Today in Congress
House in at 9 AM for legislative business, with first vote between 10 – 11 AM on the Senate-passed READ Act (H.R. 601), which includes the Hurricane Supplemental, Debt Limit, Continuing Appropriations, and Flood Insurance package. House continues debate on the 224 amendments to the multi-agency spending bill (H.R. 3354).
Senate is out.
ICYMI
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House passed continuing resolution / debt ceiling / Hurricane Harvey deal in 319-90 vote, sending it to President’s desk
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Axios on the Oval Office scene: "You say I can't make deals anymore? Hold my Diet Coke”
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It’s a NY love-fest at the moment
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All 90 “no” votes came from Republicans; last minute pitch by Secretary Mnuchin not well received (like, really bad)
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Senate HELP effort and Graham-Cassidy supporters getting close to health care compromise
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Reminder that the opportunity to vote on a health bill through the reconciliation process ends September 30
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President Trump regrets initial focus on health care and seems (really) ready to move on
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Gonna need to see some details to get this tax reform party started
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Dare you to watch without crying: Jimmy Fallon invited the impromptu Houston Gospel Choir to celebrate the heroes of Houston (& donated $1 million to JJ Watts’ fund)
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Keep up the praying and giving and volunteering: Irma still barreling on path straight for Florida
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And death toll rising from overnight 8.5 earthquake in Chiapas Mexico
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Six things to know about Department of Ed enforcement changes for Title IX (from Sec. DeVos remarks yesterday)
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Massive Equifax data breach impacts half of American adults; three company officers sold off $1.8 million in stock in days before announcement
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3,500 troops headed to Afghanistan
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More corporate money, more southern committee chairmen, fewer Congressional staffers – + lots more in the new Congressional vital stats
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After Don Jr’s meeting with Senate Judiciary, Sen. Coons [D, DE] sent out reminder of statute that makes it a crime to lie to Congress
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Sen. Murphy [D, CT] working on Medicare buy-in plan
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House Dems and Hispanic Caucus launch effort to discharge the DREAM Act (to bring to floor vote)
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Russian “troll farms” created thousands of “fake Americans” to influence the election
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ProPublica launches crowd-sourced effort to monitor and catalog political Facebook ads
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Most popular Texas secession Facebook page? Yep, it’s Russian
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What the heck is a Verrit?
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How counterfeit sneakers are financing terror
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Clowns are people too
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State fairs are awesome
