Congressional negotiators are working to reach bipartisan agreement on a Homeland Security spending bill that can fend off another shutdown and thwart President Donald Trump’s threat of declaring a national emergency, CQ appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich tells co-host Jennifer Shutt.

Show notes:

• Shutdown or national emergency? Trump plays coy in pre-Super Bowl interview
• Trump teases national emergency declaration could come during SOTU
• What is a national emergency? How Congress gave the White House broad, far-reaching powers