10 things you need to know today: January 22, 2019

Senate Republicans release their proposal to reopen the government, Trump makes an unannounced visit to the MLK memorial, and more

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1. Senate Republicans release proposal to reopen government with wall funding

Senate Republicans late Monday released their proposal to end the partial federal government shutdown. The measure mirrors the plan President Trump outlined Saturday, with $5.7 billion for Trump's border wall, a three-year extension of DACA, and measures to fund the parts of the government closed for 32 days and counting, plus $12.7 billion in disaster and agricultural relief. Immigration experts also found several big, unheralded changes that would sharply curtail asylum requests. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) plans to bring the bill up for a vote this week, even though Democrats have already rejected it. House Democrats, meanwhile, will likely pass another bill to reopen the government, this one with $1 billion for border security but no wall.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.