Great reporting from Samantha-Jo Roth on how control of Senate will be decided with many candidates not having to participate in debates. According to an analysis by the Washington Examiner, less than 40% of Senate races across the country will feature a general election debate

DURBIN on his reelection plans: “I’ll make that decision after the 1st of the year.” washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/31…

New—Independent #NESen candidate Dan Osborn facing Fischer privately praised Sanders despite trying to shake GOP attacks in Trump state he's a "Democrat in sheep's clothing" "I love Bernie, but the bottom line is we do have to peel off some conservatives" washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns…

New—More Secret Service $$ could be put on ice as GOP calls for reallocating existing agent resources, even as the $3B agency says it has "immediate needs" & admin requests "fast-forwarding" funds in CR Sen. Marshall (R-KS)—"They’ve got plenty of money" washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/31…

New—Trump's SALT reversal lands w/a thud in GOP Latest tax cut proposal that puts him at odds w/deficit hawks GOP vote-counter Thune—"Lot of pushback from some of our members who think subsidizing the high-tax states isn’t a good idea" W/Rachel Schilke washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/31…

Republicans’ spending deal fails on the floor, 202 to 220 with 2 voting present. 3 Dem yeas: Don Davis, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, and Jared Golden Present votes: Greene, Massie 14 Republicans voted against the CR + SAVE Act

Nothing more DC than dropping oppo on reality TV contestants

Increasingly long odds for Tester in #MTSen not persuading Dems to divert $ DCSS's Peters—"There is no world that I will do that" He & Tester downplayed polls "Our polling certainly doesn’t show that. We're in exactly the position I thought we would be" washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns…

Schumer to ‘step in’ with stopgap spending bill after Johnson’s failed funding strategy washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/31…

Here’s the latest on what a Trump second term cabinet could look like as transition planning is underway Washington Examiner has the latest from the impressive tag team of Naomi Lim Cami Mondeaux Mabinty 🦋 Ramsey Touchberry and Hailey Bullis washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns…

Big #MDSEN news: Maryland's Future, a pro-Larry Hogan super PAC, just booked $18.2M (!) in ads —and counting That means Rs are on track to outspend Dems by a more than 2:1 margin in MD as of now. Hogan faces Angela Alsobrooks (D) for the open seat politico.com/live-updates/2…

There are 7 days until Jimmy Carter turns 100.

Zelenskyy thanked PA munitions workers during broader US trip. Some in GOP saw a more sinister motive to stump for Dems in a crucial swing state Sen. Cramer (R-ND)-"Jay Powell just happened to lower interest rates...before the election" W/Rachel Schilke washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns…

New—Dems' latest pivot on Larry Hogan in #MDSen: the centrist R is a fake Never Trumper. The rhetoric goes beyond their rebrand as “MAGA”-enabler by painting his long-held antithetical views of Trump as phony. Hogan camp touted him as a “leading” critic. washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns…

New — Joe Manchin, a staunch defender of the filibuster, tells us he WON’T endorse Kamala Harris now over her vow to gut the filibuster to codify Roe. “Shame on her," Manchin, who is retiring at year's end, said in the Capitol. "She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of

Schumer declines to endorse Harris' push for filibuster carevout on abortion, saying it's something his members "will discuss in the next Congress."

McConnell bristles at Trump’s plan to expand tariffs. "They raise prices for American consumers,” McConnell told reporters. “I’m more of a free trade kind of Republican that remembers how many jobs were created by the exports that we engage in." washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/31…

Dems ready to follow Harris' lead to nix filibuster for Roe—but not Tester "I think we ought to have a talking filibuster. That will solve the problem to protect minority rights & keep the people who are obstructionists from obstructing" W/Samantha-Jo Roth washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/31…

ICYMI: Senate yesterday evening unanimously approved House-passed bill boosting Secret Service protection for Trump + future candidates, sending legislation to Biden's desk. washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/31…

McConnell going after Dems on floor: "[Harris'] willingness to shatter the institution of the Senate is not unique." "The Senate's protection against the vacillations of a simple majority rule are bigger than Washington Democrats' policy preferences. It's bigger than my own."