In ending the partial government shutdown, the Senate and House — newly controlled by Democrats — agreed to choose 17 lawmakers from both parties to negotiate a border security funding plan. This is the conference committee.

Senate

House

Nita Lowey

Lucille Roybal-Allard

David Price

Richard Shelby

Shelley Moore Capito

John Hoeven

D-N.Y.

D-Calif.

D-N.C.

R-Ala.

R-W.Va.

R-N.D.

Barbara Lee

Henry Cuellar

Pete Aguilar

Roy Blunt

Patrick Leahy

Dick Durbin

D-Calif.

D-Texas

D-Calif.

R-Mo.

D-Vt.

D-Ill.

Kay Granger

Chuck Fleischmann

Tom Graves

Jon Tester

R-Texas

R-Tenn.

R-Ga.

D-Mont.

Steven Palazzo

R-Miss.

There's broad agreement within Congress that the final spending bill will invest billions of dollars in border security. But the lingering threat from the White House to shut down the government again if there is no border wall complicates the matter.

"My position is we're not going to do $5.7 billion on a wall. No way. Absolutely no way."

"We can probably get there on some sort of enhanced barriers with local input."

—Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas

"Steel slats. ... [Customs and Border Protection] said that's what they like."

—Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.

The conference committee members not only need to produce a bill that they can agree on; the House and Senate would have to approve it, and President Trump would then need to sign the bill into law.

Nancy Pelosi

Mitch McConnell

Chuck Schumer

D-Calif.

R-Ky.

D-N.Y.

235

198

47

53

In the House, Democrats could pass a bill without any Republican support if the party were unified behind it.

In the Senate, rules require 60 votes for legislation to advance. Republicans do not have enough votes on their own to unilaterally pass a compromise bill.

Six other spending bills are tied to the fate of the homeland security spending bill negotiations.

Homeland

Security

Agriculture

Commerce/

Justice/

Science

Financial

Services

Interior/

Environment

State/

Foreign

Operations

Transportation/

Housing and

Urban

Development

FY 2018 funding

$116.3B

$153.7B

$71.5B

$47.5B

$36.6B

$54.2B

$100.1B

When legislators failed to reach a deal with Trump, those parts of the government shut down on Dec. 22. Thirty-four days later, Trump agreed to reopen the government for three weeks without new funding for a wall, using a temporary funding bill that stretches until Feb. 15.

Feb.

Dec.

Jan.

By the 15th, Trump will need to sign any compromise bill to keep the government open.

He has not always been consistent about what he will accept.

“On Feb. 15, the committee will come back, and if they don’t have a wall, I don’t even want to waste my time reading what they have.”

—Trump, Jan. 31

“I hear they’re working on something, and we’ll see what happens. But I certainly hear that they’re working on something, and both sides are moving along. We’ll see what happens. We need border security. We have to have it. It’s not an option.”

—Trump, Feb. 7

In ending the partial government shutdown, the Senate and House — newly controlled by Democrats — agreed to choose 17 lawmakers from both parties to negotiate a border security funding plan. This is the conference committee.

House

Nita Lowey

Lucille Roybal-Allard

David Price

D-N.Y.

D-N.Y.

D-N.C.

Barbara Lee

Henry Cuellar

Pete Aguilar

D-Calif.

D-Texas

D-Calif.

Kay Granger

Chuck Fleischmann

Tom Graves

R-Texas

R-Tenn.

R-Ga.

Steven Palazzo

R-Miss.

Senate

Richard Shelby

Shelley Moore Capito

John Hoeven

R-Ala.

R-W.Va.

R-N.D.

Roy Blunt

Patrick Leahy

Dick Durbin

R-Mo.

D-Vt.

D-Ill.

Jon Tester

D-Mont.

There's broad agreement within Congress that the final spending bill will invest billions of dollars in border security. But the lingering threat from the White House to shut down the government again if there is no border wall complicates the matter.

"My position is we're not going to do $5.7 billion on a wall. No way. Absolutely no way."

"We can probably get there on some sort of enhanced barriers with local input."

—Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas

"Steel slats. ... [Customs and Border Protection] said that's what they like."

—Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.

The conference committee members not only need to produce a bill that they can agree on; the House and Senate would have to approve it, and President Trump would then need to sign the bill into law.

Nancy Pelosi

Mitch McConnell

Chuck Schumer

D-Calif.

R-Ky.

D-N.Y.

