In GOP conference today, House Republicans were shown slides about their prospects in November. One focused on their “structural advantage” including “24 total toss up seats (11D, 13 R)” and 208 GOP favored seats vs 203 Dem favored seats

Reps. Mike Kelly and Jason Crow says Secret Service told them during today's briefing that after July 13 Biden ordered that Harris and Trump got a level of security "commensurate" with a presidential level of security. That level of security, they added, was in place on Sunday

202 yays, 220 nays and 2 present Speaker Johnson’s CR fails to pass

House Rules is doing a fun thing today: Having members pitch potential rules changes for the next Congress: youtube.com/watch?v=fEWONM…

New w/ Olivia Beavers Caitlin Emma Nicholas Wu: Mike Johnson isn't saying (even privately) what his plan B is. But growing expectation House will vote by mid-week on CR to fund gov't into December Dec. 13 eyed as end date, no final decision: politico.com/live-updates/2…

News: Johnson just told reporters that he is going to be meeting with Trump “in a little while”

Obviously Jordain Carney & I watched the House Rules Committee hearing on … 🥁HOUSE RULES for next year Roundup of what caught our eye in tonight’s Inside Congress politico.com/newsletters/in…

New: House Rs work to defuse Trump as they defy shutdown demands Simpson: “There have been a number of people, who’ve talked with the president and said, ‘That’s a really bad idea.’" w/ Jordain Carney Olivia Beavers politico.com/news/2024/09/2…

Lots of talk about potential Dem leadership changes lately. From me and Burgess Everett in March -Padilla interested in DSCC -Klobuchar and Booker interested in backfilling Stabenow’s no. 3 spot -Tina Smith, others also on radar for poss future leadership politico.com/news/2024/03/1…

Covering Congress as a non-sports fan: