Garrett Downs
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Politics Reporter @CNBC | Former @politico and @EENewsUpdates | St. John's grad and NH-raised |
Joined March 2018
Big Tech is pushing for Congress to advance permitting reform that would speed up projects for AI infrastructure. Key procedural vote today. @_garrettdowns and @emrwilkins with all the details:
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Backers say the SPEED Act is crucial to helping the U.S. beat out China and other global competitors for leadership in AI.
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Also bittersweet to have left POLITICO and E&E News after more than three and a half years. It’s a special place with many of the best reporters in the business who I will dearly miss working with.
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Very excited to have joined @CNBC last week as a politics reporter. Going to be covering issues new and old, so be sure to reach out at Garrett.Downs@versantmedia.com
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Indiana Senate rejects redistricting bill that Trump demanded
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President Trump and the GOP mounted an immense pressure campaign in Indiana as they try to make the congressional map more favorable before the 2026 midterms.
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Scoop: White House is quadrupling its beef imports from Argentina even after backlash from GOP and industry Admin is also rolling out beef industry-friendly policies they say will bring down consumer costs https://t.co/UiVzbsIh8V
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The White House is also rolling out a series of beef industry-friendly policies to boost the domestic supply long-term, according to a plan obtained first by POLITICO.
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RT @andpicon: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) uses her first campaign post in five years to express support for the Red Sox ahead of the wildc…
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in case you missed it - a great story on the public lands fight here from @_garrettdowns & @ameliadavidson_ “He’s not wrong about the concept, he was just not wise in the approach he used,” Republican Thom Tillis said of the Senate Energy chair. https://t.co/IpHy7PixJ0
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"He’s not wrong about the concept, he was just not wise in the approach he used,” Republican Thom Tillis said of the Senate Energy chair.
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House Republican appropriators vote to rename the Kennedy Center opera house the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House”
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“There was virtually nobody else who supported it,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who said his office’s phone lines were ringing off the hook over the idea, despite North Carolina not being impacted.
New behind the scenes on how Sen. Mike Lee ended on an island when it came to public land sales- W/ @_garrettdowns
https://t.co/L1yAhrjJdc
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Senate leaders have agreed to remove a new excise tax on wind and solar projects from their megabill in order to secure enough support for passage
Senate leaders scrap new tax on renewable energy
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Jon Tester tells @_garrettdowns he won’t run for elected office again. Dems “make this mistake too often; we try to recycle candidates.” Instead he’s “living the good life…looking at a field of wheat…and a field of alfalfa that I gotta get swapped out.” https://t.co/XFwKzHTRWi
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Scoop: Several farm state GOP senators had a tense meeting with RFK Jr. and Calley Means today amid concerns over pesticides in MAHA report Three ppl described the meeting as "heated" Sens. Boozman, Grassley, Hoeven, Hyde-Smith and Marshall participated https://t.co/B7GmKVITZq
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One person familiar with the meeting said it was a “productive” discussion about high-level issues. Three others described it as “heated.”
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Reps. Garbarino and Kiggans - who last week called for some softening of IRA credit language — w pretty different takes leaving speakers office. Kiggans, calling the managers changes a compromise, was pleased. Garbarino NOT happy, waiting to see final text
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Reconciliation sleeper issue: Public lands sales. Rep. Ryan Zinke, Trump’s first Interior Secretary, been threatening a ‘no’ vote for over a week now unless the sales are removed. “As written, I’m a hard no,” Zinke told me yesterday. Lawmakers are talking. Get caught up:
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i love politics, chapter 358749: Dems hopes to kill a federal lands provision in the big GOP tax bill may rest on the resolve of an unlikely ally: Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana, Donald Trump’s first Interior Secretary, writes @_garrettdowns
https://t.co/yaPvhm0ue4
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Republican Ryan Zinke has vowed to fight the sale of hundreds of thousands of acres of land. Democrats are cheering him on.
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New w/ @kelseybrugger — Republicans are mulling the sale of some public lands to help pay for a massive budget reconciliation bill to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda. But just how big they’ll be able to go is an open question. https://t.co/PPO9C4cZlA
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The plans are still fuzzy, and some Republicans say they fiercely oppose the idea.
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Republicans have tried — and failed — to overhaul the Endangered Species Act for decades. This time could be different. “I’m not going to throw my arms open, but if anyone can get me to the table, it’s Westerman,” said Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.). https://t.co/VsqG9ljWBk
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A permitting package may be the best vehicle this Congress for supporters of amending the Endangered Species Act.
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New: President Donald Trump and Republicans promised to cut gas prices in half on the campaign trail. Now, Trump’s tariff moves on Canadian energy threaten to balloon energy costs where Republicans are vulnerable in the 2026 midterms. https://t.co/fmgS19rWim
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New England and the Midwest — with critical races next year — are particularly sensitive to the president's energy tariffs on Canada.
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Heinrich Thursday declined to endorse former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s gubernatorial bid, just weeks after the top Energy and Natural Resources Committee Democrat backed out of a potential run himself. @_garrettdowns
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The top Democrat on Energy and Natural Resources had earlier decided against running for the position.
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