• Debt ceiling deal patches over chaotic budget process
    Friday, June 2, 2023 from TheHill - The Hill News
      Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon}     Business & Economy     Business & Economy   The Big Story  The debt limit drama is over — for now The Senate’s Thursday night passage of a bill to raise the...
  • Greene flips on public release of Jan. 6 tapes, claims it could 'put the security of the Capitol at risk'
    Friday, June 2, 2023 from TheHill - The Hill News
    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has changed her position on the public release of the tapes documenting the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, warning Friday that their release could “put the security of the Capitol at risk.” Greene said in...
  • Biden to tout debt limit deal in address
    Friday, June 2, 2023 from TheHill - The Hill News
    The Hill logo {beacon} Evening Report Friday, June 2   © AP/Alex Brandon Biden to tout debt ceiling compromise in address to nation President Biden is set to tout passage of the debt limit bill he negotiated with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in...
  • About half of Republicans oppose book bans: poll
    Friday, June 2, 2023 from TheHill - The Hill News
    About half of all Republicans oppose banning books in schools, even as many GOP lawmakers throughout the country have implemented laws restricting materials being taught in the classroom, according to a poll released Friday.  The...
  • Pentagon bans drag shows on military bases after GOP pressure
    Friday, June 2, 2023 from TheHill - The Hill News
    A day before the Pentagon celebrated the June 1 start of Pride Month, top defense leaders were quietly enforcing a militarywide ban on drag performances. The move became public after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of...
  • Trump demands recusal of judge overseeing hush money criminal case
    Friday, June 2, 2023 from TheHill - The Hill News
    Former President Trump is calling for the New York judge overseeing his hush money criminal case to recuse himself, arguing the judge cannot be impartial. Trump’s lawyers noted in a new filing apparent political donations Judge Juan...
  • DeSantis shouts down heckler at South Carolina rally
    Friday, June 2, 2023 from TheHill - The Hill News
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) shouted down a heckler who called him a “fascist” at a presidential campaign rally in South Carolina on Friday. As DeSantis talked about parents’ rights in education, a woman in the crowd in Lexington, S.C.,...
  • YouTube reverses policy, will allow election denial
    Friday, June 2, 2023 from TheHill - The Hill News
    YouTube announced Friday it is reversing prior policy and will now allow for content denying the validity of the 2020 presidential election and other elections and spreading false claims about voter fraud.  The platform said in a blog...
  • White House pushes popularity of student loan plan after vote to block it
    Friday, June 2, 2023 from TheHill - The Hill News
    The White House on Friday pushed back on bipartisan votes in the House and Senate to block President Biden's student debt relief plan, arguing the program is popular with Americans. A measure to block the plan passed the Senate this week...
  • Arkansas librarians, booksellers file lawsuit against latest book ban law
    Friday, June 2, 2023 from TheHill - The Hill News
    Story at a glance A group of Arkansas librarians, booksellers and readers filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a state law restricting what books can be given to minors.   Democracy Forward, a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, filed...
  • Sinema and Manchin’s covert debt deal operation
    Friday, June 2, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    Sen. Joe Manchin coordinated with centrist Democrats in the House on messaging and spoke to both House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer about modest ways to rein in spending. Last term, the two centrist senators publicly shaped nearly every piece of major legislation. They revived the act on the debt limit — but this time, they stayed behind the scenes.
  • 8 takeaways from the debt ceiling vote
    Thursday, June 1, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    The agreement secures some GOP priorities on spending, permits and the safety net, but left the heart of President Joe Biden's agenda intact — at least until the next fight.
  • Senate averts default, sends debt bill to Biden’s desk
    Thursday, June 1, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    The vote caps off months of melodrama.
  • Senate leaders reach agreement to quickly vote on debt deal
    Thursday, June 1, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    It locks in plans to send the bill to the president's desk well before the Monday default deadline.
  • Lawyers for Jim Justice say his coal companies ‘chronically scarce’ on cash
    Thursday, June 1, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    A string of legal challenges against the West Virginia governor shows that the coal baron’s sprawling business enterprise is struggling to pay its bills.
  • Defense drama hinders Senate sprint toward debt vote
    Thursday, June 1, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    A new wrinkle unfolded as defense hawks and other Republicans pushed for a commitment from Chuck Schumer to blunt some of the deal’s effects.
  • Just don't boast: How Biden world sought to ace the debt ceiling standoff
    Thursday, June 1, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    The president’s advisers are betting voters will reward Biden for getting things done.
