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Newsy tidbit: Senate Rs are planning to eat up floor time and provide new attack ad fodder this week by asking for unanimous consent to pass bills on everything from IVF to the border to fracking Republican want to draw attention to Vice President Kamala Harris' policy

New: Senate Republicans have quietly given up on trying to use procedural votes to embarrass the Biden White House because they’re now concerned the votes help Senate Dems. Stef Kight + Stephen Neukam: axios.com/2024/09/17/sen…

Love this graphic from Stef Kight and Erin axios.com/2024/09/17/sen…

👀 The first report from the Senate’s probe of the first Trump assassination attempt is expected to be released before the Senate leaves NEXT WEEK, Gary Peters just told me

GOP sens are trying to highlight Harris' policy shifts this week and counter Schumer's summer of "show votes” They will force Dems to block bills via UC on hot political topics like IVF, the border and fracking axios.com/2024/09/17/gop…

Sen. Rand Paul just introduced a bill which "seeks to curb the president’s ability to tax Americans by implementing tariffs without congressional approval"

GOP Sens heard from the Commission on National Defense Strategy today during their policy lunch -- they highlighted the need for a defense spending boost, according to sources familiar

McConnell says it would be politically “beyond stupid” to let the government shut down this close to the election

McConnell says he’s “open” to more funding for Secret Service

Thune says SALT “got litigated extensively in 2017” He notes it is “a significant pay for for a lot of the things, the lower rates, doubling the child tax credit, doubling the standard deduction.” “We'll take a look at all the suggestions,” he says of Trump vow to undo SALT cap

Sen. Crapo, the ranking on Finance, said he thinks current SALT provisions should stay as is, but “everything's up for negotiations” He also told me he had not heard from Trump or former president’s team on this point before today

Just two Republicans — Murkowski and Collins — voted yes on this bill. The same as last time.

All-Senators classified briefing on foreign threats to U.S. elections set for NEXT Wed. at 4p, per Senate source

Schumer on the CR: “As we said to [Speaker Johnson] 25 times, we need a bipartisan, bicameral bill. That's how you get things done. When you don't do that, things get screwed up.“

Senate passes bill that would require DHS to publish info on number of migrants who receive parole at the border, among other things. Companion legislation in the House hasn't moved

Scoop: Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the next leader of campaigns for Senate Democrats, sources tell me. Gillibrand has been making moves to be the next DSCC chair: - campaigning for vulnerable Dems - flexing fundraising chops in New York axios.com/2024/09/18/kir…

Trump's surprise post on SALT deductions has forced Senate Republicans into a pickle: contradict their party's leader or their old positions W/ HansNichols axios.com/2024/09/18/tru…

"I personally, at this point in time, believe we should extend the TCJA SALT provisions," said Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the ranking Republican on the Finance Committee

Today Senator Katie Boyd Britt will force Dems to block two border and immigration bills as Republicans try to flip the script on Schumer's "show votes" axios.com/2024/09/18/sen…