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Israel and Iran take spotlight
This past weekend the world watched as Iran launched hundreds of weapons towards Israel in response to the Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Syria that killed several key Iranian generals. The Israeli iron dome air defenses, along with support from key Israeli allies including the US, knocked nearly...
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Speaker Johnson and Trump to Meet
On Friday, House Speaker Johnson will head to Mar-a-Lago for a meeting with former President Trump, seeking to enhance cooperation between them as Trump prepares to be the Party’s nominee in November. Under the Republican House rules it only takes one House Member to move to vacate the Speaker’s position....
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Congress Set to Return, Yellen in China
Next week Congress returns, with political agendas taking center stage. House Speaker Johnson has said that the House will formally send the Senate its bill of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It has been over 100 years since a cabinet member has been impeached by the House, and...
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Congress out, important April travel
Both the House and the Senate are on Easter break this week, but they return next week with the House ready to see the Republican majority shrink to just one vote, finding a pathway to approve aid to Ukraine and Israel, while the Senate will get the impeachment resolution against...
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US funded until Oct. 1; House majority to shrink
Last Friday the clock struck 12:00 and there was no budget for 75% of the US Government but relief was at hand. At 2:00am the Senate passed the so-called mini-bus appropriations bill that completes the funding process for fiscal year 2024 that started on October 1, of last year. This...
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House Moves Forward with Supplemental Aid Bill
In a dramatic bipartisan move, Republicans and Democrats worked together to move the National Security Supplemental funding bill towards a House vote. The first step in getting most bills to the House floor is the approval of a RULE that allocates the time for debate on the legislation and what...
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Busy Week Ahead in DC
It was a shortened week in Congress as House Republicans left early for a retreat at the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. But the House Republicans did get another piece of bad news this week when Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, a longtime member, announced that he would leave Congress...
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One shutdown deadline avoided, one more to come
Last Friday the Senate passed a so-called minibus (versus an omnibus) that had spending for eight government departments. Unlike the past few bills that were short-term Continuing Resolutions (CRs), last week’s bill funded eight departments and lasts through the current fiscal year that runs to October 1. The eight budgets...
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Can Midnight Shutdown Be Avoided?
As I write this note, the Senate still hasn’t come up with a plan to pass the so-called “mini-bus” bill. The bill funds the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Housing, Interior, Justice, Transportation and Veterans Affairs for the remainder of the current fiscal year, which runs until October 1. The...
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Big week in DC: Powell testifies, Super Tuesday, State of the Union (SOTU), Shutdown
IT WILL BE A BUSY WEEK IN POLITICS AND MANY HEADLINES COMING OUT OF DC. Tuesday is the biggest day on the Presidential primary calendar – Super Tuesday. Voters in 15 states will cast their votes in Republican Presidential primaries. Nearly a third of all delegates will be chosen with...