Francis Jue
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🚨NEWS: SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOHN THUNE spoke to President DONALD TRUMP Sunday and offered to fund DHS -- without ICE. THUNE said he'd fund ICE in a reconciliation package. TRUMP rejected the offer. Said he wants Rs fighting Dems over DHS funding, SAVE Act. Some Senate Rs and WH beginning to diverge as DHS shutdown nears 40 days. punchbowl.news/archive/32326-… @bresreports @LauraEWeiss16 @sn_handler and me
Foxx: One of our colleagues just talked about the fact that wealthy people pay small percentages of their income on taxes. But what he didn't say is they pay over 50% of all the taxes paid in this country, and that working class people don't pay nearly as much as they do.
This was neat: Researchers traced a tariff on $5 European wines into the U.S. to see who paid it. The tariff itself was $1.19, producers paid $0.26 and importers took a $0.44 cut, but retailers used the tariff as an excuse to add a $1.10 margin. The price went up $1.59 (~32%):
Sen. Paul: It's a little difficult for us to go ask about a program that has no name, you brought this up that you were on a 'super secret mission' that only 4 people know about. Mullin: I did not say super secret, it's classified. As far as I'm concerned, only 4 people was read in on this. I was on the Energy and Commerce committee. Sen. Peters: So, it was an Energy and Commerce 'top secret effort'?
