Shutdown clock ticks with Trump set to address Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

91% : " Trump to deliver address to Congress Trump is scheduled to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, marking his first major speech since being sworn in for his second term in January, Johnson invited Trump to deliver the address shortly after Inauguration Day, offering the president the opportunity "to share your America First vision for our legislative future.
68% : McMahon's likely confirmation offers an interesting dynamic, since she is slated to run a department that Trump has said he wants to do away with -- a plan that the nominee has said she agrees with.
67% : "President Trump is coming in, a triumphant return to Congress to address us as the president once again.
65% : I look forward to bringing @SenTuberville's Protection of Women & Girls in Sports Act to the floor next week," Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) wrote on X last week.
64% : An ad with the tagline "Kamala is for they/them, President Trump is for you," for example, ran in support of Trump's campaign.
60% : On the Senate side, the upper chamber is poised to confirm Linda McMahon to be the next secretary of Education, as Trump looks to dismantle the department.
53% : Senate to vote on transgender athletes bill The Senate this week is also set to consider the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would bar transgender athletes from taking part in girls' and womens' sports.
52% : In addition to preventing transgender athletes from playing on girls' and womens' sports teams, the legislation directs the Department of Justice to take immediate action against schools and athletic groups that allow transgender students to play on sports teams that align with their gender identity.
50% : During an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Johnson said he wants to pass a clean continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through the end of September -- which would keep funding levels flat for the remainder of the fiscal year -- an idea Trump endorsed last week.
43% : The scramble to keep the lights on in Washington -- which is expected to pick up in urgency this week -- comes as President Trump is set to deliver his first major speech before Congress, an address that is taking place amid a moment of high polarization sparked by some of the president's controversial efforts and comments related to domestic and foreign policy issues.
34% : "The exciting thing is FY26, the budgeting, where we will actually be able to change the way this is done and incorporate all the extraordinary savings that DOGE is uncovering through fraud, waste, and abuse, the other revenues that President Trump is bringing about because of his policies with the tariffs and otherwise," Johnson said on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."
31% : The address is occurring just days after the contentious meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, which prompted criticism from scores of Democrats and even some Republicans.
28% : Johnson's idea of a clean, full-year CR is also likely to face opposition from some hardline conservatives who are pushing for cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), overseen by Elon Musk, to be included in the eventual government funding bill.
20% : "President Trump believes that the bureaucracy in Washington should be abolished so that we can return education to the states, where it belongs," McMahon wrote in response to questions asked by Sens. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
15% : " Democrats have been pushing for assurances in government funding legislation that Trump will properly direct the funds appropriated by Congress. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), meanwhile, rejected Johnson's characterization of the current situation.

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