Senate fails to advance the border bill 43 - 50. two notable crossovers.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted yes
Sen. Sinema voted no

Sinema on warpath on revote of her bipartisan border deal: 'my Democratic colleagues have chosen to play politics.' She calls it 'yet another cynical political game'

'To use this failure as a political punching bag only punishes those who are courageous enough' to negotiate

Sen. Rick Scott says he also called every GOP member last night to pitch his candidacy. He did not connect with everyone.

“I said ‘I hope you read my letter.’ ‘I said I’d love to sit down, get your ideas,’” Scott said.

The Senate will vote Thursday on a border security bill that is dividing the Democratic caucus and failed earlier this year, exposing rifts within the party even as they try to shift the narrative on border security. W/ Lauren Fox: cnn.com/2024/05/23/pol…

“Nobody at the beginning of this Congress could have imagined all this shit that has happened here.. But [Jeffries] has navigated a pathway for Democrats that has made us relevant and effective.”

A deep dive on Jeffries tenure as Dem Leader w/Lauren Fox
cnn.com/2024/05/22/pol…

Inside Jeffries' maneuvering as minority leader including a victory to secure Dems an increase in earmarks in THUD projects in the last spending bill that Dems did not publicize at the time. W/ Melanie Zanona
That's ' his style,' Rosa DeLauro said.

cnn.com/2024/05/22/pol…

Johnson after MTV vote
'I'm glad that this distraction is not going to inhibit that important work, he said. 'Hopefully this is the end of the personality politics and the frivolous character assassination that has defined the 118th Congress.”

Two sources tell CNN plan right now is to vote TODAY to table this. W/Melanie Zanona

MTG moves ahead with MTV. Rep. Austin Scott in the speaker's lobby said he's shocked.

'Absolutely this is damaging for the Republican Party' - he says.

In a new letter, Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blast the administration's pause in transferring bombs to Israel, saying it calls into question Biden's 'ironclad' commitment to Israel.

Asked by Manu Raju whether he’ll agree to one of MTG’s demands to defund the special counsel probe into Trump, Speaker Johnson says: “We’re looking very intently at it. … Stay tuned.”

MTG meeting with Johnson again at 12:30pm. But he insists this isn’t a negotiation, just ideas.

MTG just left her office with Massie in tow. They are headed to speaker's office now. She declined to answer if today is the day, saying she'd talk after her meeting.

Thom Tillis says MTG and co are biggest threat to GOP winning majorities. 'She is dragging our brand down.'

“I think she’s uninformed, she’s a total waste of time,  and I’m embarrassed to have actually lived geographically in her district at one time before she was there.'

The House passed the Ukraine Security Supplemental with a vote of 311-112. One member – GOP Rep Dan Meuser – voted present.

GOP Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona has signed on to the motion to vacate of the speakership, he announced in a press release, becoming the third member to do so.

NEWS: GOP Rep. Paul Gosar has signed on to the motion to vacate the speakership, becoming the third member to do so.

He was huddled on the floor earlier today with Greene & Massie, the other two co-sponsors. They haven't taken steps to force vote yet tho.

The House is out for the rest of the day with no more floor action or votes, meaning the earliest GA Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene could move her motion to vacate is tomorrow
 
If Greene takes that consequential step, the House will have to consider it within two legislative days

If you want to listen to a real debate over policy, it's not the floor debate ahead of the vote (that is a series of speeches). It's the debate in rules.
Bipartisan pairings on the issue of foreign aid, spirited back and forths, real questions. Always learn a lot.