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Some news: I’m shifting off of the Inside Congress newsletter as a daily co-author
I’m not going far - I’ll be contributing regularly as I move to cover House Rs w @meredithllee
So keep starting your day w IC! Thanks for the spotteds and early morning trivia this past year😌
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New — House Dems sent a health care wishlist to Hakeem Jeffries
@simonjlevien obtained an 84-page agenda of Dems’ potential health policy plans. It was crafted by a working group led by Reps. AOC and Terri Sewell.
No consensus on Medicare for All.
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Scoop: Trump is eyeing a rally in Alabama late next week, per 2 sources who said the plans were still subject to change/not yet set in stone
Dems have made ground in plenty of red states, but AL is not considered one of them
w/@meredithllee
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The GOP’s longtime alliance with Big Oil is showing some cracks.
Farm-state Republicans and MAGA populists are backing a diesel export ban as prices surge — putting them at odds with the industry.
Rs aren’t apologizing for it.
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BREAKING: a vote on permitting reform is officially being kicked to the lame duck, a senior Dem aide familiar with negotiations tells me. No vote before election.
“The goal here has always been to pass permitting reform, not just to introduce it.”
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“The more people that apply for waivers, the less likely any of them are to happen because then you’re in a position of having to make choices,” Tom Cole told me.
He added, “Either they all get it or they all don’t get it.”
NEW: House Republicans for decades have prided themselves on their strict three-term limit for committee leaders, saying it promotes fresh blood in the party ranks.
But as that limit has grown less strict, and a growing number of GOP lawmakers are aching for a crackdown. Multiple GOP chairs are asking the influential Steering Committee to extend their terms as the top R on their panels.
Depending on the outcome of the midterms — and the subsequent GOP leadership elections — Steering could also see an influx of younger members who might be even less inclined to give longtime committee leaders a two-year extension.
“They don’t owe the old guys anything,” Rep. Rich McCormick told me in an interview. “They don’t see seniority as the main thing anymore, because even leadership is pretty young. So this is a whole new generation.”
Read my breakdown of the dynamics at play in this behind-the-scenes battle: politico.com/news/2026/09/24…
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NEW: House Republicans for decades have prided themselves on their strict three-term limit for committee leaders, saying it promotes fresh blood in the party ranks.
But as that limit has grown less strict, and a growing number of GOP lawmakers are aching for a crackdown. Multiple GOP chairs are asking the influential Steering Committee to extend their terms as the top R on their panels.
Depending on the outcome of the midterms — and the subsequent GOP leadership elections — Steering could also see an influx of younger members who might be even less inclined to give longtime committee leaders a two-year extension.
“They don’t owe the old guys anything,” Rep. Rich McCormick told me in an interview. “They don’t see seniority as the main thing anymore, because even leadership is pretty young. So this is a whole new generation.”
Read my breakdown of the dynamics at play in this behind-the-scenes battle: politico.com/news/2026/09/24…
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BREAKING: Despite the court's order, a POLITICO reporter was barred from entering the White House this morning and had his credentials seized.
The court order was clear about its immediate effect and applied to all WH / USSS officials.
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BREAKING: Judge Kelly has ordered the White House to immediately restore access for POLITICO, CNN and MSNOW, concluding that there’s no evidence for the national security justification it argued in court and the outlets’ due process rights were violated.
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NEW — Chatter has been picking up in House GOP leadership that if the Senate passes permitting reform, they’re inclined to bring the House back before the election.
That’s still a highly dicey prospect and the House would need to see final text.
They’d also have to vote on the triggered Hegseth impeachment vote - which they seem willing to stomach if permitting gets done.
Barring that, House GOP leadership is not planning to bring the chamber back for a NIL deal by itself. (Trump wants to sign a bill and could add pressure though)
Or to debate hard items like a gas tax suspension, diesel export ban or E15 - as Rep. Ashley Hinson called for yesterday - which do not have the votes.
more w/ @Reporter_Mia @kelseybrugger
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Scoop - By Sunday night, Michigan GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers had filmed an ad at a grocery store decrying high prices and, straight to camera, breaking with Trump to call for an end to the Iran war.
Rogers’ team was putting the finishing touches on the ad Monday morning when Rep. Ashley Hinson, the Iowa GOP Senate nominee, posted her own call to end the war and lower prices directly on social media.
