Tipsheet: Schumer comes under fire over funding deal

View in your browser     Schumer comes under fire over funding deal By Alexander Bolton   Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) is coming under criticism from his own party in the aftermath of a fight that shut down the government for three days and left Democrats with little to show for it. Some of Schumer’s Democratic colleagues are questioning the wisdom of getting into a three-day standoff with Republicans over a stopgap-spending bill and then backing down after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) offered a modest concession. Read the full story here     Listen: How lawmakers embrace shutdowns as political weapons By Alexis Simendinger   Lawmakers from both parties no longer see shutdowns and short-term funding bills as budgetary malpractice, according to federal budget expert Stan Collender. Listen to The Hill's podcast here     Congress clears bill to end shutdown By Cristina Marcos The House cleared legislation late Monday to end the three-day government shutdown, and the measure was later signed by President Trump. Read the full story here       Winners and losers from the government shutdown By Niall Stanage So as the government prepares to reopen, who emerged as the winners and losers of the first big congressional controversy of 2018? Read the full story here     Senate moderates see influence grow after shutdown fight By Jordain Carney and Melanie Zanona As the partisan blame game on the government shutdown intensified over the weekend, a growing number of senators from both parties began meeting in “little Switzerland." That was the term used for the neutral ground of Sen. Susan Collins’s (R-Maine) office, which became the stage for a crucial stretch of bipartisan negotiations that were widely credited with breaking the three-day impasse over government funding. Read the full story here     Left says Dems caved on shutdown By Rafael Bernal Even House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has spoken out against the deal, saying there was no reason to support it. Read the full story here     Sessions announces DOJ probe of missing FBI text messages By Olivia Beavers Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday announced the Justice Department will investigate missing text messages sent between two FBI agents critical of President Trump, joining the chorus of Republican lawmakers who are eager to recover the exchange. Read the full story here     Trump imposes 30 percent tariff on solar panel imports By Timothy Cama The move is a major blow for the $28 billion solar industry, which gets about 80 percent of its solar panel products from imports. Read the full story here     Trump waives dozens of environmental rules to speed up construction of border wall By Jacqueline Thomsen Homeland Security Secretary Kirsten Nielsen said in a notice published in the Federal Register Monday that she was waiving the rules to accelerate construction on part of the wall in New Mexico. Read the full story here     Scott faces GOP headwinds ahead of potential Senate bid By Lisa Hagen The increasingly grim outlook facing Republicans in the midterms has raised new questions about the political future of Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), a top potential GOP Senate recruit who still hasn’t declared to challenge Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.). Read the full story here     Congress needs bipartisanship to fully investigate Russian influence By Carl Levin OPINION | Congress has a unique and critically important role to play in understanding the threats to our democracy posed by Russian efforts to affect our elections. Read the full story here     Sex and the City: The 'Pyongyang Games' By Sung-Yoon Lee OPINION | "Sexy" is not the first word that comes to mind upon invoking "North Korea."  Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Shutdown deal: Dems face angry base, GOP has hard choices By Steve Peoples The first government shutdown of Donald Trump’s presidency spanned 69 hours. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Hoping for a bargain in a swift surrender By Carl Hulse  Senate Democrats believe they are limiting damage from a political miscalculation by surrendering, but doing so has drawn a fierce backlash from the left. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Senate will take up immigration, but will the House — and Trump — follow? By Mike DeBonis   Democratic senators believe that a Senate immigration bill passing with a significant bipartisan majority would ultimately force House Republicans to capitulate on the issue. But House conservatives won’t be easy to sway, and the president remains a true wild card. Read the full story here     Reuters: Pennsylvania court orders new congressional map due to gerrymandering By Joseph Ax Pennsylvania’s top court on Monday threw out the state’s congressional map, ruling that Republican legislators unlawfully sought partisan advantage, and gave them three weeks to rework it in a decision that could boost Democratic chances of retaking the U.S. House of Representatives. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: As Trump heads to Davos, the question is which Trump will it be? By Gerard Baker   No one knows quite what to expect of the president who rode populism into office when he appears at the summit of the globalists. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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