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Santos expulsion resolution expected on House floor |
The House will reconvene with a jam-packed agenda one week after electing Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as Speaker, including an expected vote Wednesday night on whether to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.).
Santos, the embattled freshman lawmaker, faces 23 federal charges from an initial indictment and superseding indictment. He’s pleaded not guilty to all charges. (A refresher on the charges can be found here.)
Earlier this year, a majority of the chamber voted to refer a Democratic-led expulsion resolution against Santos to the House Ethics Committee instead of voting on the resolution. The Ethics Committee said this week it’ll announce its next steps by Nov. 17. The current resolution was introduced by five fellow New York Republicans. The GOP only has a four-seat majority, meaning a vote to table or refer the matter could fail if held this time around. Passing the resolution itself would require two-thirds support, meaning far more than a handful of Republicans would need to join Democrats to pass it.
Other big-ticket items before the House tonight and the rest of the week: Three fiscal year 2024 spending bills Censure resolutions against Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) A resolution condemning support of Hamas and Hezbollah on college campuses -
A bill to provide funding for Israel, offset by cuts to Internal Revenue Service funding
- A bill to impose sanctions on Iran
Stay tuned at TheHill.com tonight for developments.
MORE: Speaker Johnson tells Senate GOP that Israel money must move by itself |
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Donald Trump Jr. testifies in NY |
Donald Trump Jr. was called to the stand Wednesday in the New York civil fraud case against himself, his father (former President Trump) and his brother Eric, among other parties. -
The brothers are expected to testify about their roles in the Trump Organization, with Eric’s testimony following Donald Jr.’s.
- The former president and
Ivanka Trump, his daughter, are also set to testify in the case. Ivanka was dismissed as a co-defendant earlier this year.
The trial is expected to last until late December, The Hill’s Ella Lee reports. The Trumps have denied wrongdoing. Read more here. |
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President Biden won’t be on the New Hampshire primary ballot. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) launched his presidential bid last week and filed in the state. Biden supporters started a write-in campaign for the president in New Hampshire on Monday.
New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley wrote on X, formerly Twitter, after Biden’s campaign announced he wouldn’t be on the ballot, “The reality is that Joe Biden will win the NH FITN Primary in January, win renomination in Chicago and will be re-elected next November. …”
We asked New Hampshire political experts whether they think Democratic primary voters in the state will go for a Biden write-in campaign. Here’s what some of them said: |
📣 “Probably, but it will take time, money, and energy that would have been better spent on a traditional campaign operation. The Democrats’ attempt to dislodge New Hampshire’s primary status is just a tremendous unforced error and unnecessary, self-induced headache.” — Christopher Galdieri, politics professor at Saint Anselm College
📣 “I think that most NH Democrats who will vote in the Primary will write in Biden. Based on our recent polling with CNN … 69% said they would write in Biden’s name if he is not on the ballot. Secondly, only 37% of NH Democratic Primary voters prefer some other candidate for the nomination, and only 19% of that 37% prefer Bernie Sanders, the most popular ‘other’ choice.” — Andrew Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center
Smith referred to a September CNN New Hampshire Primary Poll showing 69 percent of Biden supporters, who comprised 78 percent of likely Democratic primary voters surveyed, would write in Biden’s name. |
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Senate AI forum on elections coming next week
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced the chamber will hold a fifth forum with experts on artificial intelligence (AI) next week, with this one focusing on AI’s impacts on elections. Schumer said the Senate needs “a whole bunch of these forums” and that “our committees are beginning to learn from these forums and start writing legislation in a bipartisan way.”
From earlier this week: Biden issues sweeping executive order on AI |
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Looking ahead to Ohio’s abortion measure vote |
The Hill’s Caroline Vakil previews Ohio’s Nov. 7 election featuring a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion and takes a look at early voting numbers. |
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Bird species to no longer be named after enslavers
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The American Ornithological Society will change the names of bird species named after people, prioritizing those named after enslavers and racists. The group’s president, Colleen Handel, said, “We need a much more inclusive and engaging scientific process that focuses attention on the unique features and beauty of the birds themselves.”
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“Will Republicans be conservative or entrepreneurial with their nominee?” — J.T. Young, a former professional staffer in the House and Senate who then served in the Department of Treasury and Office of Management and Budget. (Read here)
“The next presidential transition starts right now” — Heath Brown, associate professor at City University of New York, John Jay College and CUNY Grad Center. (Read here) |
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7 days until the third GOP presidential primary debate. 16 days until the government funding deadline. |
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Thursday, 5 p.m. ET: Former President Trump holds a rally in Houston. |
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ANNOUNCED TODAY: The Hill is partnering with Decision Desk HQ to provide readers with “national, state, and local background, interactive elements and maps, real-time returns and race calls” for the 2024 elections! Read more here.
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