Inside the early rush to break with Trump >
politi.co/4iEuneo via @politico
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Hinson’s escalation on this since the weekend is really stunning
One notable piece is Hinson and Mike Rogers both use top Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio in their campaigns.
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The House should return to DC immediately to work to pause diesel exports, suspend the gas tax, fully unleash E15 and biodiesel, and work on a diesel relief program for truckers and farmers.
Americans need relief and I’ll work with anyone to deliver.
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👀 Hinson calling for the House to return to DC to work on legislation to lower gas prices
Comes after a few last-ditch efforts to do the same before House left town last week >> politico.com/news/2026/09/18…
The House should return to DC immediately to work to pause diesel exports, suspend the gas tax, fully unleash E15 and biodiesel, and work on a diesel relief program for truckers and farmers.
Americans need relief and I’ll work with anyone to deliver.
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This ad from Brian Poindexter is running today on Ohio stations, despite Rep. Max Miller's legal threat.
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New — Rep. Max Miller is threatening legal action to block an ad from his Dem challenger Brian Poindexter that includes abuse allegations.
The ad and ensuing legal threat mark a major escalation in the race. Now the candidates are litigating the accusations in the public eye and placing Miller’s family drama at the heart of the campaign.
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NEW - Inside the shifting Senate map as Rs try to stem the bleeding
Top Rs are most alarmed about Alaska and Ohio. Then highly focused on Maine and flipping Michigan + NH.
They’ve quietly deprioritized NC and Georgia - and many see NC mainly as a money sink for Dems.
Even with the Texas concerns - top Rs are more worried about the Midwest, incl Iowa, than the Sunbelt given the unrelenting blows to the Midwest economy.
It’s keeping Iowa in an uncomfortable spot for them, raising Ohio alarm and and absolutely hammering Rogers and Rs in Michigan.
senior Republicans have been working their midterms problem from two ends:
trying to gently persuade Trump in private conversations to back off some of his recent policy moves and wind down the war in Iran — while also organizing a wave of cash reinforcements across the growing map to try to stem the bleeding.
More w/ @erinpdoherty @jsscppr @andrewjfhoward
politi.co/4AppEDR via @politico
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John Curtis, Josh Hawley and John Kennedy are nudging the GOP to act on AI.
“We might want to be on the side of voters — just a thought,” Hawley says, noting that party leaders have offered no guidance.
@jordainc @kelseybrugger
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NEW — We need to stop the contagion’: GOP ramps up midterms defense in Trump states
Republicans are playing defense deep in their own territory as voter anger over price hikes grows.
Rs are increasingly worried about Husted in Ohio and the wider Midwest amid soaring diesel prices. Trump and Vance both expected to go to Ohio before Election Day.
Tariffs are pummeling Mike Rogers - who just broke with Trump over the Iran war - and GOP candidates in Michigan.
“Everywhere we go, we are getting hammered on it,” one Michigan Republican said. “It’s crushing us.”
Since Aug. 1, more than $110 million in ad bookings have gone toward Republican-held districts so red that Trump won them by double digits.
More w/ @erinpdoherty @jsscppr @andrewjfhoward on the shifting map
politi.co/4AppEDR via @politico
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Joint statement from the Standing and Executive Committees of Correspondents of Capitol Hill:
ALT The Congressional Standing and Executive Committees of Correspondents stand in solidarity with the White House Correspondents’ Association and journalists from CNN, POLITICO and MS NOW whose access to the White House has been revoked by President Donald Trump in recent days. We in the Congressional press corps believe that resident press corps, whether on Capitol Hill or at the White House, play an important role in delivering vital news to the American people. Our committees stand behind the principle that the government does not decide what the press publishes or reports. We join the WHCA's call for the administration to immediately restore White House press access for reporters from CNN, POLITICO and MS NOW.
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“If it was my choice, I wouldn’t put any of that money into the arch" politico.com/live-updates/20…
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NEW: GOP appropriator Mike Simpson is throwing cold water on funds for Trump's arch.
“There’s a lot of things that we need the military funding for — in fact, we’re short on military funding right now,” Simpson told reporters at the Capitol on Monday.
“If it was my choice, I wouldn’t put any of that money into the arch,” Simpson added, when pressed on whether Pentagon funding should be used at all.
read more: politico.com/live-updates/20…
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