  • 'The weirdest legislation that anybody has ever been asked to vote on'
    Thursday, June 1, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    Progressives aren't happy with the deal President Joe Biden struck with Republicans. But given that or default, they’re not revolting.
  • House passes bipartisan debt deal, sending it to Senate
    Wednesday, May 31, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    Now the upper chamber has to work to pass the measure before the default deadline on June 5.
  • McCarthy overcomes Rules rebellion over debt deal
    Tuesday, May 30, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    Once conservative Rep. Thomas Massie announced that he would vote in favor of the rule, the conservative effort to tank the measure in committee lost steam.
  • Senate braces for last-minute conservative demands on debt deal
    Tuesday, May 30, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    Any one senator can slow down the legislation's passage through the upper chamber. And conservative grumbling has already started.
  • Republican candidate accused of lying about military record ends comeback bid
    Tuesday, May 30, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    It's good news for House Republicans, after JR Majewski lost a competitive Ohio seat in 2022.
  • ‘Not happy’: Key progressive pushes back on new food aid work requirements in debt deal
    Tuesday, May 30, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    Few Democrats have weighed in on the deal’s language extending work requirements for a certain age group of people receiving food assistance.
  • Utah Republican Chris Stewart plans to resign from House
    Tuesday, May 30, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    The departure would reduce the party's five-seat majority in the House and set up a special election.
  • How soon could the debt deal pass Congress?
    Tuesday, May 30, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    The House Rules Committee will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday to set the stage for floor consideration of the debt limit measure.
  • Democrats hope the Senate could finally have more than one Black woman
    Tuesday, May 30, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    In Maryland, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is campaigning to replace retiring Sen. Ben Cardin. Retirements in Maryland, Delaware and California may clear the way for history.
  • McCarthy rallies support for debt deal amid hints of mutiny
    Monday, May 29, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    The goal is for there to be a passage vote Wednesday.
  • Wrinkles and curveballs in the debt ceiling bill
    Sunday, May 28, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    Sen. Joe Manchin would get the gas pipeline he wants. The IRS would get a steeper than expected cut. And future executive actions would face new (but easily waived) fiscal handcuffs.
  • McCarthy races to sell newly released debt deal amid rumblings of far-right rebellion
    Sunday, May 28, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    The full text was released Sunday evening.
  • Biden, McCarthy poised to claim victory after protracted debt drama
    Sunday, May 28, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    Some conservatives are signaling they’re going to try to tank the deal, but early signs are promising it will pass.
  • 'My fellow Republicans wanted me to lie,' Liz Cheney says in commencement speech
    Sunday, May 28, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    She urged Colorado College's 2023 graduates to trust in the truth.
  • Does the debt deal have enough GOP support? This Democratic senator says he's worried.
    Sunday, May 28, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    Congress must raise the debt limit before June 5 to avoid default.
  • Hakeem Jeffries says he has 'no idea' what Kevin McCarthy's talking about
    Sunday, May 28, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    The House Democratic leader said he didn't complain to McCarthy about the debt deal.
  • Pragmatic House Republicans support debt deal, Dusty Johnson says
    Sunday, May 28, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    The South Dakota Republican called the deal "a remarkable conservative accomplishment."
  • Congress has power to reform Supreme Court, Sen. Whitehouse says
    Sunday, May 28, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    But pushing ethics reforms through Congress “is not going to be easy,” the Democratic senator said.
  • Here are the 6 must-know provisions of the new debt ceiling deal
    Sunday, May 28, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    The policy provisions of the agreement between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared to fall far short of conservatives’ demands.
  • McCarthy and Biden reach agreement in principle on debt limit
    Saturday, May 27, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    Now they have to get it to President Joe Biden’s desk in time.
  • Debt limit derails the rest of Congress’ must-pass agenda
    Saturday, May 27, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    Drawn-out talks to avoid a catastrophic default are causing a temporary pileup on lawmakers' other priorities, including spending bills, a trillion-dollar farm package and mammoth defense policy legislation.
  • House Dems in No Labels-allied caucus are livid with No Labels
    Friday, May 26, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    The group is under fire for its unity presidential bid and for an attack on a Problem Solvers Caucus member.
  • A well-liked incumbent stands in the way of Republicans retaking the Pennsylvania Senate seat
    Thursday, May 25, 2023 from Politico.com: Congress
    Republicans said one challenge confronting them is that Casey is so bland that he’s not hated by anyone, a similar dilemma they faced in 2020 with President Joe Biden. The Casey name is near royalty in the Keystone State.
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