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Sam Lisker @slisker
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Today in Washington… • @POTUS takes part in pre-taped podcast and interview, among other schedule items. • House & Senate not in session.
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Nathaniel Reed@ReedReports
Jun 11
Senate Minority Leader SCHUMER on Jay Clayton's nomination to be Director of National Intelligence: "[Bill] Pulte's gotta go ... before anything else ... can happen" WATCH⤵️
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Spotted near the Senate subway: Dana White
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Nathaniel Reed@ReedReports
Jun 11
NEW: The Senate Armed Services Committee's draft of the National Defense Authorization Act officially changes the Department of Defense's name to The Department of War, a source familiar tells my colleague @slisker @scrippsnews
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Jun 11
H.R. 9238 failed by a vote of 198-218.
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Jun 11
The House is voting NOW on H.R. 9238 – To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (suspension bill, 2/3rd required).
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Today in Washington... • @POTUS signs proclamation and takes part in policy meeting & tele-rallies. • @FLOTUS makes "Fostering the Future Accounts" announcement. • House expected to consider short-term FISA extension. • Senate considers State Dept. legal adviser nom. plus judicial nom. • SCOTUS opinions expected.
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Nicholas Wu@nicholaswu12
Jun 10
Speaker Johnson tells reporters they’ll put a FISA punt to July 2 on the House floor tomorrow morning on suspension (not clear if they can get a 2/3 majority…)
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Today in Washington… • @POTUS signs GOP reconciliation bill and greets Presidential 1776 Award Finalists. • House considers 3 measures. • Senate considers judicial nom. & Dept. of State legal adviser nom.
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Today in Washington... • @POTUS takes part in policy meetings. • @FLOTUS takes part in Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge National Champion Awards Ceremony. • House expected to consider key test vote on GOP-led reconciliation bill, among others. • Senate considers judicial nom.
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Knicks fever on the Hill @RepJeffries
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Today in Washington... • @POTUS takes part in tele-rally in NJ and attends NBA Finals in NYC. • House expected to consider 19 bills. • Senate considers judicial nom.
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Today in Washington… • @POTUS takes part in agriculture roundtable in Wisconsin. • House & Senate not in session.
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Today in Washington... • @POTUS makes announcement on coal. • House considers 5 measures. Additional legislative items are possible. • Senate expected to continue consideration of reconciliation bill. • SCOTUS opinions expected.
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Nathaniel Reed@ReedReports
Jun 3
NEWS: As Vote-A-Rama nears, Senate expected to take multiple votes on Anti-Weaponization fund: Amendments include Sen. Cassidy: "To prohibit payments from the ... Fund" Sen. Tillis: "To reallocate funds that would have been used for the ... Fund to fraud enforcement."
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Jacob Gardenswartz@reporterjacobg
Jun 3
Meanwhile, Trump moments ago declined to say the fund had been dropped altogether: “I love it. I think it’s so important.”
Nathaniel Reed@ReedReports
Jun 3
New: Senate Majority Leader Thune doesn’t seem particularly confident he can keep an anti-weaponization amendment out of the bill, telling me @scrippsnews “it's not a process that lends itself to predicting with great certainty how things are going to go” (1/2)
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Nathaniel Reed@ReedReports
Jun 3
New: Senate Majority Leader Thune doesn’t seem particularly confident he can keep an anti-weaponization amendment out of the bill, telling me @scrippsnews “it's not a process that lends itself to predicting with great certainty how things are going to go” (1/2)
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Today in Washington... • @POTUS takes part in policy meetings and signs executive orders. • House considers 9 measures. • Senate considers a joint res. with additional votes possible.
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Today in Washington... • @POTUS takes part in policy meetings, among other items. • CMS administrator Dr. Oz leads WH press briefing. • House considers 15 measures, no votes. • Senate considers judicial noms.
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Today in Washington... • @POTUS takes part in policy meetings & signs an executive order. • House not in session. • Senate considers judicial nominee.
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Jacob Gardenswartz@reporterjacobg
May 29
NEWS: A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin's attempt to rename the Kennedy Center, and also temporarily halted the planned 2-year closure Trump officials claimed was required to effectuate renovations storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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