As Washington, D.C., struggles with street cleanup days after a paralyzing winter storm, the two big questions in the nation's capital are whether the roads will be clear and whether there will be a government shutdown over funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). To paraphrase a great poet of my youth, the best answer is probably…Ice? ICE? Maybe.
Last year's extended government shutdown was resolved when Congress agreed to fund the government through the end of January. Until last weekend, it looked like Congress would renew that funding before the deadline, keeping the government open in the process. But after two separate fatal shootings of Americans by immigration agents, Senate Democrats are making noises about refusing to vote for any bill that doesn't make changes to immigration enforcement.
