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Huizenga had ongoing conversations with Trump about a possible #MISen bid as recently as last Friday, after the president signed into law the GENIUS Act at the White House. Trump’s opinion was the deciding factor. W/@marisa_schultz washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns…
The Senate GOP’s campaign arm was “unapologetic in discouraging Huizenga from running” and “discouraged donors from supporting him until he made a decision,” per operative.
Huizenga had ongoing conversations with Trump about a possible #MISen bid as recently as last Friday, after the president signed into law the GENIUS Act at the White House. Trump’s opinion was the deciding factor. W/@marisa_schultz washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns…
Waltz has advanced 12-10 out of Foreign Relations. Paul a no but Shaheen a yes
Senate Foreign Relations will reconvene at 11:30am for Mike Waltz nomination, per source. Expectation is he’ll get reported out.
Warnings from some Dems it could backfire to so freely support approps bills w/o GOP assurances they won't later claw back $$ Warren: "To move forward...requires a statement in writing" Murphy: GOP "telegraphing us they’re going to stab us in the back" washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/34…
Paul was the lone Republican to clash w/Waltz in his confirmation hearing, saying it "worries me that you come more from the Cheney wing of the party than the Donald Trump party" when discussing Waltz's old House vote on withdrawing troops from Afghanistan washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/34…
NEW w/ @HansNichols: Rand Paul's resistance to Waltz forced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to delay an expected Wednesday vote on his nomination to ambassador to UN. The committee is now in recess axios.com/2025/07/23/ran…
Unfortunately it's required to tweet about something before knowing all the facts
Kennedy says it was an audio issue: “I'm sitting there doing an interview, all of a sudden, it sounded like a 747. There's a screeching and white noise. And so I stopped talking until it went away.” Same thing happened to Rand Paul earlier on air
Senators stand by 2016 Russia election meddling report despite Gabbard’s claims Collins & Cornyn (+ Dems who're still around) sticking by their 2020 Intel panel report on Russian interference even as Gabbard's claims try to undermine/misconstrue findings washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/34…
Positive news in shutdown world today as most Senate Dems (all but 7) side w/GOP on bipartisan funding bill. But warnings from Dems things could go south w/more rescissions or lack of cross-aisle input Schumer: "The onus is on the Republicans" washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/34…
Schumer, prompted by @mkraju, insists Dems under Biden were equally as vocal about releasing Epstein files Schumer: "I did, in 2019." Raju: "Not nearly as vocal as you are now." Schumer: "Please, that's not true. Absolutely not true."
Why Senate Dems will give GOP the votes today to advance first gov funding bill despite shutdown threats Schumer-"It was done in a bipartisan process...It undoes many of the awful DOGE cuts to veterans...We'll have an amendment process after...."
Seems pretty legit to me
Sen. Mike Lee tweeted (and appears to have deleted) what he appears to believe is a resignation letter (??) from Powell
Buried in amendments to the Interior Dept. Gov funding bill, is a stipulation that the Kennedy Center Opera House must be renamed the 'First Lady Melania Trump Opera House' in order to receive federal funds. The Appropriations Committee adopted that amendment by a vote of 33-25.
Interior – Simpson (ID) #2 – Republican En Bloc bit.ly/3IYUEnG
House: Eh idk what to do this week, let’s go home Senate: what if we stayed here forever
More on the Epstein problem not going away: Burchett offered a motion—that passed by voice vote—to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell in Oversight to an appear for a deposition. The House is gridlocked headed into recess, as Rules can’t pass anything out of committee due to Epstein.
New: The House infighting over the Epstein files has put key votes this week on ice, as leadership scrambles to find a solution and the Rules Committee remains at a standstill. washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/347…
You've seen the back flip, but if you're wondering what's on @LeaderJohnThune's Missouri River playlist - check out @DISivak's new column: washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/34…
Professional news: I’m writing a new column for @dcexaminer on the personalities, traditions, and oddities of Capitol Hill It's called Capitol Tea, and we just published our first edition
Professional news: I’m writing a new column for @dcexaminer on the personalities, traditions, and oddities of Capitol Hill It's called Capitol Tea, and we just published our first edition