In 2003, House GOP leaders set up “door men” to keep all no votes inside the chamber on big Medicare Rx drug bill George W Bush pushed for and eventually got.

One flag is that the long-term unemployment rate continues to creep up - not at scary levels by any means, but again consistent with other metrics suggesting that finding a job is harder now than it was a few years ago

SCALISE tells me that he and other leaders conveyed there is an opportunity for a second budget bill this year to try to get things left out of this bill into law.

Man, the number of times the American economy has been counted out

I'm once again getting lots of questions about whether we should trust the economic data coming out of this administration. My answer remains the same: Yes, but budget cuts (and other factors) are threatening to erode reliability over the longer term. nytimes.com/2025/06/06/bus…

The big picture on jobs: The labor market is frozen unless you work in healthcare or education. 1) Unemployment is low (4.1%). 2) But the labor force is also shrinking as people retire or stop looking for work. 3) The Fed isn't going to panic about any of this. The job market

Rep. Steve Womack is a machine. He’s been in the chair presiding over the rule debate yesterday, the hours of the paralyzed floor, the early AM rule vote, the bill debate, on and on. Appears he took a brief break in the early morning hours but he’s back. Rep. Steve Womack

Former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is still weighing where he wants his political career to take him next: to the governor’s mansion or back to the Senate. “Everything’s on the table,” he tells Eleanor Mueller. “I’m concerned about the direction of my state; I’m concerned about the

Burchett on what got him to yes: “I think it was just the fact the president was willing to work with us and all our concerns” Says he was briefed by the White House yesterday on a plan to keep undocumented immigrants off Medicaid

Running list of what got holdouts to line up behind the GOP’s bill (beyond the Trump of it all): ✔️House leadership teasing more reconciliation bills ✔️The administration promising executive action ✔️Both parties arguing that sending the bill back to the Senate would end badly

📻LISTEN: Semafor Congress reporter Eleanor Mueller joins Jonathan Freedland on The Guardian’s Politics Weekly America pod to discuss who wins and who loses if Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” is passed. theguardian.com/politics/audio…

Super interesting from Goldman on uncertainty

Davidson also said this yesterday 👇🏻

Hakeem Jeffries has broken the record for the longest floor speech in House history He spoke for 8 hours and 33 minutes (and counting!) in protest of the OBBB

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The House passed GOP’s reconciliation bill in a 218-214 vote Republicans FITZPATRICK & MASSIE voted no along with all Dems The TAX BILL now goes to President Trump’s desk. WH planning signing ceremony tomorrow on JULY 4

Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin asked a business exec: Are you raising prices because of tariff costs or just using 'tariff noise' as cover? "It's both," the exec admitted. "And I feel a little guilty saying that." An economic detective hits the road: wsj.com/economy/tom-ba…

In two weeks, we'll bring the CLARITY Act and GENIUS Act to the House Floor, which give rules of the road for digital assets and dollar-backed payment stablecoins. Watch more Fox News ⬇️

news - Democratic Rep. Don Davis is exploring a run for the North Carolina Senate seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis, according to a spokesperson. Davis is “looking at all options and not ruling anything out,” said spox Hannah Spengler politico.com/live-updates/2…

Can confirm.