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Manu Raju

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21 Dec

The House is setting up a convoluted process to finalize votes on the covid relief package and the omnibus funding bill. It's mainly due to concerns among progressives about supporting funding for ICE and defense spending, so they are splitting up the votes on the floor.

The House will vote first to approve the rule governing floor debate. That rule will also include a seven-day stopgap to keep government open. That will give Congress time get to paperwork to the WH without risking a government shutdown. The Senate then would have to approve it

Under the rules, the massive spending-covid relief package will be divided in two.

There will be one floor vote on funding for Commerce-Justice-Science, Financial Services, Defense and Homeland Security.

Then there will be another floor vote to approve the rest of package

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

11 Dec

New - Rand Paul told me he will let stop-gap pass today, could avoid shutdown. Said his main point was to delay the defense bill for a day over his objections.

“Our main point in filibustering the defense authorization bill was to point out that the president should have the prerogative to end a war, not just to start wars,” Paul said.

“The neoconservatives like Liz Cheney are inconsistent in saying they want ' oh I'm going to give commander and chief powers to begin war but then they want to restrain and hamstring a president from ending a war,” Paul said.

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

10 Dec

New - GOP senators ready to acknowledge Biden’s win next week but confront Trump’s refusal to concede. “It is unhealthy for the well-being of our country, and our relations around the world if we spend time debating the outcome of the election,” Moran says cnn.com/2020/12/09/pol…

Thune, No. 2 Senate R: "I don't know that he's ever going to concede. ... I think the Electoral College obviously brings some finality to this. And I think that with all the kind of tumult and swirl we've had for the past several weeks, it'll be good to get things settled down."

"I think every indication is that unless something dramatic changes, the Electoral College is going to elect Joe Biden next week," Rubio said. "At that point, I would expect the President to acknowledge that even if he doesn't agree with the way we got there."

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

9 Dec

Sen. John Cornyn, the senior GOP senator from Texas, is critical of his state’s lawsuit challenging the election results in several battleground states, telling me: "I frankly struggle to understand the legal theory of it.”

“You know, it's very unusual because when a state sues a state, the Supreme Court of the United States has original jurisdiction, so you don't have to go through the ordinary procedure. I read just the summary of it, and I frankly struggle to understand the legal theory of it.”

“Number one, why would a state, even such a great state as Texas, have a say so on how other states administer their elections,” Cornyn said. “We have a diffused and dispersed system and even though we might not like it, they may think it's unfair...

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

9 Dec

GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander, who is retiring at year's end, told me that President Donald Trump should congratulate Joe Biden and "put the country first" after electors vote on Monday to make Biden's win official.

Asked if Trump should concede after Monday, he said: "I think the votes are being counted, and states are certifying them and resolving disputes. And it's apparent when electors meet on Monday, Joe Biden is very likely to be the President-elect.”

“And if he is, I hope the President will put the country first, congratulate Joe Biden and take pride in his considerable accomplishments, and help him off to a good start,” he added

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

8 Dec

#Breaking: The House, in a major rebuke to Trump, easily passes defense bill with veto-proof majority on a 335-78 vote with one member voting "present." Trump plans to veto the bill over his unrelated concerns that it doesn't roll back protections for social media firms.

The question is whether enough Republicans flip back and vote to sustain veto. McCarthy, who voted for the bill, said he would vote to sustain the veto. Others in leadership, such as Liz Cheney, have said they would vote to override veto

Here are the 78 ‘no’ votes - just 40 Republicans despite Trump’s demands to vote against the bill

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