The Senate and House of Representatives are on a scheduled recess this week, set to return to legislative work on Monday, February 23.

Both chambers adjourned without any resolution to the dispute over continued funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  The current appropriations measure for the agency expires on February 27, leaving little

Now that comprehensive tax reform is dead in this Congress, the battle has shifted to tax extenders—the fifty odd temporary provisions of the tax code, most of which expired December 31, 2013.  It is anticipated that, as in past years, most will be reauthorized.

The Administration fired a broadside on May 6, however, threatening to