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U.S. Braces for Government Shutdown

September 22, 2023 at 6:48 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “In only eight days, the U.S. government is set to shut down, unleashing real and wide-ranging financial hardship on American families, workers and businesses. The lapse in funding would mark a fundamental breakdown in an ever-divided, intransigent Washington, where lawmakers this year have struggled — time and again — to fulfill their most basic fiscal responsibilities.”

“At the heart of the stalemate are renewed Republican demands for deep federal spending cuts, more than three months after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) finalized a deal with President Biden that was supposed to prevent this very brinkmanship. Far-right lawmakers have blocked the House this week from adopting a short-term measure that would sustain federal spending at its existing levels and buy more time for the two parties to work out a longer-term arrangement.”

Filed Under: Budget & Taxes

Clarence Thomas Secretly Took Part in Koch Network

September 22, 2023 at 6:37 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

ProPublica: “Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.”

Filed Under: Judiciary

Auto Strikes Expected to Expand

September 22, 2023 at 6:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The United Auto Workers and the Detroit’s Big Three automakers spent Thursday in negotiations as union leaders warned that an ongoing labor strike could spread to new facilities as soon as midday Friday,” the Washington Post reports.

“An expanded work stoppage over wages and benefits for some 150,000 autoworkers could exacerbate disruptions to an industry that makes up about 3 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product.”

Filed Under: Economy

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Kevin McCarthy’s Very Bad Week

September 22, 2023 at 6:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Members

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

September 21, 2023 at 11:33 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I don’t agree with her ever, hardly on anything, but she was pretty successful… and the way she did it was she put an issue out amongst her caucus. She met with them. She figured out what they wanted, and then they put it out on the floor and they passed it and they rallied around it. A lot of work goes into that… but I’m not seeing that work right now. And it’s very disappointing to me.”

— Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), on CNN, praising former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Filed Under: House of Representatives

Is Kevin McCarthy Even Really Still Speaker?

September 21, 2023 at 10:59 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Semafor: “There’s been rampant speculation about whether hardline Republicans will eventually try to oust McCarthy from his job, especially after Rep. Matt Gaetz, his most vocal antagonist, left a copy of a motion to vacate sitting in a bathroom this week. But even though he’s still holding the gavel for now, McCarthy already feels a bit like a speaker in name only.”

“For starters, he has forfeited control over the House floor. As many reporters noted today, past speakers have rarely lost votes on all-important procedural rules to tee-up bills (Nancy Pelosi never did once in her tenure). McCarthy has now lost rule votes twice this week, and three times since he took over in January. The norms that traditionally give speakers their power are collapsing beneath him.”

Filed Under: House of Representatives

Wisconsin Republicans Move to Impeach Elections Chief

September 21, 2023 at 10:56 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Five Republican members of the state Assembly have released articles of impeachment against Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe, the latest move by the GOP-controlled state Legislature to oust the nonpartisan elections chief from her job ahead of the 2024 presidential election,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

Filed Under: State House

GOP Lawmaker Ready to Work with Democrats

September 21, 2023 at 5:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) told CNN that if the House GOP doesn’t pass a short-term spending bill — which looks likely at this point — he will sign a discharge petition and join forces with Democrats to try to pass one.

Filed Under: House of Representatives

DeSantis Running Fourth in New Hampshire

September 21, 2023 at 4:56 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Insider Advantage poll in New Hampshire finds Donald Trump leading the GOP primary field with 42%, followed by Nikki Haley at 14%, Chris Christie at 10%, Ron DeSantis at 8%, Vivek Ramaswamy at 5%, Tim Scott at 5% and Doug Burgum at 4%.

Filed Under: 2024 Campaign

McCarthy Sends House Members Home

September 21, 2023 at 4:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

House Republican leadership is sending members home for the week, after a series of failed attempts to make progress on government funding, Punchbowl News reports.

Filed Under: House of Representatives

Senate to the Rescue?

September 21, 2023 at 4:29 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) filed cloture on a bill that could be a vehicle for a short term funding bill next week.

Filed Under: Senate

Ex-Aide Reveals Why Trump Wouldn’t Wear a Mask

September 21, 2023 at 4:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Cassidy Hutchinson writes in her new book that Donald Trump almost never wore a mask during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic because he was worried about his makeup, The Guardian reports.

While visiting a factory, Trump tried a white mask but then asked staffers what they thought.

Writes Hutchinson: “I slowly shook my head. The president pulled the mask off and asked why I thought he should not wear it. I pointed at the straps of the N95 I was holding. When he looked at the straps of his mask, he saw they were covered in bronzer.”

Said Trump: “Why did no one else tell me that. I’m not wearing this thing.”

Filed Under: Trump Legacy

Iowa Governor Close to Endorsing Ron DeSantis

September 21, 2023 at 4:16 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) “is signaling she is likely to endorse Ron DeSantis for president, a move that would give him the support of a popular conservative leader as he looks to close the gap against frontrunner Donald Trump,” Bloomberg reports.

“Reynolds’s backing could come as early as November… The Iowa caucus, the first in the GOP primary calendar, is scheduled for January.”

Filed Under: 2024 Campaign

Bonus Quote of the Day

September 21, 2023 at 3:38 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“My advice is, ‘Go sit down with Hakeem Jeffries.’ If he’s got a solid majority of his caucus. Why wouldn’t he? This is the tail wagging the dog. That’s not the way to do it.”

— Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), quoted by the New York Times, on the House GOP’s inability to govern.

Filed Under: House of Representatives

Herschel Walker Selling Home in Georgia

September 21, 2023 at 3:33 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Is Herschel Walker punting on Georgia? Less than a year after he lost a scandal-plagued run for the U.S. Senate, the house owned by his wife Julie Blanchard is posted for sale on real estate sites for $1.45 million,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

“The house was also the subject of much political controversy. A longtime Dallas Cowboys star, Walker lived in Texas for decades before registering to vote in Georgia in August 2021 shortly before he declared his candidacy. Even as he campaigned for office in Georgia, he listed a $3 million estate in the Dallas suburbs as his primary residence in tax documents.”

Filed Under: Celebrities Tagged With: GA-Sen

Trump Co-Defendant Wants Emails Excluded from Trial

September 21, 2023 at 3:31 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Kenneth Chesebro, an election attorney for former President Donald Trump, argued on Thursday that his emails should be excluded as evidence from the Georgia election-racketeering case in which he and Trump are co-defendants,” The Messenger reports.

Chesebro’s attorneys argued that search warrant used to obtain them was “defective, and the search and seizure predicated thereon is illegal.”

Filed Under: Trump Legacy

Flight Records Suggest McCormick Still Lives in Connecticut

September 21, 2023 at 2:59 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Through the marvel that is modern air travel, a candidate for public office is no longer confined to living in the state they hope to serve in,” Vanity Fair reports.

“This relatively new phenomenon appears to be a godsend for David McCormick, a Republican who reportedly now lives in a Connecticut mansion but is poised to run for US Senate in Pennsylvania, where he appears to have chartered a number of private planes to promote his political bid.”

Filed Under: 2024 Campaign Tagged With: PA-Sen

Manchin Moves to Reverse Schumer on Dress Code

September 21, 2023 at 2:55 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is circulating a proposal to re-establish the Senate’s dress code, which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) loosened over the weekend to allow senators to wear whatever they want on the Senate floor,” The Hill reports.

“One person familiar with the resolution said it would essentially return the Senate dress code to what it was last week, which required senators to wear coats and ties or business attire when on the Senate floor.”

Filed Under: Senate

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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