John Bresnahan

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Re-upping on this January '26 story about Grassley's tactic of dropping shocking new information (often handed over by the FBI) on the eve of a tough judiciary committee hearing -- to provide Republicans w/fresh grievances & diversions. nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/…

HOUSE BUDGET officially notices a markup of the resolution for reconciliation 3.0.

KEN KIES was pushed out at Treasury, per multiple sources familiar w/ the circumstances Kies was assistant secretary for tax policy at Treasury & acting chief counsel at the IRS, but now the long-time figure in Washington's tax world is leaving w/ @BrendanPedersen @ccleffert punchbowl.news/article/financ…

News: Senate Finance will host U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer next Wednesday to discuss the admin’s 2026 trade agenda. Vault text subscribers had it first!

NEW BREAKING: Behind closed doors, a battle has erupted between Trump admin and the law firms that cut deals last year. The firms have lawyered up. DOJ is demanding the firms' leaders sit for depositions. At the center of it all are questions about the role Boris Epshteyn played in the deals w/@DevlinBarrett nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/…

Major proposals to curb China’s access to artificial intelligence chips may end up in the Senate National Defense Authorization Act. @Dareasmunhoz and @BenBrodyDC have the details: punchbowl.news/article/tech/c…

If you were planning to go to the @SenateCommerce markup tomorrow, your morning just got freer. The session is getting delayed a week due to attendance issues. Tomorrow has a couple blockbuster hearings, incl on Blanche and Clayton nominations

HASC CHAIR MIKE ROGERS says that the reconciliation bill will be true to the administration's supplemental request: $67B on defense, $11B in ag -- the other part of the administration's supplemental. @bresreports

🚨🚨SCALISE says the budget resolution will be on the floor next week.

House Ag Chair @CongressmanGT says Republicans met with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles this afternoon.

Also there: @AugustPfluger, RSC chair.

MIKE JOHNSON, STEVE SCALISE and HASC Chair MIKE ROGERS are going to the White House to meet with Trump on reconciliation 3.0. Other members involved, too. but those are the main players.

NEW: The Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing next week on the supplemental funding request. Hegseth, Caine and Rollins testifying

“I’m going to channel my inner Lindsey Graham & say, ‘This is a big effing deal,’” Sen. Blumenthal says as he & a big bipartisan group unveils Russia sanctions bill that he & Lindsey Graham championed The late Sen. Graham had just returned from Ukraine & announced this deal with the WH a day before his death

President Trump calls on Senate to confirm TODD BLANCHE as AG ahead of his confirmation hearing tomorrow

New: A large bipartisan group of senators release the 61-page Russian sanctions legislation championed by the late Sen. @LindseyGrahamSC. Graham personally signed off on this text before his meeting with Zelenskyy Friday, a Senate aide said. punchbowl.news/sanctioning-ru…

House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris said this was enough for conservatives to support the rule

THE HOUSE is voting once again on a rule to get the chamber working again. One quick gop no vote - randy fine of Florida.

This was an immigration related huddle, per sources. Hardline republicans want immigration related bills on the floor. They want to codify trumps border policy into law. But there has been push back from the center of the conference.