The reviews are in for Greene's MTV and.... they're bad.

One House R: 'She's fundraising.'

Loudermilk: 'I think she's lost a whole lot of respect in her district.”

Lawler: 'Moscow Marjorie has clearly gone off the deep end.' politico.com/live-updates/2…

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There’s a special, powerful magic 🪄 in the Senate on a Thursday evening

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Cruz objects to Schumer attempt to get a vote on the Kaine/Warner DCA slots amendment, which would strike the additional flights at the airport unless DOT found they were safe and didn't increase delay

Not looking great for changing the negotiated, bicameral bill at this point

There are several Republicans running for the Senate who have sizable net worths and can self-fund to help counteract Democrats’ big financial advantage.

Then there’s Jim Banks.

“I don’t come from a rich or powerful family, I’m not a self-funder'

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Sen. Mike Lee says he and Sen. Cory Booker are good friends even though they don't agree on everything, including whether to eat meat and whether Lee 'waited too long to shave my head'

Guster, whose members met in 1991 while students at Tufts, have announced they'll be performing as part of Somerville's Porchfest on Saturday. The band will perform on the same street they lived on as they started their careers in the indie rock scene.

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Some talk about trying to finish up the whole FAA bill today … but there’s always the option of punting to next week

Either way with the House gone Senate would need to pass the one-week extension to avoid a lapse

Worth noting, amid increasingly public kvetches about the struggle for GOP to get rules passed...

...Freedom Caucus members privately told Johnson this week that he should send more things through the Rules Committee so the House can have more amendment votes, one member told me

It’s a rare Thursday afternoon of work in the Senate. Usually, senators would be bolting to their cars/planes about now. But they’re stuck figuring out the FAA reauthorization first

House passed a one-week extension yesterday

New w/ Olivia Beavers: After Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s doomed referendum on Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership, a growing number of her GOP colleagues are pushing bigger consequences for her and other rebels.

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New: Vulnerable Senate Ds aren't hyped about plans to allow more Palestinian refugees into the U.S. Rs want to weaponize the plan in key races

Tester says neighboring nations should take lead. Brown says admin should focus on ending the war

W Burgess Everett politico.com/live-updates/2…

NEWS: A federal grand jury has re-indicted former GOP congressman Jeff FORTENBERRY — this time in Washington, D.C. — on charges of lying to federal investigators about foreign campaign contributions.
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'24 Dems not quite cheering on plans to bring Gaza refugees to U.S.

Tester: Places like 'Egypt and Jordan should play a leading role in taking in refugees”

Brown: Admin 'should be focused on reaching an agreement that ends the fighting'

Ursula Perano

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“I am a renter, and there should be more renters in Congress.” -- says woman who also owns one, if not two homes. - #nhpolitics

NEW: Johnson survived his first ouster attempt —as we expected — the bigger fight could come in January as he eyes another run for speaker.

Several members of his right flank told me he’ll get a challenger and they aren’t sold on backing him yet:

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MTG will address the press on the failed motion to vacate after this vote series (which could be 30+ minutes from now)

Defeated 359-43

11 GOP against tabling

Rep. MTG just said Johnson operated no different than how Jeffries would've -- which got audible laughs from House Dems

A group of them, including Reps. Dusty Johnson, Kelly Armstrong, Monica De La Cruz, Stephanie Bice, Nick LaLota and Anthony D’Esposito and Mike Lawler are talking to reporters outside the Capitol — slamming MTG’s MTV.