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House GOP leaders are holding firm against an effort by one of their home-state Republican senators to hold a stand-alone vote on reopening the National Flood Insurance Program amid the government shutdown https://t.co/dyBi76xFpz via @politico

Scoop: Senate GOP Leader John Thune is quietly pressing Trump to reopen key farm loans during the shutdown - as WH is moving $ for other GOP priorities to outlast Dems but Trump officials aren't budging - despite Thune's warnings about the fallout https://t.co/eWMtsTR6FM

House GOP leaders are resisting pressure to hold a stand-alone vote on reopening the National Flood Insurance Program. During the shutdown, the program can’t underwrite new policies — impacting thousands of homebuyers in flood-prone areas. https://t.co/Hg3HllsNY7

NEW: Senate Dems who are working to strike a crypto deal plan to meet with industry CEOs in the coming days. @Jasper_Goodman https://t.co/yO5vtwGua8

NEW: GOP Rep Kevin Kiley is not backing down from criticizing Speaker Johnson on his shutdown strategy + more -“wrong decision” for Johnson to keep House out -GOP should explore ACA deal to end shutdown -he's "inclined" to vote for Massie's Epstein bill https://t.co/7EVRGdSYIu

NEW: Senate GOP leaders are pushing to advance the 3 funding bill minibus amid the shutdown - as a way to pressure Dems Thune hot-lining effort tonight on GOP side to go to conference, per sources But Dems still highly skeptical + want more assurances https://t.co/6EUFntfSF7

NEW — Trump's visa fee sparks rare bipartisan interest in immigration legislation https://t.co/E1mG6xlfLx

Behind the scenes, Republicans on Capitol Hill and inside the Trump administration are discussing potential pathways to prevent select ACA tax credits from expiring at the end of the year A look at the options from @ben_guggenheim > https://t.co/0c4wyFaP99 via @politico

A menu of options is starting to emerge around a potential Obamacare compromise. Read @ben_guggenheim on what Republicans could offer Democrats on health care: https://t.co/N174JnOfeq

Scoop from @Marcia_Brown9 --> USDA officials told lawmakers that they'll use ~$300 million in leftover tariff money from the last calendar year to fund WIC through October, if the shutdown continues https://t.co/or2OG20q3T

For Trump to pay troops, $8 billion is being shifted from accounts that fund military research, development, testing and evaluation efforts. @benjohansen3 @JAscholtes https://t.co/IQuS5thPA8

Trump just announced he is redirecting funds to pay troops Oct 15 amid the shutdown WH has been working on this for days >

Here’s another winner of the Israel peace deal: Qatar’s lobbying machine

‘Slap in the face’: Marc Benioff’s Trump turn stuns San Francisco

Quite the dynamic. On Day 9 of the shutdown, the Senate made a bipartisan breakthrough on its defense bill that's been stalled for a month. While NDAA passed with a wide margin, the govt funding standoff still means troops will miss a paycheck next week.

“You know it when you see it – and when you see it, you have to send it.” @Zachary on @politico's approach to delivering Hill news via text message. More from @CharlotteTobitt

Crypto chaos returns to the Senate! @Jasper_Goodman https://t.co/peaR39LvO9

EXCLUSIVE: Key Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia was accused of sexually harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia denied wrongdoing.

NEW from @meredithllee @Reporter_Mia: Mike Johnson is holding fast as a drumbeat of opposition emerges to his no-show shutdown strategy. “We’d have people tearing each other from limb to limb.” https://t.co/hn8pH66DsG

NEW: The Senate could pass its defense bill, which has been stalled for over a month, as soon as today. There’s a deal locked in for votes on 17 amendments, a manager’s package of nearly 50 more amendments, and final passage.