Jake Sherman
@JakeSherman
Founder of @punchbowlnews. @nbcnews/@msnbc. Phish/Dead fan. Author of NYT best seller, “The Hill To Die On”.
🚨BREAKING -- ANDREW GARBARINO of New York is the next chair of the House Homeland Security Committee. House Republican Steering Committee tapped the 40-year-old New Yorker for the slot. Garbarino's predecessor, PETE KING, previously chaired the panel.
Rep. MICHAEL GUEST (R-Miss.) was eliminated on the first ballot of the race to be House Homeland Security chair. Guest is chair of Ethics and has an appropriations seat. Race is now between CLAY HIGGINS, ANDREW GARBARINO and CARLOS GIMENEZ
HOUSE GOP STEERING UPDATE: The first ballot of the race for House Homeland Security chair has begun
The concern in the leadership is not only getting a rule out of committee. But they don’t think they can get a rule across the floor.
Just to put this in context. The House Rules Committee needs to report a rule so the speaker can put bills on the floor. The rules committee is paralyzed because of how the speaker is dealing with the Epstein issue. So the House can’t do anything of substance this week.
Just to put this in context. The House Rules Committee needs to report a rule so the speaker can put bills on the floor. The rules committee is paralyzed because of how the speaker is dealing with the Epstein issue. So the House can’t do anything of substance this week.
NEWS — RALPH NORMAN, hardline conservative on the House Rules Committee, says the panel will not report a rule this week for bills, effectively shutting down the house floor. Why? He doesn’t want to vote on Democrats’ Epstein amendments. He says it’s grandstanding.
NEWS — RALPH NORMAN, hardline conservative on the House Rules Committee, says the panel will not report a rule this week for bills, effectively shutting down the house floor. Why? He doesn’t want to vote on Democrats’ Epstein amendments. He says it’s grandstanding.
NEW— More problems in the House Rules Committee. The Republicans put the panel in recess subject to the call of the chair without voting on the rule. This is the same committee that got tied up on Epstein related issues last week. W @bresreports
Andy Harris, chair of the HFC, said he doesn’t believe that @SpeakerJohnson won’t put the Epstein resolution on the floor this week. I told him Johnson said it on camera. “Alright. This is Monday”
New Jersey's constitution explicitly bans mid-decade redistricting
#NEW: Gov. Phil Murphy says that there are currently no plans to redraw New Jersey's congressional map, but that he doesn't rule out the possibility. newjerseyglobe.com/redistricing/m…
Top Dem on Approps, Patty Murray, indicates she will vote to move forward with the MilCon-VA bill tomorrow. “I will let you know my strategy tomorrow, but I expect to, yeah”
News: This vote — a procedural vote on one of the 12 appropriations bills — will occur tomorrow, I’m told. Could still be packaged with others. Will be up to Dems to decide if this advances. Needs 60
Johnson world - and indeed the speaker - was very sensitive to the idea that he split with Trump and the White House.
News —Speaker Mike Johnson shuts the door on a House vote before August recess on a resolution calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. “No,” he told me when asked if there’d be a vote before recess. Says wants to give administration “space” to deal with issue
One of my favorite phish shows was 28 years ago today. relisten.net/phish/1997/07/…
But Thune said members want to go home to sell OBBB “This is time of year when they go back and interact with their constituents” “I think the message about delivering the message about our accomplishments is something that our members are anxious to get out there and do”
Thune latest on canceling August recess, per Trump’s request: “We’re thinking about it. We want to get as many noms through the pipeline as we can.” “we're going to be looking at all the options in the next weeks to try and get as many of those across the finish line as we can”
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Thune latest on canceling August recess, per Trump’s request: “We’re thinking about it. We want to get as many noms through the pipeline as we can.” “we're going to be looking at all the options in the next weeks to try and get as many of those across the finish line as we can”
The great PAGE MCCONNELL will throw out the opening pitch at the New York Mets vs. LA Angels game Wednesday. Page is a longtime Met fan.
NEW -- CBO has a new cost estimate for OBBB. The law will add $3.4T to the budget deficit over the next 10 years, CBO says. CBO: "That increase in the deficit is estimated to result from a decrease in direct spending of $1.1 trillion and an decrease in revenues of $4.5…
Bice’s bill — dubbed Stop Illegal Entry Act — would increase penalties for undocumented migrants caught trying to reenter the country after being removed. It will come to Rules later and voted on this week.
New details on Main Street Caucus’s role in advancing Trump’s border agenda in @PunchbowlNews Midday Rep. Bice will attend ELC tonight on she’ll outline her immigration bill The White House is supporting her and has been coordinating with GOP leadership, per a source familiar.