Up on Monday. Down on Tuesday. Back up to end the week at the Department of Labor

House Republicans used another rules trick this week to prevent any votes on President Trump's tariffs, as GOP lawmakers won't have to go on the record through Jan. 31, 2026. But we're starting to see some cracks among Republicans on tariffs. More in the AJC www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The Senate has approved a batch of 48 nominations from President Trump, the first group of nominees approved after the GOP used the nuclear option to change Senate rules on sub-Cabinet picks

House narrowly kills a censure resolution against Rep. Ilhan Omar D-MN

Capitol Hill Vibe Check

Republicans voted Tuesday to block any House votes to repeal the Trump tariffs until March 31, 2026. But after a mini-rebellion, the GOP will now vote Wednesday to roll that back to January 31, 2026. It still means no tariff votes for more than 4 months.

House GOP leaders really don't want to allow any votes to repeal President Trump's tariffs. Today, Republicans will try to prevent those votes until at least next April. More in today's 'Regular Order' from Capitol Hill. open.substack.com/pub/jamiedup...

Rep. Derrick Van Orden R-WI tells reporters at the Capitol that the press is to blame for Charlie Kirk's death

The monthly deficit in August was $345 billion. Revenues: $344 billion Spending: $689 billion Total deficit for 2025 = $1.973 trillion with one month to go in the fiscal year. That's $76 billion higher than the same point in 2024 ($1.897 trillion).

Rep. Derrick Van Orden R-WI to reporters at the Capitol about the Charlie Kirk assassination

September 11, 2001 was just another day for the nation's air traffic controllers - until it wasn't. A look back at ATC tapes from that day. jamiedupree.substack.com/p/remember-s...

Sheetz confirms this warning to customers of a candy price increase is real. "This change is in response to a 26 percent cost increase implemented by Hershey"

Jan-April 2025 job growth: 122,750 jobs/month May-August 2025 job growth: 26,750 jobs/month

Here is the private sector / government jobs breakdown from the latest jobs report. You can see how the private sector slowed starting in May.

Rep. Mike Turner R-OH says he accidentally voted with Democrats to kill a censure resolution against Rep. LaMonica McIver D-NJ, who was charged with assaulting federal agents outside an immigration detention facility. More in the @daytondailynews www.daytondailynews.com/local/rep-tu...

Here are the 215 House Republicans who have not signed the Epstein Files discharge petition. (4 have signed: Massie, Mace, Greene GA, Boebert.)

There are now 214 signatures on the Epstein Files discharge petition (218 needed). 210 D + 4 R. Not a single Republican signed it on Wednesday after the newser with the Epstein victims.

This graphic from the Labor Department looks like the official rebrand of the Big, Beautiful Bill - instead calling it the 'Working Family Tax Cut'

DC Mayor Bowser on Trump's anti-crime effort: ✅More federal agents help on the streets ✅Fewer gun crimes, fewer homicides ✅'Extreme reduction' in carjackings ❌Masked ICE agents not helping ❌National Guard not an efficient use of resources

The Humvees and other military vehicles are gone as the National Guard switches to walking the beat along the National Mall. More from my 25 mile bicycle ride across the city in today's 'Regular Order' jamiedupree.substack.com/p/new-tactic...

This was only 10 years ago

Multiple National Guard vehicles at the Lincoln Memorial which is not a problem area for crime

If I asked you in August 2024 to pick the candidate for President more likely to raise taxes by over $3 trillion, it’s safe to say you probably would not have chosen Donald Trump. But that’s what Trump may do, without a single vote in Congress www.ajc.com/politics/202...

In today's 'Regular Order' ✅Crickets in Congress as debt hits $37 trillion ✅Record tariffs can't balance the budget ✅Trump looks to fund DC anti-crime work ✅D.C. sure doesn't feel like Fallujah jamiedupree.substack.com/p/congress-n...