235

198

In the House, Democrats could pass a bill without any Republican support if the party were unified behind it.

47

53

In the Senate, rules require 60 votes for legislation to advance. Republicans do not have enough votes on their own to unilaterally pass a compromise bill.

Six other spending bills are tied to the fate of the homeland security spending bill negotiations.

FY 2018 funding

Homeland

Security

$116.3B

Agriculture

$153.7B

Commerce/

Justice/

Science

$71.5B

Financial

Services

$47.5B

Interior/

Environment

$36.6B

State/

Foreign

Operations

$54.2B

Transportation/

Housing and

Urban

Development

$100.1B

Spending areas sized according to their FY 2018 appropriation.

FY 2019 budget numbers are not yet final and could be decided with this bill.

When legislators failed to reach a deal with Trump, those parts of the government shut down on Dec. 22. Thirty-four days later, Trump agreed to reopen the government for three weeks without new funding for a wall, using a temporary funding bill that stretches until Feb. 15.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

By the 15th, Trump will need to sign any compromise bill to keep the government open.

He has not always been consistent about what he will accept.

“On February 15th, the committee will come back, and if they don’t have a wall, I don’t even want to waste my time reading what they have.”

—Trump, Jan. 31

“I hear they’re working on something, and we’ll see what happens. But I certainly hear that they’re working on something, and both sides are moving along. We’ll see what happens. We need border security. We have to have it. It’s not an option.”

—Trump, Feb. 7

In ending the partial government shutdown, the Senate and House — newly controlled by Democrats — agreed to choose 17 lawmakers from both parties to negotiate a border security funding plan. This is the conference committee.

House

Nita Lowey

Lucille Roybal-Allard

David Price

D-N.Y.

D-N.Y.

D-N.C.

Barbara Lee

Henry Cuellar

Pete Aguilar

D-Calif.

D-Texas

D-Calif.

Kay Granger

Chuck Fleischmann

Tom Graves

R-Texas

R-Tenn.

R-Ga.

Steven Palazzo

R-Miss.

Senate

Richard Shelby

Shelley Moore Capito

John Hoeven

R-Ala.

R-W.Va.

R-N.D.

Roy Blunt

Patrick Leahy

Dick Durbin

R-Mo.

D-Vt.

D-Ill.

Jon Tester

D-Mont.

There's broad agreement within Congress that the final spending bill will invest billions of dollars in border security. But the lingering threat from the White House to shut down the government again if there is no border wall complicates the matter.

"My position is we're not going to do $5.7 billion on a wall. No way. Absolutely no way."

"We can probably get there on some sort of enhanced barriers with local input."

—Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas

"Steel slats. ... [Customs and Border Protection] said that's what they like."

—Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.

The conference committee members not only need to produce a bill that they can agree on; the House and Senate would have to approve it, and President Trump would then need to sign the bill into law.

Nancy Pelosi

Mitch McConnell

D-Calif.

R-Ky.

Chuck Schumer

D-N.Y.

235

198

In the House, Democrats could pass a bill without any Republican support if the party were unified behind it.

47

53

In the Senate, rules require 60 votes for legislation to advance. Republicans do not have enough votes on their own to unilaterally pass a compromise bill.

Six other spending bills are tied to the fate of the homeland security spending bill negotiations.

FY 2018

funding

Homeland

Security

$116.3B

$153.7B

Agriculture

Commerce/

Justice/

Science

$71.5B

Financial

Services

$47.5B

Interior/

Environment

$36.6B

State/

Foreign

Operations

$54.2B

Transportation/

Housing and

Urban

Development

$100.1B

Spending areas sized according to their FY 2018 appropriation.

FY 2019 budget numbers are not yet final and could be decided with this bill.

When legislators failed to reach a deal with Trump, those parts of the government shut down on Dec. 22. Thirty-four days later, Trump agreed to reopen the government for three weeks without new funding for a wall, using a temporary funding bill that stretches until Feb. 15.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

By the 15th, Trump will need to sign any compromise bill to keep the government open.

He has not always been consistent about what he will accept.

“On February 15th, the committee will come back, and if they don’t have a wall, I don’t even want to waste my time reading what they have.”

—Trump, Jan. 31

“I hear they’re working on something, and we’ll see what happens. But I certainly hear that they’re working on something, and both sides are moving along. We’ll see what happens. We need border security. We have to have it. It’s not an option.”

—Trump, Feb. 7