Al Weaver
@alweaver22
Reporter @TheHill covering the Senate. Philly fan. There should be a constitutional amendment outlawing astroturf & the designated hitter. [email protected]
A bit of personal news! Starting soon, I'll be back on the hill covering the Senate full-time. Cannot wait to get going.. Much thanks to @bobcusack & @iswanTheHill for the opportunity, & a big s/o to @jordainc & the size 14s I've got to fill.
who could blame the Utah senator? These fakers really nailed the seal of the "Elerebal Reserve Oedo of Goveryaeb"
Lee just now re why he posted it: “There appeared to be one, and it occurred to me seconds after I posted it that I hadn’t seen it anywhere else, so I deleted it out of an abundance of caution. I don’t know whether it’s legit or not.”
Lee just now re why he posted it: “There appeared to be one, and it occurred to me seconds after I posted it that I hadn’t seen it anywhere else, so I deleted it out of an abundance of caution. I don’t know whether it’s legit or not.”
Sen. Mike Lee tweeted (and appears to have deleted) what he appears to believe is a resignation letter (??) from Powell
Spotted walking into Sen. Barrasso’s office: Mike Waltz, who is up for UN ambassador.
New: Moderate Republicans and hardline conservatives in the House are expressing increasing opposition to the Senate’s megabill. “It’s amazing to a lot of us — how did it get so much fucking worse?” one House GOP moderate told me. More @thehill: thehill.com/homenews/house…
NEW: Thom Tillis told Trump that he should eyeing up a new GOP candidate for the NC race --- before Trump lobbed the primary threat on Sat night. “Ack Mr. President,” Tillis said in the message minutes beforehand. “Start thinking about my replacement.” thehill.com/homenews/senat…
Thune says goal to start voting tomorrow re OBBB is “aspirational”
🚨NEWS: LaLOTA tells me SALT Caucus received a new offer — which they’re *rejecting* Offer was valued at $200b — far less than the $344b value in the House bill. The administration presented the offer as the Senate’s position, he said. Not a good sign as we near the July 4…
Mullin says he is hopeful a deal on SALT will be completed by tomorrow. Wouldn’t go into details but talks have centered on $40k deduction cap/lowering $500k threshold. “I think we’re in good shape.” He was a part of Treasury meeting w SALT folks this a.m.
Asked Ron Johnson if a Friday vote on reconciliation seems realistic. His whole response: “Whatever”
Andddd she found him
Tina Smith says she can’t talk right now because she’s heading to the floor to find Mike Lee
Spotted: Five massive bags of District Taco being hauled into where Senate GOP will conference shortly re Finance text.
Border czar Tom Homan just walked into the Senate steering luncheon.
Spotted walking around Senate side months after he bolted the place: Indiana Gov. Mike Braun
Gov. Newsom's office tells me FL did offer to send its state guard to California & takes swipe at DeSantis: "Given the guard were not needed in the first place, we declined Governor DeSantis attempt to inflame an already chaotic situation made worse by his party’s leader."
Per @GovRonDeSantis office, @FLSERT offered to send the @FLStateGuard to California amid the unrest in Los Angeles, but were declined by California