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Senator
Warren has earned the brickbats and the praise because she’s willing to take on
the most powerful financial interests in the country in defense of everyday
Americans. She is a first term minority party senator, but she has already
earned a national following and is transforming our political debate and
disrupting the corrupted politics of Washington. On October 27, hundreds of
progressive leaders and activists will gather at the Campaign for America’s
Future’s Annual Gala to celebrate Elizabeth Warren. We’ll show her that we’ve
got her back. A few tickets are still available at Gala.OurFuture.org. Join
us.
Ryan Compromises With Freedom Caucus
Rep.
Paul Ryan formally declares Speaker bid. NYT: ” The Republican conference is
expected to vote on Mr. Ryan on Wednesday, followed by a vote on the House floor
next Thursday … Speaker Ryan might unify the House Republican Conference around
his election, but he has far to go to rally them around a legislative
agenda.”
Ryan
won’t immediately demand rule change to protect Speaker. Politico: “Rep.
Paul Ryan has agreed to delay a discussion about reforming the procedural motion
used to remove a House speaker, a major concession to the House Freedom Caucus …
Should he become House speaker, Ryan will set a deadline by which the House
Republican Conference will change chamber and party rules.”
Boehner Struggles To Finish Up
Boehner
still can’t get a debt limit increase passed. Politico: “Senior leadership
aides said they couldn’t find the 30 Republican votes needed to join with all
188 Democrats to pass that proposal — a bleak indication of the current state of
play.”
Though
some say Republicans will have to relent soon. The Hill: “…with the Senate
likely to take multiple days to act on legislation, that leaves a window of
voting next week on a ‘clean’ debt limit bill without preconditions. ‘I think it
will be relatively clean,’ said Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), a Boehner
ally…”
“Congress
has one week to prevent a highway funding shutdown” reports The Hill:
“Lawmakers are scrambling to pass at least an extension of transportation
funding by next Thursday to prevent an interruption. The Department of
Transportation has warned that it will have to stop making payments to states
and local governments for infrastructure projects in November if Congress does
not reach an agreement.”
House
committee passes transportation bill that differs from Senate. The Hill:
“They balked at that [Senate] bill, in part, because it contained six years’
worth of transportation commitments but only three years’ worth of funding … the
highway bill that was approved by the House Transportation Committee on Thursday
would require lawmakers to pass new legislation to ‘unlock’ additional
funding…”
Obama
vetoes defense spending bill. The Hill: “Obama argues the bill irresponsibly
skirts spending caps adopted in 2011 by putting $38 billion into a war fund not
subject to the limits, a move he called a ‘gimmick.’ He has called on Congress
to increase both defense and nondefense spending.”
GOP Governors Fight EPA, GOP Voters Accept Science
“Numerous
States Prepare Lawsuits Against Obama’s Climate Policy” reports NYT: “As
many as 25 states will join some of the nation’s most influential business
groups in legal action to block President Obama’sclimate change regulations when
they are formally published Friday…”
“Americans
Have Never Been So Sure About Climate Change” reports Bloomberg:
“Three-quarters of Americans now accept the scientific consensus on climate
change, the highest level in four years of surveys conducted by the University
of Texas at Austin. The biggest shocker is what’s happening inside the GOP. In a
remarkable turnabout, 59 percent of Republicans now say climate change is
happening, up from 47 percent just six months ago.”
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