.@SpeakerPelosi says on “This Week” that Trump is rushing a Supreme Court pick so the new justice can be in place for Nov. 10 hearing on Obamacare. “He doesn’t want to crush the [coronavirus], he wants to crush the Affordable Care Act.”
/2 Pelosi rejects using gov’t funding bill to shut down federal agencies & pressure Trump & Rs on SCOTUS pick. “We’re not going to be shutting down government.”
/3 Pelosi: “The fact is that this administration has been a total failure on protecting the health & welfare of the American people. And it has had an impact on our economy.”
/4 Pelosi ducks questions on “packing” Supreme Court or retaliating against Trump & Barr over SCOTUS fight
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New: @rosadelauro sends a letter to House leaders questioning whether Elon Musk helped kill the first bipartisan CR package because it included language restricting U.S. investments in China. This is part of an apparent DeLauro vs. Musk feud punchbowl.news/2024-12-20_let…
2/ “It is particularly disturbing that Musk may have sought to upend
this critical negotiated agreement to remove a bipartisan provision regulating U.S. investments in
China in order to protect his wallet and the Chinese Communist Party at the expense of American
workers, innovators, and businesses.”
3/ This “outbound” investment provision was part of original CR package that Musk helped kill. DeLauro is suggesting that Musk may have had other reasons for doing so
I searched the Congressional Record on tax or IRS related legislation & floor speeches by former Rep. Billy Long, who Trump has said he wants to be IRS director.
Long repeatedly cosponsored legislation to abolish the IRS & replace the income tax with a national sales tax.
2/ Long also backed legislation that would bar IRS employees from being part of labor unions or participating in collective bargaining, which the NTEU will be interested in.
3/ Long cosponsored bills to repeal all estate taxes. And he was big on reform beer & alcohol taxes
White House will roll out a new sanctions package for Russia on Friday, per NSC’s John Kirby. This is in response to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death Friday
2/ Kirby said US vetoed UN resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza because negotiations are at a “very delicate” moment in bid to release hostages plus ceasefire
3/ Kirby said the US “does not support” any Israeli operation in Rafah that doesn’t protect civilians