In @PunchbowlNews this AM

We’ve noticed a new trend in the last few months: Congressional leadership decentralizing power.

Hill leaders have been giving their rank & file with more and more responsibility to deal with big issues

Big example today w @SenCapito/Crew @ WH w Biden
@PunchbowlNews@SpeakerPelosi has given her proxy to @RepKarenBass to seek a police reform deal with @CoryBooker and @TimScottSC

→ Pelosi tapped @BennieGThompson to negotiate with his GOP counterpart, @RepJohnKatko, over the Jan. 6 commission.
@PunchbowlNews @SpeakerPelosi @RepKarenBass @CoryBooker @TimScottSC @BennieGThompson @RepJohnKatko@rosadelauro did earmarks

→ Delauro in lead on the 2.1bn supp

@SenSchumer tapped @ChrisMurphyCT on guns and @SenatorDurbin on immigration
@PunchbowlNews @SpeakerPelosi @RepKarenBass @CoryBooker @TimScottSC @BennieGThompson @RepJohnKatko @rosadelauro @SenSchumer @ChrisMurphyCT @SenatorDurbin a marked shift in power dynamics. for decades, much of the power has resided in the leadership suites. this is a bit of a shift

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12 May
Cheney opened up the House GOP conference meeting with this: (multiple tweets here)

"I am going to take a moment of personal privilege and then we will have the prayer and pledge.
I have tremendous affection and admiration for many of you in this room. I know we all came to Washington to do important work for the nation. History has chosen every single one of us. And history has put us here together at this moment of challenge for our country.
Our nation needs this Republican Party as a strong party based on truth so we can shape the future.
Read 9 tweets
12 May
Good mornign from the Capitol on one of the most consequential days for House Republicans in a while.

Here’s how we put it in @PunchbowlNews this AM:

Rs are booting Cheney bc she too frequently expresses outrage at the party’s direction and at Trump.
@PunchbowlNews There are Rs who agree w Cheney that the party has lost its moral compass & is dangerously adrift, but they’re too scared to say it publicly.
@PunchbowlNews Confronting these obvious problems head on doesn’t serve their short-term political interest (avoiding a Trump-backed primary) or long-term political interest (winning the House).
Read 12 tweets
5 May
The House Republican leadership has completely turned on @Liz_Cheney.

@GOPLeader called people to clear the field for @EliseStefanik and @SteveScalise is backing her.

We broke this in @PunchbowlNews this morning.

Now, Trump is backing Stefanik.
@Liz_Cheney @GOPLeader @EliseStefanik @SteveScalise @PunchbowlNews >@RepWalorski — once seen as an opponent for Stefanik — is whipping for her. @RepJimBanks is not running.

Stefanik has all but locked up the support, people around her say.

There’s an effort afoot to get a non-HFC woman to file against @Liz_Cheney. We hear @virginiafoxx
@Liz_Cheney @GOPLeader @EliseStefanik @SteveScalise @PunchbowlNews @RepWalorski @RepJimBanks @virginiafoxx Reminder: Cheney is being booted for telling the truth about Trump. The election wasnt stolen. Jan. 6 was a Trump-fueled insurrection. Cheney has been outspoken on these fornts. Rs don’t like it.
Read 5 tweets
4 May
A quick thread here on the GOP leadership situation:

Last time, McCarthy was silent on Cheney, and then backed her when they were in the closed-door meeting.

This time, he’s out against her publicly, suggesting that she no longer has a place on his leadership team.
McCarthy said pretty much the same thing last wk when I asked him in Orlando, but this is as clear of a push as i’ve ever seen covering the hill leadership.

So what does this mean? Someone will inevitably file a motion to dump cheney. They’ll have tacit permission from McCarthy.
This is way, way worse than even the low point of the Boehner/Cantor tussels in the early 2010s. That was a low simmer. This is a full boil. And, according to people around McCarthy and the leadership, they are better off ripping off this bandaid now instead of waiting.
Read 6 tweets
30 Apr
Good morning. I wanted to highlight some new reporting from @PunchbowlNews AM today about @Liz_Cheney’s position in the House GOP

> Cheney’s relationship with @GOPLeader is continuing to deteriorate.

> she is losing support from senior republicans
@PunchbowlNews @Liz_Cheney @GOPLeader > Republicans are telling us they are being asked about her back home

> People complaining about her ability to run the House R msging apparatus when she is promotion a msg few agree with

> There’s already loud chatter about ppl calling for another vote on her ldrshp position
@PunchbowlNews @Liz_Cheney @GOPLeader Cheney allies, however, are sick of this criticism, and they point out that she just won re-election to her leadership post by a big margin.

They say McCarthy screwed up on Fox News, and that’s why she’s getting questions. They say Cheney is simply speaking truth about Trump
Read 4 tweets
29 Apr
In @PunchbowlNews AM this morning, we tried to bring Biden’s lofty goals in line with the reality that he has a 5-seat majority in the House and an evenly split Senate.

His ambitious agenda will now be in the hands of a dysfunctional Congress run by a few mercurial members
@PunchbowlNews Biden’s speech was an enunciation of the agenda he’s been talking about now for months. he’s been talking about transformational change since he got into the job
@PunchbowlNews This adminstration has a plan and theory of the case of how to get things through Congress. They have a president who has been on message and purposeful about talking about an agenda. He talked about it last night to millions of ppl
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