Tipsheet: The Senate’s main players on immigration legislation

View in your browser     The Senate’s main players on immigration legislation By Alexander Bolton   The fate of Senate immigration reform legislation rests in the hands of a few key senators on both sides of the aisle. The stakes are enormously high, as hundreds of thousands of immigrants who entered the country illegally as children face deportation if Congress fails to act by March 5, a deadline set by President Trump. Read the full story here     Burned by the budget, right warns Ryan on immigration By Melanie Zanona   House conservatives are warning Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to take a hard line on immigration or else risk facing a revolt in his own ranks. Read the full story here     Listen: Hurdles in Trump plan for rural broadband By Alexis Simendinger Blair Levin of the Brookings Institution talks about challenges for rural broadband in President Trump’s infrastructure plan. Listen to The Hill's podcast here       Abuse furor risks gender backlash for Trump, GOP By Jordan Fabian Republicans are worried about the developments, while Democrats are salivating over the most recent Trump controversy involving women. Read the full story here     Porter saga exposes bare tensions in Trump’s White House By Niall Stanage The administration has been unable to move past the story.  Read the full story here     US economy faces impending skills gap By Reid Wilson Economists, demographers and political leaders are increasingly concerned that the next generation of workers won’t be ready to fill millions of new jobs across the country. Read the full story here     36 people who could challenge Trump in 2020 By Lisa Hagen Many potential candidates have sought to stand out from the field through vocal opposition to the Trump agenda. Read the full story here     EPA numbers hint at eased enforcement under Trump By Miranda Green The reported decline in enforcement actions at the Environmental Protection Agency is a likely harbinger of what’s to come from the Trump administration, experts say. Read the full story here     Trump officials face decision on lifetime limits for Medicaid By Nathaniel Weixel Federal officials have already given the green light to two states to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients, and at least eight other states are hoping to follow. Read the full story here     Backing immigrants from the right By Rafael Bernal As a pro-immigration reform conservative, Mario H. Lopez may seem an outsider in today’s political arena. Read the full story here     Social media has become a powerful political tool By Jeff Pavelcsyk OPINION | With a 24-hour news cycle and constant exposure to information, it has become increasingly difficult to manage a successful political campaign. Read the full story here     Did Devin Nunes obstruct justice? What a dangerous question to ask By Jonathan Turley OPINION | “Is Devin Nunes Obstructing Justice?” could have been easily retitled “Is Anything Not Obstruction of Justice?” Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Senate launches debate over immigration — and a GOP plan picks up support By Ed O'Keefe Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned colleagues the exchange would require bipartisan cooperation to find a solution that can earn at least 60 votes to survive procedural challenges and earn final passage. Democrats do not like how the GOP plan would chip away at family-based legal migration and how much money would be spent to build a wall along the southern border. Read the full story here     Reuters: After Porter scandal, White House leaves clearance changes up to FBI By Steve Holland Grappling with the fallout over a former aide accused of domestic abuse, the White House on Monday said any changes in how security clearance investigations are conducted on President Donald Trump’s team would be up to the FBI and intelligence agencies. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Trump budget ignores deficit with increases for military By Julie Hirschfeld Davis President Trump sent Congress a $4.4 trillion budget proposal on Monday outlining steep cuts to domestic programs, large increases in military spending and a ballooning federal deficit that illustrates how far Republicans have strayed from their longtime embrace of balanced budgets. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Conservatives lash out at GOP spending binge By Steve Peoples   The GOP is the party of fiscal responsibility no more. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: US, in shift, signals readiness to talk With North Korea By Michael R. Gordon and Felicia Schwartz   Trump administration, in line with South Korea’s approach, indicates it is open to preliminary discussions. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.