“We need to hold our elected officials accountable. They’re getting elected by using our name. Some responsibilities come with that,” says Matt Rinaldi.

But others in the TX GOP are worried it will backfire.
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“I feel that the party has imploded on itself. They’ve lost their way completely, and I fear that it’s going to give the Democrats the opening they need to win,” the president of the Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association told Casey Murray notus.org/texas/republic…

Team NOTUS

Rep. Chip Roy on his former boss Ted Cruz's efforts to highlight his bipartisan bonafides:

'He's, you know, in cycle.'

via Casey Murray

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“I think he and a lot of other people are coming to the realization that Texas may not be as reliably red as it has been in the past.'

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Come for the great Elise Foley headline, stay for a Casey Murray story that will make you even more cynical about politics than you already are. notus.org/texas/ted-cruz…

“It’s the ‘Springer’ show over there, and it’s absolutely possible that they could fuck it up,” Sen. Fetterman said.

Senate Dems have little faith the House will deliver on foreign aid.
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The Rules Committee—typically stacked with leadership loyalists—has Republicans hostile to Speaker Johnson. One GOP member wants him to resign and two others are also poised to oppose the rule for foreign aid.

But he hasn’t tried to reshape the panel:
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In his previous campaigns, John James has been vocal about his anti-abortion stance on the trail---at one point he compared abortion to 'genocide.' This time around he's pretty silent on the issue.

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John Fetterman had a concise response to whether he trusts the House to pass foreign aid: “Of course not. It’s the House.”

Casey Murray on Senate Democrats' frustrations over dysfunction in the House.

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SCOOP: Democrats say leading abortion rights groups are directing them to not introduce legislation to repeal the Comstock Act, which conservatives want Trump to enforce as a federal abortion ban

There’s “a lot of internal tension,” one House Dem told me
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Leaders in the Black community are urging President Joe Biden to prioritize reparations before the critical November elections. notus.org/biden-2024/bla…

Democrat play the waiting game as Republicans grapple with another messy policy fight over the Speaker's proposed foreign aid package.

The latest from on the Mike Johnson's fight to stay in power from Casey Murray.
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Speaker Mike Johnson could be in trouble, and Democrats aren't committing to help him out - in regards to saving his speakership and to passing foreign aid
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“At some point, there would be a great value of having a united GOP,' one Republican member told Katherine Swartz notus.org/congress/mike-…

The Texas GOP Is Going After One of Its Own notus.org/texas/texas-go…

NEW: our look at on the ground efforts by Black GOP operatives to turn out Black men for Trump… in lieu of a cohesive RNC strategy.

One plan called the Garfield project, from Trump ally Pastor Darrell Scott, will focus on racism w/ ⁦Calen Razor⁩ notus.org/trump-2024/rep…

Republicans are working hard to flip a seat in South Texas — but some are skeptical they really understand the voters they're trying to convert

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The race between Mayra Flores and Vicente Gonzalez in Texas will test whether Republicans are making big gains in a majority Latino district. notus.org/texas/rio-gran…

SCOOP: Dems are quietly strategizing and preparing legislation to weaken the Comstock Act, which conservatives say should be enforced as a federal abortion ban

“We have to be ready to fight back,” Sen. Tina Smith told me, “and that’s what I’m working on”
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