U.S. tariff collections by fiscal year 2025 - $135.7 billion (2 months left) 2024 - $77.0 b 2023 - $80.3 b 2022 - $99.9 b 2021 - $79.9 b 2019 - $70.8 b 2016 - $34.8 b 2008 - $27.6 b 2000 - $19.9 b

The National Debt has cleared $37 trillion. Jan 31, 1993 - $4.2 trillion Jan 31, 2001 - $5.7 trillion Jan 31, 2009 - $10.6 trillion Jan 20, 2017 - $19.9 trillion Jan 20, 2021 - $27.8 trillion Aug 12, 2025 - $37 trillion

Uncle Sam collected $28 billion in tariffs in July - but the feds still ran a monthly deficit of $291 billion. The feds have collected $136 billion in tariffs this year. The deficit so far in FY 2025 is $1.629 trillion.

From a press release dated April 28, 2025 - "Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and the efforts of our 'Make D.C. Safe Again' initiative, the District has seen a significant decline in violent crime," said U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr." www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/u...

Here is the current year-over-year comparison stats for violent crime in DC. Source is DC police mpdc.dc.gov/page/distric...

Here is the Justice Department press release from earlier this year on crime in Washington, D.C.

Good Monday morning to all

Not all Republicans want new Congressional maps. Rep. Kevin Kiley R-CA is out with a bill to ban mid-decade redistricting. "A nationwide redistricting war is not what our country needs...I’m calling on House leadership to give my bill a vote as soon as we return to session.”

There may not be another President in recent times who has delivered more victories for the Confederacy than Donald Trump - from names to statues and symbols, the Lost Cause is winning again. That's my column in the @ajc www.ajc.com/politics/202...

President Trump never had any evidence the 2020 election was rigged. Trump has no evidence that the July jobs report was faked.

Just 73,000 jobs added in July, while May and June were revised down. It's the weakest 3-month period of job growth since COVID. If you throw out 2020, it's the weakest 3-month period since 2010 and the aftermath of the Great Recession.

In today's Regular Order - Congress groans at Trump's latest round of tariffs, and the Senate remains at work - for now. Much more at jamiedupree.substack.com/p/trump-hits...

I've never seen the GOP so spooked about anything on Capitol Hill. Much more in today's Regular Order. jamiedupree.substack.com/p/house-gop-...

House GOP leaders have canceled votes on Thursday. They are sending the House home until September 2 - avoiding any votes before Labor Day on releasing the Epstein files. Here is your updated House calendar:

Final approval is expected in the House later today for a $9 billion package of budget cuts which made it through the Senate overnight. More in today's Regular Order jamiedupree.substack.com/p/senate-app...

Labor Day is 7 weeks from today. The U.S. House has 8 days of legislative business scheduled between now and Labor Day.

GOP voters have made it clear that they support mass deportations of illegal immigrations. But President Trump keeps talking about how to get around that - by going easy on farms, hotels, and restaurants which often use immigrant labor. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

New Trump executive order aims make it more expensive for foreign tourists to visit U.S. national parks

The old line about not watching sausage or legislation get made was certainly on display this week in Congress. There were provisions that no one wanted to take responsibility for and items that made you shake your head. More in my column for the AJC. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The House has passed the giant GOP tax and budget bill - next stop is the White House. The final vote was 218-214. 2 GOP lawmakers voted 'No' - Massie KY and Fitzpatrick PA. No Dems voted for the bill.

Found a puzzling figure in the June jobs report. While 147,000 jobs were added - half of those were government jobs. Private sector jobs grew by 74k last month. Federal jobs were down 7k, but state and local jobs were up 80k in June.

Cost of certain provisions in the Senate BBB (JCX-30) ✅SALT $40k deduction = $142 billion ✅No tax on tips = $31.6 billion ✅No tax on OT = $89.6 billion SALT > No tax on tips + OT

President Trump celebrates his big Supreme Court win on nationwide injunctions in a birthright citizenship case. Full ruling at www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

The latest from Capitol Hill in today’s edition of Regular Order jamiedupree.substack.com/p/senate-fac...

The Senate seems to be at the point where anything is possible over the next few days on a giant GOP tax and budget bill. Success, failure, mini rebellion, delay, a furious rewrite of key provisions - all options remain available for Republicans.

Back in 2021, it was the Democrats who didn't like the Senate Parliamentarian, after she ruled against them on various immigration plans and refused to allow a minimum wage hike in a reconciliation bill