If you apply 15 months or earlier, let us know USCIS's response. A lot of people are unsure what will happen and how they will finally end daca.
Also, the article does not mean much, the house is Rep controlled and can pass anything along party lines but in the senate, they will need democratic votes to pass a bill. Also the next shut down will most likely be caused by trump trying to get boarder wall money. Any substantial boarder wall funding will be dead on arrival in the senate unless there is a resolution for dreamers; that is, unless dems lose their spine and betray their own immigration message..