Early chatter among House GOP about extra Iran $ — but there’s lots of moving parts to get a bill like that over the line
“We've got to know what the limits are and how much it's gonna cost, and if it's paid for,” Chip Roy, who backs the strikes, told me
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House Republicans faced a wake-up call last week when a small group of GOP lawmakers voted with Dems against Trump's Canada tariffs & sunk a rule vote w/ language to block them from doing so
Now they're wrestling with what a razor-thin majority means as the November midterms creep closer - including what it means for Trump's agenda
"We’ve got to come up with a better strategy," one House R told me
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FUNDING TALKS UPDATE: Prospective Senate deal could face bumpy road in the House
Andy Harris & Ralph Norman both have issues with a potential standalone CR for DHS. Norman tells me, "IF THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN, ‘DO IT’!!"
GOP House appropriators are also frustrated - Tom Cole told me yesterday that it was Dems who asked for all 6 bills to be packaged as one minibus and he's not sure a DHS CR could pass the House
Stephanie Bice told me today that a DHS CR is the "wrong strategy." She's arguing that Dems risk forcing a partial shutdown that could affect TSA, air traffic control if the whole minibus is in limbo
Rs keep pointing out that ICE is already funded through OBBBA anyway & would be largely unaffected
@AlexMillerFox1 reports that Senate Dems want a 2-week CR for DHS, while GOP prefers 6-weeks. They're trying to land that plane now.
But Harris told me Dems' plans to extract concessions that Rs will oppose "will not suddenly disappear in a week or a month with a Continuing Resolution"
Hakeem Jeffries signaled Dems could be open to a short-term clean CR for DHS, opening the door for a possible suspension vote.
That's all waiting for House lawmakers to return come Monday, if more snowy weather doesn't force delays...@FoxNews
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READ HIS LIPS: President Trump appeared to mouth "f--- you" and gestured his middle finger at a heckler during his Ford factory visit in Michigan.
"A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response," White House communications director Steven Cheung told FOX News.