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Congress for @politico, mostly federal spending || [email protected] DM for Signal, Formerly: CQRollCall Forever: #RedSoxNation
Joined October 2010
news - the Illinois Dem delegation met with Jeffries on Tuesday to talk redistricting. There's some pushback among them - particularly concern that an already-gerrymandered map might make Dems more vulnerable if they go further More details: https://t.co/DPs5Gcq2rJ
politico.com
The minority leader is facing internal pushback that threatens his fight against Donald Trump’s majority-protection play — and his quest for the House gavel.
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DC if you don’t go look at the moon right now you might regret it Huge and orange and low to the horizon
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Thune says Senate *could* take up CR next week -- depending on when the House sends it over Didn't rule out that Senate comes back at the very end of week of Sept. 22 (post-holiday) but TBD
NEW: GOP leaders eyeing a House vote on a stopgap spending bill next week that extends government funding through Nov 20 — up to Friday before Thanksgiving date not fully locked, next few days of talks will determine Senate *could* then vote late next wk https://t.co/gjR956tty9
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Speaker Johnson just indicated House will expedite member security review after Charlie Kirk’s killing “We’ve got to protect people who run for public office or no one will…as we also work through the trauma of what happened yesterday” w @JAscholtes
https://t.co/8ugALqv5vJ
politico.com
Congressional leaders were originally eyeing a rollout of a new member security pilot program later this fall.
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new - Dems are coalescing around a funding demand: Any deal needs to include health care provisions such as an extension of soon-to-expire insurance subsidies, Richie Neal tells me He said that Senate Dems were "on board" w/ @JAscholtes @jordainc
https://t.co/xrkIZGfOsX
politico.com
Any stopgap deal needs to include an extension of enhanced health care tax credits or other concessions, the Ways and Means leader said after strategy meeting.
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NEW: Chief Justice Roberts has revived Trump's "pocket rescission" of $4 billion in foreign aid, keeping it on the books at least until the court has more time to weigh the case — and putting the ball squarely in Congress' court. w/ @joshgerstein
https://t.co/WnR8xxCTIG
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Another day of the Senate Hart/Dirksen subway breaking down, trapping staff / Senator/ visitors etc. Staff forced the doors to their car open to get out. Architect of the Capitol guy was on site within minutes to do some manual door checks / etc
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New: R's are preparing to change the rules but don't expect nuclear winter type fallout Dems blocked noms UC today and are warning Rs action will come back to bite them But Dems can't stop Rs from going nuclear and it's not overshadowing gov funding: https://t.co/LQr62B8gX4
politico.com
Lawmakers do not appear headed toward the kind of bitter showdown that marked previous nomination battles.
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NEWS: House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris tells @politico he may support a shorter funding stopgap into Nov “if they have the votes for it, I think we’ll support it, but we prefer it to be into next year.” Cole says his plan is gaining “steam” https://t.co/fceIj2zumS
politico.com
Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris said he prefers a stopgap into 2026 but could support a shorter measure “if they have the votes for it.”
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NEW: A review of videos shows Rep. Burchett taunted a protester, saying “come over here, weenie” and pursued him before their confrontation got physical. The protester was moving away when Burchett again mocked him for “quivering.” w/ @ChrisMarquette_
https://t.co/mMZ2pleZO0
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Approps committee confirming our scoop re: markup of homeland security bill getting delayed:
Don’t hold your breath for a Senate Homeland Approps markup. It’s off for Thursday. Little scheduling scoop w @jordainc
https://t.co/Sosj8obXDZ
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>@RandPaul opens up on why he went after @JDVance this weekend, via @JAscholtes: "a disdain for human life" https://t.co/qLYrkIPouE
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Don’t hold your breath for a Senate Homeland Approps markup. It’s off for Thursday. Little scheduling scoop w @jordainc
https://t.co/Sosj8obXDZ
politico.com
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) says there's no agreement on legislative text with his GOP counterpart.
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I don’t even drink coffee but this machine is so crucial to the mood of everyone around me, please fix it asap
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And, oh, we're 22 days out from a shutdown. Fun fact: The key fault lines aren't R vs. D. Read @JAscholtes @jordainc & @ktullymcmanus on the factions battling over keeping the gov't open: https://t.co/Lnx2A7k6YC
politico.com
Lawmakers and the Trump administration are debating different scenarios to avoid a lapse in federal funding but consensus remains elusive.
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Update in IC: Thune will start laying the procedural groundwork today on the Senate floor for a rules change later this week https://t.co/5xweJS2von
politico.com
Factions are forming on Capitol Hill over how to avoid a shutdown in three weeks. Here's a breakdown of what key groups are gunning for ahead of Sept. 30.
Nugget in @playbookdc: Thune will move as soon as Monday to lay the procedural groundwork for teeing up a rules change on nominations
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Scoop: Trump officials are weighing firing Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins’ top liaison to Capitol Hill A sexually explicit story he wrote, with vivid descriptions of oral sex, is spreading across DC Top WH officials + industry now aware w @YarrowGrace
https://t.co/NOEobrNrXx
politico.com
And the latest after protests against federal troops in D.C...
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Psyched on this
Hopefully those sources will keep calling as I head over to join the @politico defense team, which is an incredible opportunity. I can't wait to start working alongside @connorobrienNH @paulmcleary @JackDetsch @audrey_decker9. I think they have another guy there too...
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White House has quietly tweaked its pocket rescission. $29M for U.S. contributions to the World Trade Organization is now deleted from the list of canceled cash, to “limit confusion,” a Trump administration official says. per @_AriHawkins
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