Riley Beggin
@rbeggin
Congressional Economic Policy for @washingtonpost // riley.beggin (at) http://washingtonpost.com
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I’m not voting for a September 30th CR. That is totally unacceptable. I’m giving everyone adequate notice.
Personal news: Today is my last day at USA TODAY. I'm thrilled to be heading to the Washington Post as their next congressional economic policy correspondent. I'm grateful to my colleagues at USAT and am so excited to take on this new role!
Who will win on messaging when it comes to the 'big, beautiful bill.' @rbeggin from @USAToday has the story. @GordonDeal #AmericasFirstNews thismorningwithgordondeal.com/n/trclms
Mike Johnson’s last handshake before heading to the big celebratory presser: House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris
House passes Trump's mega tax, spending and policy bill usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Republican's tax policy bill is passed 218-214. It heads next to the president's desk for a signature
After a record-breaking floor speech by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House Speaker Mike Johnson is teeing up a final vote on Republicans' big tax bill. It's been a tortured process: They began working toward this moment more than 24 hours ago and secured the votes overnight
After a record-breaking floor speech by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House Speaker Mike Johnson is teeing up a final vote on Republicans' big tax bill. It's been a tortured process: They began working toward this moment more than 24 hours ago and secured the votes overnight
New analysis from @Cato finds the tax bill adds *+$6 trillion* to the debt Honestly a bit surprising to me how much of Washington’s conservative establishment — Cato, Tax Foundation, AEI, Manhattan Institute — has been strongly & publicly critical of the legislation
The House is now voting on a rule that will allow them to move forward to a vote on the GOP's big tax bill. So far there are FOUR Republican no votes: Spartz, Self, Clyde, and Fitzpatrick. If no one changes their vote, this is tanked
This is officially the longest vote in the history of the House of Representatives.
Rep. Steve Womack has been presiding over the House floor since the start of this vote series at 11:45am — over NINE hours ago. He’s only had one bathroom break. I’m told he is very very bored and singing the Eric Carmen song “ALL BY MYSELF” to himself.
Rep. Van Orden on recon bill: “The president of the United States didn't give us an assignment. We're not a bunch of little bitches around here, okay? I'm a member of Congress. I represent almost 800,000 Wisconsinnites.”
America’s two political parties have traded places economically, and that makes it trickier for Republicans to cut the social safety net wsj.com/politics/the-p… via @WSJ
Murkowski slams the GOP bill she just voted for. "Let’s not kid ourselves. This has been an awful process—a frantic rush to meet an artificial deadline that has tested every limit of this institution. While we have worked to improve the present bill for Alaska, it is not good…
This was one of the hardest votes I have taken during my time in the Senate. My goal throughout the reconciliation process has been to make a bad bill better for Alaska, and in many ways, we have done that. In addition to extending pro-growth tax cuts, a larger child tax…
NEW: Sen. Lisa Murkowski stares me down for more than 10 secs after I ask her to respond to Sen. Rand Paul’s critique of the deal she struck to get her to a YES and pass the OBBB. “Do I like this bill? No. But I tried to take care of Alaska’s interests.” w/ @frankthorp
MURKOWSKI tells reporters she wants the House to send OBBB back to the Senate to continue the work. She voted for it. "My hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we're not there yet," Murkowski said
The Senate passes the reconciliation bill 51-50, with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
