GOP/GOVERNMENT/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Senate is poised as early as Tuesday [1-22-19] to act on a Trump-backed measure to end the partial government shutdown, but a bill promoted as a compromise to pair the president’s wall with legal protections for some immigrants would also severely restrict migrants’ ability to claim asylum, drawing fierce opposition from immigrant rights groups. Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, is planning on Tuesday to put the measure on the Senate’s agenda, setting up a likely vote on Thursday, absent any agreement from Democrats to act on it sooner. But its prospects in the Senate are dim, and with the shutdown now in its fifth week, 800,000 federal workers are almost certain to miss their second paycheck on Friday [1-25-19.”
–Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Julie Hirschfeld Davis, “G.O.P. Bill to End Shutdown Draws Protests Over Asylum Restrictions,” The New York Times online, January 22, 2019