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Despite avoiding a government shutdown, Washington has still been launched into a week with a flurry of legislative activity with high stakes for both parties. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo
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YES, WASHINGTON HAS AVOIDED A GOVERNMENT shutdown. But the late-December and early-January doldrums we’re accustomed to
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After eight months, Congress is on the brink of sending another relief package to President Donald Trump s desk. | Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
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THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF and government funding bill is on its way to the House and Senate floor today. The House is likely to take it up in the morning late Sunday night, sources told us the Rules Committee plans to meet at 8 a.m., as long as the bill is posted by 7 a.m., although this is fluid. Expect a late-morning procedural vote, followed by a midday final passage in the House. It’s wild that Congress is going to try to vote on a relief and
InsiderAdvantage/FOX5 Atlanta, LV, 12/14 Political Polls (@Politics Polls) December 15, 2020
That s a two-point improvement for Loeffler, and a one-point bump for Perdue, compared to the data drop in this series one month ago. Somewhat encouraging, perhaps, but that s mostly just statistical noise. What it does seem to confirm is what I heard from virtually everyone I spoke to on the ground in the Peach State: Things are very close, and turnout will decide the winners. Plugged-in Georgia radio host and commentator Erick Erickson thinks Team Red has a bit of an advantage, as does Karl Rove. One thing that Democrats have going for them is that unlike the circular firing squad among Republicans (read this missive from the GOP secretary of state blasting back at his party s senators and a pointed retort from the national GOP s Senate arm), Democrats are marching arm in arm. Joe Biden stumped for Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock on Tuesday, making the case for unified Democratic governanc
Optimism grows for eleventh-hour relief deal
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CONNECT FOUR The big four congressional leaders met in person yesterday to hammer out a coronavirus relief deal and even started trading paper on a potential agreement the strongest signal yet that Congress is actually on the verge of breaking the months-long stimulus stalemate.
And in another positive sign, leaders also agreed to stay in Washington until they strike a deal. Top lawmakers left yesterday’s meeting, which was the first meaningful conversation between all four party leaders in months, sounding more upbeat than they’ve been in a while. “We re making significant progress and I’m optimistic that we re gonna be able to complete an understanding sometime soon,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. Talks will continue today.