Nicholas Wu
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covering Congress for @politico | previously: @usatoday @princetonian | my views are my own | email me [email protected]
Washington, DC
Joined April 2013
new - The House is set to return to work Wednesday after a staggering 54 days out of session. Ending the record government shutdown will be the least of Speaker Mike Johnson’s problems. w/ @meredithllee
https://t.co/cI2X3CdCK9
politico.com
Speaker Mike Johnson is faced with jump-starting dormant committees, tackling a looming health care deadline and resolving the long-brewing Jeffrey Epstein fight — if he can reopen the government...
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NEW: House GOP leaders are calling Rules Committee members back - telling them to be ready to meet sometime after 5pm tomorrow, per sources Senate teeing up passage of shutdown-ending funding package now. Will go through Rules in House and then leaders aiming for Weds floor vote
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Trump on @mtgreenee "I don't know what happened to Marjorie. She's a nice woman, but I don't know what happened. She's lost her way, I think."
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Trump in Oval: "I'll abide by the deal. The deal is very good."
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DelBene just sent this note out to House Dems: "Please stay disciplined and focused in communicating that the House Republicans best positioned to stand up to President Trump and Republican leadership on behalf of their constituents to end this crisis, have refused."
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Hoyer/Raskin trying to nudge the Maryland Assembly to redistrict: “We can redistrict to make Maryland House seats more competitive in a way that counters the Trump national steamroller,” the letter says, “and we believe such an effort can survive any legal attack.”
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A cybersecurity breach discovered last week affecting the Congressional Budget Office is now considered “ongoing,” threatening both incoming and outgoing correspondence around Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper. @ktullymcmanus
https://t.co/TU3aK9l9yc
politico.com
Library of Congress employees were informed to take caution when emailing the office of the congressional scorekeeper.
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Khanna's call for Schumer to be replaced as Senate Dem leader has now become a fundraising email
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purple-district House Dem calling for Schumer to step aside:
Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership.
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No "next question" this time. Jeffries unequivocally backs Schumer as the knives come out for his Senate counterpart, by @nicholaswu12
https://t.co/JZg7svFfuc
politico.com
“Yes and yes,” the House minority leader told reporters when asked if Schumer was effective and should keep his job.
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Asked if Dems will whip against the Senate bill, Jeffries tells reporters they’ve got a caucus meeting this afternoon and “that will be part of the discussion”
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"Leader Schumer and Senate Democrats over the last seven weeks have waged a valiant fight on behalf of the American people, and I'm not going to explain what a handful of Senate Democrats have decided to do."
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"I certainly believe that Senate Democrats, the overwhelming majority of Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, have weighed a valiant fight over the last seven weeks, defeating the partisan Republican spending bill 14 or 15 different times, week after week after week"
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Another Dem frontliner coming out against Senate bill. Rep. Greg Landsman: "I assume all of us that have been fighting to protect our constituents from soaring healthcare costs will vote against this."
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Noticeably different than in March:
*JEFFRIES SAYS SCHUMER IS EFFECTIVE, SHOULD KEEP HIS JOB
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Jeffries: "we're not going to support partisan Republican spending bill that continues to cut the health care of the American people"
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