“Sometimes at the end of the day I feel like it’s my job to say what everyone else is thinking” Senator Curtis on his push for an investigation into presidential family corruption after Don Jr. wedding party paid for by Putin-connected oligarch.

New - former Va. Gov. Youngkin making midterm moves - He JUST sent $100K to One Nation, which is aligned with Senate Rs' top super PAC - Campaigning with Virginia House Rs, Ashley Hinson in Iowa, Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin - His edu group is spending big in battlegrounds urging states to opt in for Education Freedom Tax Credit semafor.com/article/09/25/20…

Rest in Peace to my cousin Charlie, a literal world-class journalist and an all-around good guy And thank you for a beautiful obit from Matt Schudel at The Washington Post wapo.st/4hKa91Q

new - The diesel export ban that President Donald Trump is mulling in a bid to bring down record-high prices would backfire in two ways — further dividing Hill Republicans while risking even pricier gasoline. w/ @Eleanor_Mueller semafor.com/article/09/24/20…

Democratic Sens. Heinrich and Whitehouse say permitting reform talks aren’t dead but indicate they aren’t ready for the floor before the election either “we must give Senators the opportunity to read and engage with legislation before they’re asked to vote on it. Rushing that process isn’t just unhelpful, it could sabotage the entire effort”

News -- Gabby Giffords group GIFFORDS PAC going into two more House races hitting Rs on gun voting record and taking money from gun groups - $850,000 calling Rep. Rob Bresnahan “too corrupt to keep Northeast Pennsylvania families safe" - $700,000 against Rep. David Valadao for “gambling with police officers’ lives" Part of $10M campaign semafor.com/article/09/25/20…

Senate Republicans likely to have a vote on Sen. Husted's Ratepayer Protection Act next week AND are mulling a vote on the House-passed congressional stock trading ban/voter ID bill, per multiple sources semafor.com/newsletter/09/24…

Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn says it would be a mistake for Senate Democrats to block the House-passed Ratepayer Protection Act next week

A man came up and heckled Osborn, asked why he had called Nebraskans an expletive (this is a family X account) Bengs stepped in between them

Independent candidates Dan Osborn (Nebraska Senate), Brian Bengs (South Dakota Senate) and Bill Hill (Alaska House) calling on Congress to stay in session until dealing with AI and data centers

Senate votes down Iran War Powers resolution, 49-50 Republicans Collins, Murkowski, Paul and Tillis voted yes Democrat Fetterman voted no All non-Collins incumbents voted no

Asked Sen. Gallego about the NYT Peltola story on staff mistreatment, who tells reporters: “when I was 25, I had a really bad boss. He made me run across an open fucking field of raking machine gun fire to breach a door. So, yeah, life's tough sometimes”

Sen. Paul says “we're going to discuss it over the weekend and then re-discuss it next week”

Sen. Rand Paul has agreed to continue discussing the Moreno/Slotkin bill to ban Chinese vehicles and EVs over the weekend, person familiar says Paul was prepared to block it today but Moreno didn't ask to pass it -- looks like there may be a path for it to become law ... but not today

On the floor, Sen. Moreno says he hopes to pass his bill with Sen. Slotkin to ban Chinese autos and connected components next week ...

🚨 NEW FLY OUT DAY STREAMING SOON ✈️ @SenatorHeinrich (D-N.M.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sat down with @JakeSherman and @apalmerdc at the townhouse to discuss the current state of permitting reform, AI and data centers, affordability and MUCH more. Then @semafor's @burgessev and our very own @LauraEWeiss16 stop by for That's Not Gonna Fly!