House members take break: 9 days to deadline |
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Optimism from earlier in the week over apparent progress with a group of conservatives blocking funding measures quickly deflated Thursday.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) expressed his frustration after a second procedural vote failed, with government funding set to expire in 9 days. - McCarthy had hoped for a different outcome after the first procedural vote failed on Tuesday.
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On Wednesday night, two GOP members dropped their opposition when McCarthy said he’d commit to a topline number of $1.526 trillion for the remaining 2024 appropriations bills and made changes to the proposed stopgap bill that’d fund the government through Oct. 31.
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McCarthy faulted several GOP absences for Thursday’s failed vote, but as The Hill’s Emily Brooks, Mychael Schnell and Aris Folley report, at least nine GOP members have said they won’t support the stopgap bill. That’d tank the measure, given the narrow Republican majority and lack of Democratic support. “Increasing pressure on House Republicans to unite around a plan, a coalition of bipartisan members endorsed an escape-hatch proposal on Wednesday that would temporarily fend off a funding lapse through the end year and approve Ukraine aid and disaster relief, among other provisions,” they wrote.
The Senate and White House will also need to agree to whatever the House passes — and any House bill passed primarily with GOP votes will be a tough sell in the upper chamber. Tick, tock.
Related: GOP leadership tells members to go home but be on call amid funding stalemate |
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Rupert Murdoch will retire as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp. next month, transitioning to the role of chairman emeritus at both companies.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute holds its 46th Annual Awards Gala tonight, with President Biden scheduled to deliver remarks at 8:25 p.m. ET.
Ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson in her new book accuses former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani of groping her at an event on Jan. 6, 2021. Giuliani called the allegation “completely, absolutely false.”
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Zelensky’s day on the Hill
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with senators Thursday to make his case for sustained U.S. assistance as his country tries to fend off Russian forces.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) distilled the message: “There was a single sentence that summed it all up, and I’m quoting him verbatim. Mr. Zelensky said ‘If we don’t get the aid, we will lose the war.'”
The Hill’s Laura Kelly reports that there’s significant opposition among Republicans, with some supporting military assistance but not financial aid and others opposing all funds to Ukraine.
Zelensky was set to meet with President Biden, who has requested an additional $24 billion in funding for Ukraine, Thursday as well. Read more. |
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Biden’s shifting border strategy
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The Hill’s Rafael Bernal has a new report on the Biden administration‘s shifting border policy strategy, digging into changes rolled out this week to grant more than 400,000 Venezuelans work permits and provide military assistance to border enforcement agencies. Check it out. |
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Senate makes first military confirmations in months
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The Senate on Thursday confirmed Gen. Randy George as Army chief of staff and Gen. Eric Smith as commandant of the Marine Corps. This follows Wednesday’s confirmation of Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs. These are the first military confirmations in months as Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) has held up the normal process of batch confirmations amid his opposition to new Defense Department abortion policies. More than 300 promotions have been held up. |
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© AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File |
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Coalition of governors plans to install 20 million heat pumps by 2030
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India suspends visa services for Canadians |
Amid rising strain between the two countries, India has suspended visa services for Canadians, citing security threats in Canada.
The Hill’s Sarah Fortinsky called it “a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two countries since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau levied accusations of Indian involvement in an assassination of a Canadian citizen on its soil.” India’s government has denied the accusations. |
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1 in 5 jobs ‘highly exposed’ to generative AI
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Job search website Indeed‘s new AI at Work Report found 19.8 percent of jobs listed on the site require skills that can largely be performed by generative artificial intelligence (AI). The majority of jobs had more limited exposure to AI.
“Our research shows that GenAI is less likely to replace an entire job, but rather serve as a tool to augment or streamline parts of a job,” said Svenja Gudell, Indeed’s chief economist. Read more here. |
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“Media hysterics aside, the sky isn’t falling on the national debt” — Morris Pearl, chair of Patriotic Millionaires and a former managing director at BlackRock, and Bob Lord, senior tax policy advisor at Patriotic Millionaires. (Read here)
“Pause federal spending to save our nation” — Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), who serves on the House Judiciary and Oversight & Accountability committees. (Read here) |
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6 days until the next GOP presidential primary debate. |
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Oral arguments are scheduled in New York Attorney General Letitia James‘s (D) case against former President Trump and the Trump Organization. |
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