This episode analyzes the legislative landscape of March 12, 2026, headlined by the Senate's bipartisan passage of the Housing for the 21st Century Act in a decisive 89-10 vote. While Senators from both parties celebrated this significant effort to expand the affordable housing supply and curb private equity's influence on single-family homes, the session was simultaneously defined by intense gridlock over funding the Department of Homeland Security. Leaders engaged in sharp floor debates regarding TSA pay and ICE accountability, highlighting deep partisan divides even as Congress faced the pressures of an ongoing war with Iran and the looming expiration of FISA surveillance authorities. Amidst these high-stakes debates, the House held a brief session to introduce a wide array of ...