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🟡 Rep. Ilhan Omar, wants to return to the House Foreign Affairs Committee after Republicans removed her in 2023.
If Omar gets back on HFAC, she could chair its Africa subpanel w/ top Dem Gregory Meeks saying it is Omar’s “choice” on the matter.
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Just a lot of new news and intel in @semafor DC on a crazy day in Washington. semafor.com/newsletters/wash…
on what just happened on the House floor, per person familiar - after announcing a recorded voted on the veterans bill, Rs asked if Dems would agree to last-minute engrossment corrections. While those were being evaluated, House Rs called the vote up and voice voted it (1/2)
Doing so meant Dems couldn't evaluate any changes and ask for a recorded vote on the changes to veterans benefits
(2/2)
news w/ @burgessev : Democrats are starting to debate who will succeed Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., when she’s sworn in as governor next year.
There’s one name that keeps coming up: Democratic Rep. Kelly Morrison
semafor.com/article/11/11/20…
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News w @nicholaswu12
A TON of chatter among Dems about Minnesota Rep. Kelly Morrison being the favorite to succeed Sen. Klobuchar when she becomes governor. Rep. Angie Craig now viewed as a longshot.
Klobuchar hasn't made any final decision.
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new - Three years after Rs removed her, Rep. Ilhan Omar wants back on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, her "favorite committee"
But a complicating factor: "I’m thinking of Approps and other committees," she tells me
more w/ @adrianelimian
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It seems that couldn’t be reached. Rep. Adam Smith tells reporters: “They didn't mean to pass it. But nobody asked for a vote. So they voiced it. It passed. And they couldn't figure out how to undo it.”
Biden on that infamous debate: "Look, I don’t know anybody who hasn’t made a mistake in a debate. To me, it was not very consequential."
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new - Progressive Democrats are trying a tricky feat as their party takes power: endorsing Medicare for All while quietly pushing for smaller steps toward it.
w/ @davidalim
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Jayapal on bills to guarantee coverage up through age 19, lower Medicare age to 55, and add dental+vision+hearing: “It’s the perfect way for us to get ready for the next trifecta if we pass those three bills, and then if we mark up the entire Medicare for All bill"
Nicholas Wu retweeted
More admin changes expected as Stephen Miller settles into his role as chief of staff — a WH official tells me Meghan Bauer, who heads up the Office of Cabinet Affairs, will be working in the WH in a new role; Walker Barrett, a senior policy advisor to Susie Wiles, will work for the deputy chief of staff for policy.
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House Freedom Caucus in presser argues GOP lost the midterms because party didn’t deliver on core conservative priorities. Seeks to cut $1 trillion before current Congress ends
Nicholas Wu retweeted
🚨 NEW FLY OUT DAY STREAMING TOMORROW ✈️
@RepCasar (D-Texas) sits down with @apalmerdc and @JakeSherman at the townhouse to break down the blue wave, including his survival of the redraw, Sen.-elect James Talarico’s (D-Texas) flip, working with Hakeem Jeffries and MUCH more.
Stick around: @NBCNews' @ryanobles and @semafor's @nicholaswu12 stay to break down the interview.
Streaming tomorrow. Subscribe now! hubs.li/Q04D_tPH0
Top HFAC Dem Meeks tells reporters to expect a legal fight over war powers resolutions
"What changes on Jan 3 is there are things that we can do, like going to court, saying that these votes passed in both the House and the Senate, and thereby compelling the president."
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