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Sahil Kapur

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Senior National Political Reporter @NBCNews covering Capitol Hill and the 2024 election. Same handle on BlueSky.

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2023 CONGRESS IN REVIEW

• One of the most legislatively unproductive years in modern history

• Gov’t funding + debt limit brawls

• Speaker mayhem + McCarthy overthrow

• Senator literally tries to fight committee witness

• George Santos… expelled

• The Cardin staffer

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Schumer & McConnell say in a joint statement immigration talks making “encouraging progress.”

“As negotiators work through remaining issues, it is our hope that their efforts will allow the Senate to take swift action on the national security supplemental early in the new year.”

Schumer & McConnell say in a joint statement immigration talks making “encouraging progress.” “As negotiators work through remaining issues, it is our hope that their efforts will allow the Senate to take swift action on the national security supplemental early in the new year.”
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Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off the state's 2024 primary ballot for violating the U.S. Constitution nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

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Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno gets the “Complete and Total Endorsement” from Trump in the race against Sherrod Brown. Former president’s full statement:

Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno gets the “Complete and Total Endorsement” from Trump in the race against Sherrod Brown. Former president’s full statement:
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Mitch McConnell says appropriators need to agree on a topline to negotiate and not punt again.

“A CR is simply unacceptable for a year,” he tells reporters.

In contrast to Mike Johnson, who has threatened a full-year CR if there’s no deal by the 1/19 and 2/2 deadlines.

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“We cannot fail. The fate of the world is at stake,” says Chris Murphy 🟧, top Dem negotiator on an immigration deal to unlock Ukraine/Israel aid.

He says they don’t have a deal yet but he’ll soon return to negotiating table.

“We cannot fail. The fate of the world is at stake,” says @ChrisMurphyCT, top Dem negotiator on an immigration deal to unlock Ukraine/Israel aid. He says they don’t have a deal yet but he’ll soon return to negotiating table.
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McConnell on Trump’s comment re: migrants “poisoning the blood” of US:

“Well, it strikes me that didn’t bother him when he appointed Elaine Chao as secretary of transportation,” says McConnell, who is married to Chao.

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2023 in Congress has delivered acrimonious fights on basic stuff like electing a House Speaker, keeping the lights on and averting a self-inflicted debt default.

But when it comes to making new law, it's pretty barren.

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‘It’s worked before. “God, Biden doesn’t energize me,” one super-wealthy donor said to me recently, sighing. But he was still supporting the president because “then there’s the other side, which is the fascist.”’

Gabriel Debenedetti on the mood in Biden world: nymag.com/intelligencer/…

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“I don’t think the presidency has too much of an effect on what happens in my day-to-day life,” says one young voter, who doesn’t see any meaningful difference between Joe Biden and Donald Trump and plans to leave the top of her 2024 ballot blank. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

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Senators negotiating new U.S. immigration restrictions as part of a deal to advance Ukraine aid are exploring ways to prevent a future president from abusing some of the executive powers that can control the number of migrants seeking asylum, sources say. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

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