This episode of Congress in Context explores a day of legislative urgency and high-stakes political tension following a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. In the House, lawmakers focus on "commonsense" modernization, passing the BARCODE Efficiency Act to digitize paper tax returns and the Counterfeit Notification Act to enhance real-time information sharing between Customs and Border Protection and private industry. Meanwhile, the Senate is embroiled in a heated debate over Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding, with leadership trading accusations over a "pickle" of a shutdown that has left the Secret Service and TSA workers operating without certain pay. The program also examines the bipartisan push for the  ...