Don't see a tied vote....ever.

The Biggs amendment fails. There were all kinds of switching votes at the last minute

212-212 final tally ((a tie is a fail))

Several journalists including a CNN stringer have been injured after Israeli forces surrounded & attacked Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, leaving one in critical condition. Per TRT bureau chief in Jerusalem, Israeli tanks launched a “targeted attack” on several journos.

The rule for FISA bill passes in a 213-208 party line vote, after changes were made to appease the 19 conservatives who tanked the procedural vote yesterday.

The transcript of an FBI interview details how Trump aide Walt Nauta — who now faces several obstruction-related charges— characterized the boxes of sensitive documents that are now at the center of the special counsel’s case

Tierney Sneed Holmes
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Asked if Trump’s appearance with Mike Johnson tomorrow will influence her push for the speaker’s ouster, MTG told me: “I think the motion to vacate is also being supported by quite a few members in our conference. That’s an internal House issue with our elected Speaker of the…

Asked GOP Rep. Andy Biggs, an Arizona Republican and a member of the House Freedom Caucus, if he supports Tuesday’s abortion ruling in his state.

“I haven’t had time to read it, it’s about 100-page opinion, so I haven’t had time to read it yet.”

Biggs, who voted yesterday to…

New w/ Steve Contorno: Kari Lake is actively lobbying AZ state lawmakers to repeal the 160-year-old law she once supported that bans abortion in almost all cases & revert to legislation signed in '22 by fmr Gov. Ducey that bans abortion at 15 weeks, per source familiar w/ the convos

New — The unfolding battle to replace Mitch McConnell and the pitch to senators who are struggling to back John Cornyn v. John Thune.

Cornyn amping up his fundraising with checks going out to candidates and incumbents. Cornyn raises $5.6M in last quarter, per internal numbers,…

O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star whose athletic achievements and fame were eclipsed by his 1995 acquittal in the brutal killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, has died of cancer, his family announced. He was 76. cnn.it/3vQ5Soy

ICYMI—new reporting from Andy Kaczynski: The RNC sent out a scripted call to voters’ phones on behalf of Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election

Comes as many top RNC officials are saying they need to look forward, not back
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Speaker Mike Johnson elaborates on his FISA flip flop from when he was a rank and file member of the House, explaining that after receiving classified briefings he has a “different perspective.”

GOP pushback over MTG threat to oust Speaker Johnson.

'Anyone who votes to vacate him should not be a member of Congress in my opinion,' Max Miller says
Richard Hudson, chairman of the NRCC: 'Any effort to remove the current speaker would put us in chaos.'

For those keeping track at home. Recent Speakers and The Lost Rule Votes:

Gingrich: 6 votes in 4 years
Hastert: 2 votes in 8 years
Pelosi: ZERO
Boehner: ZERO
Ryan: ZERO
Pelosi, redux: ZERO
McCarthy: 3 votes in 8 months
Johnson: 4 votes in 6 months

When asked by CNN how much blame should be on Trump for the failure to pass the rule Speaker Johnson said: “I'll just say that it's never helpful for the majority party to take down its own rules.”

Trump looming large over fight to oust Speaker Johnson.

MJ trekking to Mar-a-Lago this week. Allies have asked Trump to publicly support the speaker or at least stay on sidelines. And ppl have urged Johnson to keep Trump in the loop on Ukraine.

w/ Kristen Holmes Manu Raju…

For the seventh time this Congress, the House has rejected a rule to allow for legislation on the floor, the latest example of the tumult within the House GOP. 19 Republicans voted to kill a rule to take up the FISA bill after Trump urged them to derail it. Before that, a rule…

After a 70-minute meeting with Mike Johnson, MTG told us she aired her grievances with him, told him not to move forward with any aid to Ukraine and drop his FISA plans. She doesn’t say when she’d move to oust him.
She also says that Johnson offered her a position on an advisory…