Johnson's dare for Schumer

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : STILL SOME LOVE IN OKLAHOMA -- Rep. Tom Cole said he was able to convince the Department of Government Efficiency to keep a trio of key federal offices open in his home state -- the latest example of successful and private GOP pushback to the Trump administration's cutbacks.
53% : The Senate is in session and voting on confirming Lori Chavez-DeRemer as secretary of Labor and advancing the HALT Fentanyl Act at 5:30 p.m. -- Senate Republican and Democratic leadership will hold separate private meetings shortly before evening votes.
51% : House Republicans are pushing a not-so-clean spending patch through September that would add billions of dollars for deportations, veterans' health care and the military -- and cut $13 billion in funding for non-defense programs.
51% : " POLICY RUNDOWN TAX WRITING BEGINS -- House Ways and Means Committee Republicans will begin hashing out the overall framework for their tax bill, which can increase deficits by no more than $4.5 trillion, in a lengthy private meeting today, as Meredith and Benjamin Guggenheim scooped last week.
49% : Trump told reporters on Air Force One Sunday evening that the U.S. has "just about" lifted the pause on intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
45% : Mike Johnson to Chuck Schumer on government funding: Your move.
36% : Senate Democrats will have to decide whether they'll push back on Trump and force a shutdown, or stand down to keep the government running.
36% : But Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democrat on Senate Appropriations, slammed House Republicans' weekend proposal as a "slush fund" that would give Trump and Musk "more power over federal spending."
19% : The Senate minority leader and his House counterpart are both under pressure from within their party to do more to stop Trump and Elon Musk's unilateral cuts to federal programs.
9% : MARK KELLY'S UKRAINE TREK -- Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly is publicly questioning why Trump is "trying to weaken Ukraine's hand" after returning Sunday from a visit to the war-torn country.
8% : Kelly added that "we are owed an explanation" for why Trump withheld military aid after his Oval Office blow up with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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