morning newsletter at the newish politics site called Notice.

Evan, happy Friday.

Thanks for joining me.

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