Republicans are weighing reconciliation to pass a voter ID bill without 60 votes, but the Senate's Byrd rule requires real budgetary impact, and precedent isn't on their side.

The most sweeping housing bill in decades cleared Congress with veto-proof majorities. Then the president attached a condition no one had agreed to.

Hours after signing a $70 billion immigration funding law, the president demanded a third party-line megabill carrying $350 billion for the Pentagon and his election overhaul. McConnell, Collins and Thune are not buying it.