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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 9h

Senate will vote for the sixth time on the House-passed CR and Dems’ CR midday tomorrow, the eighth day of the shutdown

Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 13h

Shaheen and Collins were having a very long convo on the Senate floor this afternoon but it could have just been about the lovely fall weather in New England

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 13h

Thune and Schumer file cloture on their CRs, setting up Thursday votes. They also have motions to reconsider from yesterday votes so could be an action-packed week of failed votes

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 14h

Is it time for ... a Senate shutdown GANG?

Coons: “A couple more days of this, and you'll have a group of senators at least trying"

Murkowski: “For the Democrats to switch their vote ... you have to have some germ of an idea as to where we go once we get it open"

www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Could a bipartisan Senate gang stop the shutdown?

Senators once locked arms across the aisle on infrastructure, immigration, and more. Some in the chamber think that’s the way out of the current crisis.

www.semafor.com

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 18h

Not clear whether the Senate will vote again on the funding bills today. Currently considering the big nominee package.

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 19h

One of Sen. Collins idea to break logjam: Dems give votes to reopen government with a “commitment” to negotiate on ACA premium tax credits. She says it’s not entirely clear what Democrats think of this

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 19h

Hawley wants AG Bondi to appoint a special prosecutor to probe Biden DOJ

“I just think that that's the most sensible thing to do. And I think it takes it out of the realm of partisanship, where it's like, ‘you did this to us. So we did that to you.’”

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 21h

GOP leaders considering canceling next week's Senate recess if shutdown drags on... www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

US govt shutdown enters seventh day with no movement

Senate GOP leaders are considering cancelling next week’s recess if the shutdown continues.

www.semafor.com

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 1d

New: Schumer says Trump isn’t talking to Dems

“Trump’s claim isn’t true — but if he’s finally ready to work with Democrats, we’ll be at the table…

“If President Trump and Republicans are finally ready to sit down …, Democrats will be there — ready to make it happen”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We want great healthcare for people. We don't want to give the money away to other people that come pouring into our country ... we have a negotiation going on right now with the Democrats that could lead to very good things. I'm talking about with regard to healthcare."

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 1d

Sen. Murray doesn’t want to discuss her shutdown convo with Speaker Johnson but offers one detail: he called her

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 1d

Schumer shrugs off Johnson/Thune's position that ACA subsidy negotiations can happen after government reopens

"if you're not ready to solve it now, how do we know you'll be ready to solve it 45 days for now"

"When Johnson says later, they know he means never"

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 1d

Thune defends Trump's planned National Guard deployments but says courts will decide

“If there are federal personnel who are being threatened then, then I think the president has a right to protect them”
"When it works through its way through legal process, whatever that decision is, will be final”

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 1d

Shutdown Day 6: Thune tells us he's not shifting strategies as he prepares to call House CR up for fifth time this evening. Says he may cancel next week's recess if the government remains shutdown and will talk to Schumer "if it's useful to do so"

"it sounds like they're still stuck at the moment"

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 1d

News: Democrats are unlikely to get the restrictions on Trump's spending cuts they are seeking in shutdown fight. Trump opposes it, Republican leaders say he won't sign it

Sen. Lankford: "President Biden wouldn’t have signed that either"

@eleanormueller.bsky.social

www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Trump won’t budge on key Democratic shutdown demand

The opposition may yet get him to cut a deal on extending health care subsidies. Limits to his spending power are more out of reach.

www.semafor.com

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 4d

House just made next week a recess. So unless the Senate passes the House CR (or the House changes its mind and comes back), the shutdown could stretch to October 14 at this rate

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 4d

Shaheen: "We're talking about how to move that forward in a way that gets agreement”

Rounds: "we're just talking to one another about the right path forward, but nothing is going to happen until we get the shutdown behind us"

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 4d

Really no urgency at all to end the shutdown. Senate left for weekend, unclear when House is going to come back next week and just a smattering of bipartisan convos on the Senate floor today (no big gaggle like Wednesday). Shaheen and Rounds still buttonholing members though

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 4d

Senators are now heading home for the weekend after a predictable collapse of the dueling CRs again. The House's CR is going down and no one has changed their votes (including Peters, Hassan,)

Cortez-Masto, Fetterman King are the only Dem yeses

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 4d

Thune on potentially meeting with Schumer

"If he’s got something to say. I don’t think there’s at this point a lot to negotiate and I think at this point a lot of the more productive conversations are happening outside of the leader office at the moment”

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 4d

Republicans seem to think they can split off some Senate Dems who voted for the March CR but are opposing this one.

One big problem: Durbin, Gillibrand and Schatz are all on Schumer’s leadership team. Really hard to see them breaking with him, and you’d need some to get to 60

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 4d

Shutdown schedule -- ? Will Schumer meet with Thune
- Dem Caucus lunch
- Senate votes at 1:30 for the 4th time on previously rejected CRs. No one currently expects a different result this time
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- Back on Monday

www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Shutdown could run into next week as Senate bolts

Democrats are likely to once again reject the House’s seven-week stopgap bill.

www.semafor.com

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 5d

WH told Congress "the President determined that the United States is in a non-international armed conflict with these designated terrorist organizations. The President directed the Department of War to conduct operations against them pursuant to the law of armed conflict"

Confirming NYT

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 5d

Dem shutdown strategy:

Hick: "It’s my choice of last resort … this seems like the only way we can get our voice heard.”

Bernie: “I’m not happy about a shutdown. But I am truly not happy about the possibility of tens of thousands of Americans dying unnecessarily"

www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Democrats: It’s more of a health care fight than a shutdown

Holding the line to keep the government closed is painful for them, but most of them saw it as the only way to start their comeback.

www.semafor.com

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 5d

New: Democrats are betting you're going to remember the health care fight, not the shutdown

Sen. Welch: "People hate shutdowns. And I hate shutdowns. So why are we doing it? ... the whole Obamacare healthcare success we have is being unraveled"

www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Democrats: It’s more of a health care fight than a shutdown

Holding the line to keep the government closed is painful for them, but most of them saw it as the only way to start their comeback.

www.semafor.com

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 5d

Sen. Mike Rounds, who is talking to Dems about ACA subsidies, says "We’re not going to do anything until we get government open”

Says if tomorrow's vote fails and "we wait until the following Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday to do anything, there’s that much less time to do the things [Dems] want to do”

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