Ursula Perano
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happy anniversary to my date with a pint of van leeuwen black cherry chip
Had just left my house to go on a run when Biden dropped. Immediately turned around and have since eaten an entire pint of ice cream Showbiz, baby
Republican lawmakers are stepping in to personally protect some people who are facing deportation — despite saying they support Trump’s immigration crackdown notus.org/immigration/re…
While you were sleeping, Senate Republicans passed a rescission bill codifying roughly $9 billion in Department of Government Efficiency cuts. from @UrsulaPerano notus.org/senate/resciss…
Trump wants the Senate to cancel August recess. R leaders say they're thinking about it, if Ds don't play along on noms But there's no denying: the chamber is exhausted, and little to nobody *really* wants to miss their time back home w @helen_huiskes notus.org/congress/senat…
Congress is short on time to get 12 appropriations bills through to fund the government. It requires bipartisan compromise, but Senate Democrats told me they can't trust their Republican colleagues to play fair in light of the Trump admin's rhetoric. notus.org/congress/democ…
Summary of Pres Trump’s truth social posts last night via @playbookdc
I wrote about what it was like growing up as a child in the Bosnian civil war, where food was extremely scarce. I didn't have much, but at least UNICEF was there to help keep me alive. Congress just defunded it, putting lives at risk around the world. huffpost.com/entry/trump-cu…
Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump. on.wsj.com/3TL8s7C
👀 @ChipRoyTX told me leaving this meeting earlier that he is still weighing whether to sign onto @RepThomasMassie's Epstein proposal. "I certainly appreciate the sentiment, where Congressman Massie is coming from, and I certainly think there needs to be more transparency."…
❗️Republicans on the Rules Committee are in a (“very tense”) meeting to discuss this right now, I’m told.
Florida Quietly Hid Contracts Detailing DeSantis’ $225 Million Spending Spree on Everglades Detention Center notus.org/florida/desant…
Scalise tells reporters the plan is still for the House to vote on rescissions tonight. As for when Rules could meet, “we’re working through that right now.” “There’s a lot of conversations we’re having right now” regarding an Epstein resolution, he said.
Plenty of Republicans are fed up with Freedom Caucus antics. But the HFC is bullish there’s a method to their madness. “The only way to get things in this town is to demand the moon and then take somewhere in between,” Chip Roy told me. notus.org/congress/house…
Russ Vought at confirmation hearing: "I hope... that we can have a bipartisan spending process of which I look forward to participating in if confirmed" Vought today: "The appropriations process has to be less bipartisan."
The appropriations process was already broken. Rescissions may have just made things worse "To just have all that thrown out with a rescission...why do we even have an appropriations process?" - Peters "It will undermine our trust" - Van Hollen notus.org/congress/appro…
Today’s Murkowski Moment™. Asked how she felt about recissions, she said, “Concerned. Apparently, that's what you journalists say, ‘Murkowski is always concerned.’” Reporters: That’s Collins Murkowski: “So what’s my version?” Rs: Frustrated M: “Oh, true. Super frustrated.”
Whoa ... a lot of top Republicans and Trump allies here asking for admin to release education funds
The decision to withhold this funding is directly contrary to President Trump’s goal of returning K-12 education to the states. This funding goes directly to states and local school districts, where local leaders decide how this funding is spent, because as we know, local…
NEW: Dems and Republicans will play *together* in tonight’s Congressional Women’s Softball Game — which they say keeps the little bipartisanship left in Congress alive “We all have to do hard things,” one lawmaker said, “we can’t keep hating each other” notus.org/congress/congr…
It’s a ‘Horrible Time’ in Congress. But at Least There’s Softball. via @OrianaBeLike notus.org/congress/congr…