The parliamentarian kicked out a key Medicaid provision, part of a $587 billion rollback in spending cuts. Republicans don’t have good options to deal with that.
John Thune
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Here Lies Regular Order (2025-2025)
As soon as Senators tried to do their jobs to propose amendments to legislation, their colleagues didn’t like it. So that’s the end of amendments.
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Crypto Thought They Bought Congress. They Bought a Headache.
The industry thought it had its legislative wish list on track for passage. Then it all got mired in a fight over credit card swipe fees.
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Trump’s Worst Enemy
Today on TAP: His clumsy attempts at autocracy are already backfiring as Senate Republicans refuse to name Trump’s choice, Florida Sen. Rick Scott, as majority leader.
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The Lamest-Duck Session
November and December will nominally be about confirming judges and kicking the can on must-pass bills. More ambitious efforts probably aren’t happening.
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Why Do South Dakota Politicians Help Billionaires?
They are acting on behalf of the state’s massive estate trust industry.