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Johnson’s jam-packed week
Plus: GOP goes all in on Trump ballroom and House to vote to up USCP waiver cap.
9 hrs ago • Michael Jones
Trump allies seize on shooting to push ballroom
Plus: Tillis drops his Warsh blockade, Dems slam BIA’s DACA decision and the DOJ green-lights return of firing squads.
22 hrs ago • Michael Jones
Jeffries targets Patel as 702 vote nears
Plus: DCCC touts voter cf color turnout for VA referendum, DOJ IG to probe Epstein files compliance and AOC to join Pressley in Boston.
Apr 24 • Michael Jones
AOC heads to Boston with Pressley
Plus: Jeffries takes kids’ Qs at his weekly presser, Tri-Caucus pushes HUD to withdraw mixed-status rule and CPR poll shows Dems +6 in battlegrounds.
Apr 23 • Michael Jones
Jeffries projects confidence as SCOTUS decision looms
Plus: GOP budget clears after overnight vote-a-rama, Thune preps clean FISA extension and David Scott dies at 80.
Apr 23 • Michael Jones
Scott’s death reignites Hill age debate
Plus: A court temporarily blocks Virginia’s redistricting referendum, Senate vote-a-rama to start tonight and progressives file Iran war powers…
Apr 22 • Michael Jones
Dems to center cost-of-living in vote-a-rama
Plus: Members turn the page after Cherfilus-McCormick exit … Democrats force rare hearing on ICE conduct, DHS shutdown.
Apr 22 • Michael Jones
Cherfilus-McCormick resigns before likely expulsion vote
Plus: Senate GOP formally kicks off reconciliation 2.0 and Warsh sidesteps 2020 test as Warren questions independence.
Apr 21 • Michael Jones
Virginia voters weigh redraw with House control at stake
Plus: House Democrats brace for ethics fallout in Cherfilus-McCormick case and Powell probe clouds Warsh hearing as Tillis threatens delay.
Apr 21 • Michael Jones
CHC targets ICE boost as GOP moves solo on reconciliation
Plus: Trump tariff refund portal opens as $166B in claims loom
Apr 21 • Michael Jones
Peace talks in doubt as Iran tensions spike
Plus: News and notes on the reconciliation 2.0, FISA 702 negotiations, Cherfilus-McCormick sanctions proceedings, Virginia redistricting referendum, and…
Apr 20 • Michael Jones
Durbin escalates pressure on Patel after bombshell report
Plus: Casten renews push to curb SCOTUS shadow docket, House Dems win 72-hour pledge on FISA talks and Senate immigration hawks dub Haiti TPS as DOA.
Apr 19 • Michael Jones
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