Scoop: Appropriators are back to working on a full-year fiscal 2024 Homeland Security bill, in a remarkable, last minute shift following White House involvement. More:
Senate Approps Chair Patty Murray on the “laddered” CR idea — “That’s the craziest, stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of.”
Senate + House Dems, and many Senate and House R appropriators aren’t supportive of the concept, which Speaker Johnson is weighing.
Important to note in the context of defunding Trump prosecutions — Special Counsel Jack Smith's office is funded by indefinite appropriations in a 1987 law, not the annual appropriations process, as
@HillburnDaniel
pointed out earlier this month:
Some news — today is my last day
@vtdigger
. I've loved Burlington, but am very excited for my next adventure: covering the Navy for
@insidedefense
in Washington D.C.
Thanks to everyone who made my experience in Vermont so positive, especially
@jimwelchvt
and the rest of the team
Personal news: After an incredible summer
@dallasnews
, I'm heading to Burlington, Vermont to join the
@vtdigger
team on September 10. I'll be covering news, politics and business in Burlington and Chittenden County. I'm extremely excited and looking forward to getting started!
Personal News: I'm heading to the Dallas Morning News (
@dallasnews
) this summer as the business reporting intern (
@DMNBiz
). Honored for the opportunity and thankful for all who have helped me along the way.
Professional news: Today is my last day on the Navy beat
@insidedefense
, as I'm heading to
@CQnow
/
@rollcall
to cover the federal budget and appropriations. Grateful for the experience covering the Navy and excited for the new opportunity, which I am starting March 21
Yesterday was the last day of my internship
@dallasnews
. I can’t say enough about how much I appreciated the program and the people I met in the newsroom, especially the other interns. The internship program
@dallasnews
has to be among the best in the country.
Just sent the last print paper of my tenure as EIC of The Ithacan. It’s been an honor and I know I’m leaving the paper in good hands with
@graceelletson
-30-
New Haven is the pizza capital of the country — Connecticut is the pizza state. House Approps RM DeLauro and neighboring Rep. Himes celebrating with pizza makers.
Appropriator Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., says the deal between McCarthy and Chip Roy is for fiscal 2024 appropriations to be at FY-22 levels. “I think for those of us who believe in a strong defense, there’s some concerns there.”
Honored to have been recognized by the
@acpress
as third place in its story of the year category. The recognition reaffirms the importance of reporting challenging stories like the one below
Member-elect Eli CRANE, one of the hold outs, says “I don’t believe so” when asked if there is anything Kevin McCarthy can do to get his vote for Speaker.
Honored to be recognized today as the winner in the in-depth college reporting category by
@spj_newengland
and college story of the year by the
@Nynewspapers
for my reporting on this case. Thanks again to the entire team
@IthacanOnline
for their hard work
We invited the
@ScrippsBee
Spelling Bee champs from North Texas to compete in a ~mini bee~ with some of our reporters.
Needless to say they schooled us.
I’m proud of the in-depth congressional coverage CQ Roll Call provides its readers, and excited to join my colleagues in forming
@cqrollcallguild
to strengthen the newsroom and ensure that high-quality coverage can continue.
#cqrollcallguild
New: House Republican leadership is considering not calling the House back to D.C. next week unless a spending deal can be reached with Democrats. Lawmakers would be on call with 24 hours notice to come back. More on CQ w/Paul M. Krawzak:
Some Hill news... members will not be getting their first pay raise since 2009, as the language blocking the increase was included in the Legislative Branch bill. Amodei says Schumer blocked the increase, which was supported by Johnson + Jeffries. More:
New: George Santos is backing Jim Jordan for Speaker, his office says. "I am proud to stand behind congressman Jim Jordan. Now I hope we can get back to business to serve the American people.”
Sen. WARREN says it “makes no sense” to take foreign aid out of the covid bill. “Our best shot at protecting our people here at home is to help other countries get their people vaccinated.”
Top GOP appropriator Sen. Richard Shelby says a vote on the Ukraine aid package could happen as early as tonight, though says tomorrow is more likely. “I think we’ll pass it this week. We could tonight, but I doubt it, but we could.”
Sen. Jon Tester, the chair of the Appropriations Committee’s Defense subcommittee, says the vote on the Ukraine supplemental will be tomorrow. “Unless somebody screws it up, it will be tomorrow.”
So happy to have attended the wedding of my twin brother Jared and his wonderful bride Abigail this weekend in New London, CT, and to have the honor of being the best man. Cheers to the happy couple!
🚨NEWS in
@PunchbowlNews
AM: Funding for UNRWA has emerged as a MAJOR flashpoint in government funding fight next week.
Rs want ban on funding. Ds don't. Ban was in supplemental but Ds are resisting it in State-Foreign Ops bill
MORE in AM!
Watch my colleague
@QuigleyAidan
for more on how Pelosi and Hoyer stepping down from leadership could mean big moves on the Appropriations Committee, where they retain seniority
Rep. Bob Good, a McCarthy opponent, says it doesn’t matter if it takes a few days or a few weeks, the 20 anti-McCarthy voters are resolute and will hold steady against him
House GOP defense hawks have concerns about Jordan’s spending posture, which would seek to “leverage” the 1% across the board cut that would hit in April if full year approps aren’t in place as part of the debt limit deal, per source familiar.
Same journalistic clown show aka
@courierjournal
that did dozens of bogus stories on my house in a pathetic effort to sell papers, is now flying around the country, bothering my family, old classmates, employees, business partners, etc hoping to find some dirt for their “profile”
Am I the only one who generally stops reading when magazine stories start with "I'm sitting at [fancy restaurant] with [public figure]" and then goes onto describe what they are eating?
Here are the House appropriations 302(b)s, scooped by CQ last night. These do not include the $115b in rescissions from previous spending bills. Full story on Roll Call:
Thank you to all the readers sending positive vibes to your local newsrooms today. I've seen a handful of tweets similar to this one, and one subscriber dropped off cookies
@dallasnews
. Always nice to feel validated, especially today
Thank you to the anonymous soul who sent this to
@projo
today, thanking us for "your hard work and dedication to our community." It came at the perfect moment.
News: Scalise laying out the following floor plan for approps in conference this morning:
June 3 week - Milcon-VA
June 24 week - Homeland, State-FOPs, Defense
July 8 week - Leg Branch
July 21 week - Ag, Interior, CJS, Financial Services
July 29 week - E-W, THUD, Labor
Source familiar with tonight's call between House GOP leadership and members says that while a majority of the House Freedom Caucus is expected to oppose the debt limit deal, the overall initial reaction from most of the conference is positive.
Lawmakers are working on putting together bills to be ready to go to the floor in advance of the Friday deadline for first four bills. If no agreement can be reached on policy riders and spending levels, it’s possible the House will not return, which would lead to a shutdown.
NEW: Dems will not release the omnibus they drafted aiming to get R support Monday as planned, as bipartisan negotiations progressed over the weekend.
However, the full-year CR — which would include FY-23 earmarks — is still on the table if no deal
More: