The latest from Congress: DHS funding, the SAVE Act and more
There are a number of ongoing legislative disputes in Congress, including over funding DHS, and voting rights.
Episode 470 of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "The latest from Congress: DHS funding, the SAVE Act and more" was published on March 27, 2026 and runs 22 minutes.
March 27, 2026 ·22m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
Summary
There are a number of ongoing legislative disputes in Congress, including over funding DHS, and voting rights.
Episode Description
The Senate voted overnight to fund key parts of the Department of Homeland Security, including TSA.
On Today's Show:
Evan McMorris-Santoro, national politics reporter at NOTUS and co-author of the NOTUS daily newsletter, and Mary Clare Jalonick, congressional reporter for The Associated Press and the author of Storm at the Capitol: An Oral History of January 6th (PublicAffairs, 2026), talk about what has to happen next to end the crisis at airports, the status of the SAVE Act and more.