Jamie Belsito (D) won a Massachusetts House seat in a special election, the first Democrat to do so in the district 163 years, the Ipswich Local News reports.
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Pro-SALT Deduction Lawmakers Will Back Senate Bill
“House Democrats who are pushing to lift a $10,000 fixed cap on state and local taxes (SALT) said they will support the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed the U.S. Senate…
Michigan Candidate Involved in Voting System Breach
“The Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general led a team that gained unauthorized access to voting equipment while hunting for evidence to support former President Donald Trump’s false election-fraud claims,”…
Biden Gets Massive Health Care Win
“President Biden is on the verge of his own crowning health care achievement to call, in his words, a BFD,” Stat reports. “After two decades, Democrats are finally on track…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“I would much rather serve with Mikie Sherrill and Chrissy Houlahan and Elissa Slotkin than Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, even though on substance certainly I have big disagreements…
Florida Prosecutor Vows to Fight DeSantis Suspension
“A Florida prosecutor vowed Sunday to fight his suspension from office by Gov. Ron DeSantis over his promise not to enforce the state’s 15-week abortion ban and support for gender…
Greene Insists Capitol Rioters Were Antifa
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Saturday said “no one can convince” her that the rioters behind the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol were not anti-fascist protesters and…
Hundreds in New York May Be Infected with Polio
“New York state health officials have found indications of additional cases of polio virus in wastewater samples from two different counties, leading them to warn that hundreds of people may…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“We’ve been fighting for this for decades. Now I can look my kids in the eye and say we’re really doing something about climate.” — Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), quoted…
Senate Passes Historic Climate, Health Care and Tax Bill
After a 16-hour marathon debate and series of amendments that went through the night, the U.S. Senate passed a monumental climate, tax and health care spending package that Democrats negotiated…
The Senate Is Close to Passing the Reconciliation Bill
New York Times: “In a sign that Democrats are confident they are in the final stretch, Vice President Kamala Harris has arrived in the Senate, ostensibly to break the tie…
14 Hours and Counting
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) commenting on the 14-hour vote-a-rama in the Senate: “I’m good on little sleep but this is absurd. It’s only Republican amendments now with all 50 Democrats…
Quote of the Day
“It’s just all chaos now until the end.” — Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), quoted by the New York Times, on the vote-a-rama for the reconciliation bill under consideration by the…
Biden Is About to Make History
Playbook: “Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act will make Biden one of the most legislatively successful presidents of the modern era. We once noted that the mismatch between the size…
The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the GOP
Out this week: The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party by Dana Milbank. A scathing history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold on to political…
Abortion Registers as a Top Issue In Swing Districts
In a memo to campaigns and allies, the House Democratic campaign arm says that internal polls from more than 20 frontline and target congressional districts show that Republican attacks on…
GOP Lawmaker Warns Abortion Will Hurt Party
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) warned that Republicans could pay a price in November if they don’t reel in extreme takes on abortion policy, Politico reports. Said Mace: “I am staunchly…
Democrats May Make Last-Minute Tax Changes to Bill
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told CNN that Senate Democrats are discussing some possible changes to the tax provisions before their reconciliation package gets approved by the chamber the afternoon. It’s…
Voters Prefer Candidates Who Favor Legal Abortion
A new ABC News/Ipsos poll found that voters would choose a candidate who favors keeping abortion legal over one who favors limiting abortion except to protect the mother’s life by…
Senate Republicans Kill Effort to Cap Insulin Prices
“Republican lawmakers on Sunday successfully stripped a $35 price cap on the cost of insulin for many patients from the ambitious legislative package Democrats are moving through Congress this weekend,…
Secret Service Hands Over Agents’ Phone Numbers
“The U.S. Secret Service has given the House Jan. 6 committee a listing of agency-issued cell phone numbers belonging to agents based in Washington, D.C., for the period the panel…
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