seventeen is so specific how did they pick that 😭

the lack of rescissions language makes this deal even more pointless. WHY DO A FUNDING DEAL if Trump can unilaterally continue to cut funding to whatever he wants???

this is the latest in a long line of problems she *needs* to go. this moment is too important for DC to be represented by a struggling 88-year-old

Thune still doesn't have the votes to pass reconciliation, 23 hours into the vote-a-rama--so after 8 hours of frantic negotiating between Murkowski and Thune, the Senate trundles through even more amendments and a quorum call

Senate votes 99-1 to strip a ban on states regulating AI from reconciliation bill. Sen. Tillis voted no

grocery store rotisserie has saved my dinners a million times over

many of today's votes have been sitting open long after all senators have voted because 1. GOP is still not be done writing the bill (the parliamentarian still needs to rule on some provisions) 2. GOP wants to reduce the # of tough votes Dems can force = way fewer votes so far

Senate votes to ignore reconciliation rules and institute Republicans' made-up accounting to score the bill using the 'nuclear option'. This is the first vote in the reconciliation vote-a-rama

Senate clerks are currently halfway through reading the reconciliation bill; at this pace, the bill will take ~16 hours to read, ending around 3 pm ET

New CBO score: Senate bill adds $3.25 trillion to the US national debt relative to current law. (Revenues fall by $4.47 trillion and spending is cut by $1.21 trillion.) www.cbo.gov/system/files...

a sitting Democratic member of Congress is now being prosecuted solely due to their opposition to Trump's immigration policy. this is a fascist authoritarian crackdown

unfortunately the flood the zone strategy from trump absolutely is working and democrats need to find a response. the average voter—and even many of us—is missing a lot of shit Trump does under the overwhelming deluge of news about tariffs or DOGE or deportations

no bill has actually been introduced this is fake

translation: if Trump's tax cuts reconciliation bill passes, we are extremely screwed. debt would be 63 percentage points higher than in baseline projections, or about 17.4 trillion dollars higher based on 2024 GDP www.cbo.gov/publication/...

the Senate adopts the budget resolution to enable Trump's reconciliation agenda 51-48, ending the vote-a-rama after a little over 6 hours. Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Rand Paul voted no

Sullivan amendment on Medicare/Medicaid agreed to 51-48; Merkley amendment to prevent deficit increase not agreed to 46-53

the Senate has started its vote-a-rama. 14 amendments (Sullivan, Merkley, Reed, Lujan, Warner, Alsobrooks, Kelly, Murphy, King, Warren, Schumer, Padilla, Bennet, Paul) scheduled, likely with more to come afterwards.

Senate votes 52-48 to begin consideration of House reconciliation resolution (to later pass Trump's tax cuts and deportations agenda). Sen. Rand Paul voted no. Now: up to 50 hours of debate, followed by a vote-a-rama

Senate agrees to resolution nullifying Trump's national emergency for Canadian tariffs 51-48

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.)‘s marathon speech in the Senate is now a new record, the longest speech ever given in Congress, at 24 hours 19 minutes and counting. and Booker sounds as energetic as ever!

Sen. Tina Smith: "This president has prioritized using our immigration system as a tool to restrict 1st Amdt freedoms, to subvert due process, and to further weaken America's global standing with our allies, as he seeks to emulate the authoritarian regimes he so openly admires."

