In largely virtual House Financial Services markup of Covid bill, @RepTomEmmer is asked to suspend his comments and figure out why he is upside down.
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- This is a very good piece that proves, once and for all, that people don't remember what "drink the Kool-Aid" refers to. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023…
- The Trump administration is paying $13.3 million over the next four years to rent three houses near Mar-a-Lago. In one case, they're paying five times the rate it cost to rent the same house during Trump's first term.
- Biggest cuts in HHS plan to transfer $ to coronavirus response: - $37.4 million: Low Income Home Energy Assistance - $12.3 million: National Cancer Institute - $7.5 million: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services program management - $7.3 million: National Institute on Aging
- Replying to @jackfitzdc"At least you're not a cat," House colleagues comment.
- NEWS: @Sen_JoeManchin tells @Alexruoff he'll demand that the Hyde amendment stay in spending bills. “I’m going to support Hyde in every way possible." Manchin Backs Hyde as Democrats Seek End to Abortion Funds Ban 🔒 bgov.com/core/news/#!/a…
- Biden: "This is not March of 2020. 200 million people are fully vaccinated."
- Rep. @TomColeOK04, top R on the House Appropriations Labor-HHS panel, says he supports President Biden's top-line funding requests for NIH, CDC, and the Strategic National Stockpile. NIH: $51b, a $9b increase CDC: $8.7b, a $1.6b increase Stockpile: $905m, a $200m increase
- Rep. Cori Bush says Biden wants "unity within the caucus. And that's great. So do I. And unity for me means that we have Build Back Better." She's a no on infrastructure until there's a vote on the reconciliation bill.
- Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson says the panel will reconvene in September. Rep. Liz Cheney says they'll continue work through August. Still more to come from the committee after this hearing.
- Replying to @jackfitzdc^According to document obtained by @bgov. Details $135.7 million in proposed transfers. Azar said it was sent to lawmakers last night.
- Replying to @cameron_easleyNot just cults, but mass murder/suicides!
- Democratic Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT says the Covid response and Cabinet confirmations should be higher priorities than the impeachment trial, in Atlantic Council virtual discussion. "If there is a mechanism to either delay the trial or do it in parts, I would certainly support that."
- A real blowup at the House Appropriations Committee. Members were supposed to vote on the slate of allocations but ended the markup after a long exchange in which Steny Hoyer accused R's of going back on the debt-limit deal. Will meet tomorrow at 8 a.m. instead.
