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Politico @politico.com · 16h

What we're watching today in Congress:

➡️A sixth round of CR votes
➡️Schiff and Kaine's war powers resolution
➡️The government censorship hearing

Follow along for the latest👇

Capitol agenda: Trump muddies the GOP shutdown message

The president has repeatedly gone off-script as senators gird for a sixth round of votes on dueling CRs.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · 1d

One week into the shutdown, top Republican leaders appear to have lost the plot.

Trump, Johnson and Thune are straining to project a united front against Democrats, just barely concealing tensions over strategy.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · 6d

THUNE to @jordainc.bsky.social on Trump admin cuts looming during the shutdown:

“This is the risk of shutting down the government and handing the keys to Russ Vought.”

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · 19d

Ted Cruz blasts FCC’s Jimmy Kimmel takedown as "dangerous as hell" and “right out of ‘Goodfellas.’”

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · 26d

NEWSY read on why Hakeem Jeffries hasn’t been able to bend Democrats to his will on redistricting.

Illinois Dems pushed back this week.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · 28d

The contours of a bipartisan government funding deal + Obamacare extension are becoming pretty clear.

But it won't be easy!

Deep reporting on how R and D factions are jockeying + the Trump wildcard.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · 29d

Republican lawmakers are privately fed up with Bill Pulte.

“I think he’s a nut,” one House Republican said.

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‘He’s a nut’: Hill Republicans sour on Trump housing official Bill Pulte

Republican lawmakers privately say they are fed up with the outspoken Federal Housing Finance Agency director.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · Sep 5

Many Republicans on both sides of the Capitol aren’t buying the theater around megabill 2.0.

“It feels like we have a hammer in our hand and we’re walking around looking for a nail.”

“All of the low-hanging fruit and the middle-hanging fruit has been picked."

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Politico @politico.com · Jul 22

House GOP leaders are canceling Thursday votes and sending members home early for summer recess, spurred by the deepening Epstein crisis.

The decision comes after Republicans lost control of the floor over bipartisan pressure to vote on releasing Epstein-related docs.

Epstein crisis forces Republicans to shut down House early

House Republicans are meeting Tuesday morning for the first time after Monday night's meltdown in the Rules Committee.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · Jul 21

NEW: House GOP leaders have an understanding with White House officials that they will wait until after the August recess to vote on the Epstein resolution.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · Jul 17

NEW: House GOP leaders are under fierce internal pressure to send members home for the summer because of anxiety over a possible Epstein vote.

“It’s all Epstein, all day,” says one frustrated House Republican.

www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

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Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · Jul 1

Pennsylvania House Democrat on Fetterman: ‘If you don’t want to be here, leave’ www.politico.com/live-updates...

Pennsylvania House Democrat on Fetterman: ‘If you don’t want to be here, leave’

The comment comes after the Pennsylvania senator said he missed his family beach vacation for votes on the megabill.

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Politico @politico.com · Jul 1

Several former top aides to former President Biden have agreed to interview with the House Oversight Committee as part of its probe of Biden’s mental acuity while in office.

Ron Klain, other former aides scheduled to testify as part of GOP probe on Biden's mental acuity

House Oversight Chair James Comer has lined up several more witnesses starting late July.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · Jul 1

INSIDE CONGRESS is out:
- Murkowski slams the brakes on the megabill
- Thune huddles with Paul as things get dicey
- A first look at pro-Cornyn super PAC numbers www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Murkowski slams brakes on megabill

Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s ability to pass the “big, beautiful bill” is hinging on Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · Jun 30

FRANTIC PHONE CALLS and group texts happening as dozens of House Republicans scramble to head off Medicaid cuts in the Senate megabill.

Mike Johnson expected to hold a call with House members this afternoon.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · Jun 23

Inside Congress today @politico.com:
- How Johnson may block an Iran rebuke
- Senate megabill timeline set to slip
- Dems to pick House Oversight leader
- Republicans pitch gutting GAO www.politico.com/newsletters/...

How Johnson may block an Iran rebuke

President Donald Trump already had Republicans scrambling to get their “big, beautiful bill” to his desk by next week. Now he’s got Congress grappling with something even bigger: the aftermath of his ...

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · Jun 20

Russ Vought's new funding trick: The GAO says it's illegal. GOP lawmakers hate it. But he's pushing forward anyway. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

White House floats a new funding trick — and GOP lawmakers grimace

The Republicans in charge of funding the government don't like what they're hearing from President Donald Trump's budget chief.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · Jun 19

A numbers story that’s a great read, really.

Megabill debt warnings fall on deaf ears inside the GOP

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Megabill debt warnings fall on deaf ears inside the GOP

A new CBO report suggesting debt costs would swamp economic gains is being met with a big Republican shrug.

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Politico @politico.com · Jun 16

Tina Smith confronted her Senate colleague Mike Lee over his social media post that blamed the Minnesota lawmaker shootings on “Marxists.”

Mike Lee confronted by Minnesota colleague over shooting comments

"Honestly, he seemed a little surprised to be confronted," Sen. Tina Smith said.

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nicholaswu12.bsky.social @nicholaswu12.bsky.social · Jun 10

new - D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton tells me and @sahilkapur.bsky.social she's running for re-elect despite Qs about her ability to serve in Congress

"Yeah, sure," she said when asked about running

“I’m going to run. I don’t know why anybody would even ask me.”
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Eleanor Holmes Norton says she's seeking reelection amid age questions

She's facing fresh scrutiny over her ability to serve as D.C.'s advocate in Congress.

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Politico @politico.com · May 14

"First time we were hearing of them": The GOP megabill is packed with surprises for some Republicans.

‘First time we were hearing of them’: The GOP megabill is packed with surprises for some Republicans

Senior Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee were caught off guard by Medicaid provisions in their own bill.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · May 14

EXCLUSIVE: The White House push to seize control of the Library of Congress has run temporarily aground due to quiet but firm resistance from Mike Johnson and John Thune www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

GOP leaders draw the line at Trump's Library of Congress takeover

Quiet resistance from top Republicans has kept Trump officials out — for now.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · May 14

The 3 a.m. clash between @aoc.bsky.social and Rep. Randy Weber www.politico.com/live-updates...

A House Republican told AOC not to talk to cameras. She fired back.

Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee are engaging in a highly emotional debate over the future of Medicaid.

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · May 13

A breakdown of Trump’s wins and losses in the House GOP tax bill www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Trump gets wish list in House GOP tax bill, with some exceptions

While he won some new tax breaks he called for, they were given an expiration date. And he failed to convince lawmakers to eliminate the so-called carried interest loophole for private equity managers...

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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · May 9

Inside Congress today:
- The shrinking Trump tax cuts
- Jason Smith to the White House
- Trump fires Librarian of Congress www.politico.com/newsletters/...

The shrinking Trump tax cuts

The brutal political realities of the House GOP are about to upend President Donald Trump’s tax pledges.

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