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Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, seen here in October of last year, didn’t see eye to eye last week on the best way to break a Homeland Security Department funding stalemate.

Who’s the shutdown scapegoat now?

 House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., blocks a sign held by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, as President Donald Trump arrived for his State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb.24, 2026.

The State of Division

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to reporters in the Senate subway on Thursday.

Tillis ‘unleashed’

Capitol workers clear snow last January. This year, the threat of snow has senators nervously checking the forecast, while House members got out of town after a busy week.

Wrap-up: One chamber down, one to go (plus snow)