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Ben Leonard

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Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So the sitch is Rep. Mark Green has a private sector job all lined up but won't say what it is and won't be starting it until he votes on a giant tax and policy bill. Got it. More from Hailey Fuchs politico.com/live-updates/2…

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NEW: HHS sent a document to lawmakers justifying the decision to remove the recommendation for Covid vaccination during pregnancy. A researcher cited in the document told POLITICO “the results of our manuscript were misinterpreted.” w/ Lauren Gardner politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

Benjamin Guggenheim (@ben_guggenheim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEWS 🚨🚨Rep. Lloyd Smucker and 37 other House Republicans are firing a warning shot to Senate Majority Leader John Thune over the GOP’s mega bill. The fiscal hawks argue that the Senate must find “genuine savings” and reject all “budget gimmicks.” politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

Jordain Carney (@jordainc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New w/Robert King: Senate Republicans appear to be popping their trial balloon on looping Medicare changes into their reconciliation bill: politico.com/live-updates/2…

Meredith Lee Hill (@meredithllee) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Scoop: Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman will brief GOP senators Wednesday afternoon on a new, scaled-down plan to slash SNAP funding in the Trump megabill also means leaders have to find other cuts as they scramble details w/ Grace Yarrow > politico.com/live-updates/2…

K Tully-McManus (@ktullymcmanus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Big, Beautiful Bill "fatalities" list is out: What provisions House R's are scrapping -- after passage but before sending it to the Senate -- to get ahead of the eventual Byrd Bath politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

Benjamin Guggenheim (@ben_guggenheim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEWS: Rep. Nick LaLota is meeting with staff for Senate GOP leadership TODAY to discuss the SALT deduction in the GOP mega bill. Senate Rs want to lower the new 40k cap on SALT in the House-passed bill, but LaLota has vowed to vote against the package if they do.

Hailey Fuchs (@hailey_fuchs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW — Kweisi Mfume is pitching an old-school approach to one of House Democrats’ highest-profile jobs W/ Nicholas Wu Ben Jacobs politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

David Lim (@davidalim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to tackle the underlying causes of chronic disease in America. But he rarely mentions the nation's leading cause of preventable deaths: smoking. w/ Danny Nguyen: politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

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For those that are paying attention to the renewal of the ACA premium tax credit, bookmark this for later this year. Murkowski, Tillis, and Sullivan are a few Senate Rs that have expressed interest in extending the popular tax credit, while Senate leadership has been hesitant to

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Just beforehand, Mannion had shouted at the press outside “We need you. We need you to hold them accountable. Media, it's your country too….Don't cover the distractions. Cover the actions that lead us towards authoritarianism, please”

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from Hailey Fuchs - Senate bill leaves out House GOP provision to limit federal courts from enforcing contempt orders I asked Speaker this wk about Grassley saying it wasn't "Byrdable" - Johnson said they'd push for it but Rs not surprised it fell out politico.com/live-updates/2…

Jordain Carney (@jordainc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

News w/ Meredith Lee Hill + Benjamin Guggenheim: Senate Finance text not expected before Monday at this point Text could be released with some blanks, including on SALT. GOP also view Medicaid language as not baked as they negotiate. Business permanence is in politico.com/live-updates/2…

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Scooplet in IC: Hospital associations in 13 states sent a letter to Thune and Crapo urging them to "move forward" with the House's "carefully negotiated" provider tax language Comes as Finance will release text today politico.com/newsletters/in… Full letter: politico.com/f/?id=00000197…

Scooplet in IC: Hospital associations in 13 states sent a letter to Thune and Crapo urging them to "move forward" with the House's "carefully negotiated" provider tax language

Comes as Finance will release text today

politico.com/newsletters/in…

Full letter:
politico.com/f/?id=00000197…