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is on his 13th hour of a marathon Senate speech centering around protesting deportations & DOGE cuts

very funny to see Hegseth text "We are currently clean on OPSEC" while the chat was being leaked to an Atlantic reporter

the atlantic just shared the entirety of the war plans in the Signal chat after trump admin claims that there was no sensitive information shared. (spoiler: lots of classified stuff!) www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

CNN’s Sarah Ferris: House Dems so livid at Schumer that multiple members have directly urged AOC to primary him, according to a member with direct knowledge edition.cnn.com/2025/03/13/p...

frontliners in swing states know this is terrible and schumer is voting yes? he's a useless loser

Schumer has astoundingly terrible reasoning. for the record, the CR has no DOGE protections and literally directly messes with the city budget!! Trump and his minions ARE getting the keys to mess with the city and country in the CR!!! this is incredible cowardice from Schumer

republicans are planning a vote on DOGE cuts to shore them up legally and reject the most politically unpopular ones: if you have a GOP representative, now is the time to push them to reject more cuts as they choose which programs should go

Kweisi Mfume was forced out of the NAACP after sexually harassing female subordinates. age or not he shouldn’t be in Congress

the New York Times editor gloating about how the Trump admin is "an amazing journalistic opportunity" and "opening-up lines of inquiry" at a Semafor summit... it's so over

if there are 1,000 Cuomo haters, I am one of them. if there is 1 Cuomo hater, that is me. Cuomo needs to be consigned to the trash heap of history

Congressional Republicans refuse to add any language to stop DOGE in negotiations to fund the government for 2025. But they want Democratic votes. So Dems might have to force a shutdown: any appropriations agreement will be torn up by DOGE anyway, why negotiate?

as Catholic cardinals are relying on the Cardinal Report site for understanding other cardinals as we look to conclave, it's bad that the site leans conservative. it claims Francis "forced thriving Latin Mass parishes to close with many more under threat" when they could've switched to novus ordo!

with the House GOP reconciliation vote now passing, it's clear House Republicans are terrific at literally never having a backbone. These people scream and kick and then vote for anything the House whip team asks them to. Burchett, Spartz, everyone but Massie gave in

House officially passes GOP budget resolution 217-215

NOW VOTING in the HOUSE: reconciliation resolution for $4.5t in tax cuts

uh oh. trump allies pushing private citizens making deportation arrests because they think the pace is too slow. this will be a civil-rights-eviscerating disaster (especially with a higher target for deportations than the number of people eligible to actually be deported)

i supported the policy but congestion pricing went FAR beyond my expectations: less traffic AND more transit funding AND higher transit ridership AND less subway crime AND safer streets? an impressive implementation record

Senate adopts reconciliation resolution with a 52-48 vote. Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul voted NO

Senate to proceed to 8 amendments, with 10 minute votes on all, before final passage on reconciliation Lujan #957 Warren #734 Kelly #984 King #198 Lee #922 Blunt Rochester #311 Murray #880 Merkley #1207

Senate Majority Leader Thune (R-S.D.) announces that Senate Democrats and Republicans are working towards an agreement on finishing the vote-a-rama process early by only offering some amendments

Senate defeates Duckworth IVF Act amendment 49-51. Heinrich violence against women amendment defeated by voice vote.

now voting on the Duckworth amendment. Sen. Duckworth amendment is cosponsored by Sen. Booker and seeks to add the Right to IVF Act to the resolution

amendment updates from the Senate floor: Slotkin #664 — failed 47-53 Van Hollen #233 — failed 49-51 Shaheen #436 — failed 48-52 now voting on Lujan’s amendment

Senate votes down Rand Paul amendment on deficit reduction by a significant margin. Now voting: Van Hollen amendment on school lunch

Sen. Wyden (D-Oregon) amdt to stop health insurance recipients from being thrown off their health insurance plans fails on a party line 53-47 vote

Senate votes down Sen. Ossoff’s amendment to protect pediatric care in Medicaid, 49-51, two GOP defections

Senate agrees to Sen. Sullivan (R-Alaska)‘s amendment to prevent cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, 51-49

Senate voting on Sen. Schiff (D-Calif.) amendment to reinstate fired firefighters and allow for hiring of seasonal firefighters to fight wildfires. Bennet amdt failed 48-52

now voting: Sen. Bennet (D-Colo.) amdt #540 to reinstate National Parks Service employees fired by DOGE. This is amendment 7 of ~40. Hickenlooper amendment defeated 47-53