Today’s notice: It’s not exactly the recess week House Democrats had planned. It’s exactly the recess week House Republicans dreamed of. Meanwhile: We never go on recess. Read on for reporting on abortion politics and deportations. Plus: Dems say friendship ended with Elon.
Dems Step on Themselves
It was basically impossible to find a full-throated endorsement of Senate Democrats’ vote in support of the House GOP spending bill, no matter where one looked. Outside of Washington, especially, party members were united in dismay. Setting aside for a few minutes the ongoing debate about what it means to be a Democrat nowadays, everyone was collectively pointing to the Senate — where 10 Democrats joined Republicans to overcome a filibuster on the spending bill — and saying, we can all agree it’s not that. (Only Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, voted for the final bill.)
“[Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer has a hard job, there’s no doubt about it. But there’s this feeling that Washington keeps saying, ‘This isn’t the moment for this, this isn’t the moment for that,’” Fight Agency co-founder Rebecca Katz told NOTUS. “There’s a feeling outside of Washington of, ‘OK, when the f— is the moment?’”