Marianna Sotomayor
@MariannaReports
Congressional reporter @washingtonpost covering the House • Previously @NBCNews • Florida bred & Peruvian food fed • Insta 📸: mariannasotomayor
ITS BACK: We’ve compiled what some of have dubbed a “public service” Heres our list of which ideological faction each House Republican belongs to this Congress + bonus content on how the fate of Trump’s agenda rests with the ‘five families’ @hannahdormido washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
Some House Dems have floated voting against suspensions today to make the GOP’s life harder, multiple Dems tell me & @kadiagoba. (Suspensions always pass on bipartisan support). It’s unlikely to happen given it could set new precedent & leaders didn’t endorse when asked in caucus
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It's my first day at @washingtonpost covering economic policy in Congress! Working on something money-related on Capitol Hill? Add me to your lists and let me know what you think is interesting: riley.beggin (at) washpost.com
.@RepJohnnyO, a Democrat from Maryland, tells me he’s also signed onto the Epstein discharge petition put forth by Massie/Khanna.
For those not on Capitol Hill, this is a House GOP debacle. They are so scared of votes re: Epstein that they will punt most of this week's legislative schedule and start their summer break early.
Two GOP members of the House Rules Committee told us no rule will be produced for bills this week, all because the GOP can't figure out a path forward on Epstein
Massie with a binder of his Epstein bill. “We’re going to do this.”
House Republicans PASSED $9 billion in federal government cuts to foreign aid, public broadcasting — only after having to resolve internal drama over the Jeffrey Epstein files. The latest with @kadiagoba (our first byline together!!!!!) washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
President Trump told the Justice Department to seek the release of “all pertinent” grand jury testimony in the case against Jeffrey Epstein, as he tried to tamp down growing political outcry over his administration’s handling of the case files. wapo.st/4eTk0PP
Epstein issue continues to heat up another late night on Cap Hill: read the latest from @MariannaReports and @kadiagoba . wapo.st/3IBxvrj
The U.S. House passed the first major piece of nationwide legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies, a move widely expected to bring the once-obscure payment technology further into the mainstream economy. wapo.st/46hRe9o
The interesting thing emerging from this is some Republicans saying they feel comfortable voting for rescissions now because a CR — an extension of current fiscal spending — would fund PBS, NPR again. But appropriators and HFC aren’t fans of a CR… so unclear how this ends
NEW: @RepDonBacon just told me and @MariannaReports he is a YES on rescissions pkg. He sees it as better than when it left the House bc PEPFAR is protected. What about PBS? He told us he still expects @SpeakerJohnson to hold up his deal to fund stations in Sept.
Democratic party leaders are swearing more, using edgier insults, recording more direct-to-camera videos, embracing hours-long podcast appearances and trying to project a raw authenticity that many voters have come to associate with President Trump. wapo.st/44R9jJ1
👀House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole appears to have a new plaque below his nameplate emphasizing Congress' power of the purse. Second photo is from a recent markup; the plaque was not there. Comes hours ahead of House vote on White House's requested funding rescissions.
New, exclusive Washington Post analysis shows 1 in 5 senior Trump appointees held cryptocurrency or related assets, a milestone as the administration seeks to advance the crypto industry. @ccemorse @Cat_Zakrzewski @arfamomin washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…
Speaker JOHNSON on this bit of history: “I will say again - I am tired of making history, I just want normal Congress. But some people have forgotten what that looks like. But as long as we get it done, it doesn’t matter to me how long a vote is held open. We just got to get the…
This is now the longest vote in House history at more than 7 hours, 20-plus minutes. Congratulations to everyone for pulling together & breaking the record!!!
Things are headed in the wrong direction. House Freedom Chair Andy Harris changes his vote to NO bringing the current count of Republicans against the rule to 10.
Almost four hours after the House started voting… the crypto bills & defense appropriations is no closer to passing. Seven far right hardliners are now no votes and days AFTER meeting with Speakee Johnson for an hour. Not moving in the right direction at all…
Vulnerable GOP Rep Valadao gets a Democratic challenger in Jasmeet Bains, an addiction specialist who serves in the CA legislature. A doctor who sees Medicaid patients, she plans on spotlighting Valadao's big bill vote in a district with many beneficiaries washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
BREAKING: Congressman’s daughter defeats Gen Z activist in Arizona primary: 3 takeaways by @washingtonpost's @dylanewells washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes. Americans were promised justice and transparency. We’re introducing a discharge petition to force a vote in the US House of Representatives on releasing the COMPLETE files.
Speaker Johnson broke with the Trump administration’s decision to not release the Epstein files, echoing many House GOPers who want transparency. But they all voted against allowing a Dem-led vote to do just that, as Democrats try to spotlight their cracks washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
