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Conservatives’ ire over stopgap spending presages budget wars to come

WASHINGTON — Rising GOP pushback against a short-term stopgap funding bill into December that would pave the way for a lame-duck omnibus package is at minimum a political headache for party leaders, and at worst points to market-rattling brinkmanship around fiscal deadlines next year.

Tribune News Service

Boebert to headline NC conservative gathering, as Trump, Greene also visit the state

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A conservative gathering this month in Charlotte will feature U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and other Republicans.

Tribune News Service

District director for U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores resigns amid sexual harassment allegations

Flores’ district director, Aron Peña, was accused of touching and kissing an intern without her consent. He denies any wrongdoing.

The Texas Tribune

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GOP candidate Schmitt a no-show at Senate debate in Missouri

Democratic Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Trudy Busch Valentine called for compassion for immigrants, criticized the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and pressed the need to address climate change during a candidate forum before a gathering of journalists on Friday

The Independent UK

Cannabis Reg. Update: Marijuana Legalization In Oklahoma & News From Arkansas, Wisconsin And Oregon

Arkansas Poll Shows Growing Majority Support For Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative As Top Republicans Urge ‘No’ Vote

Benzinga

Hillary Clinton says DeSantis sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard is ‘literally human trafficking’

Ron DeSantis abandoned around 50 migrants on Martha’s Vineyard on Thursday without warning in a pushback against the Biden administration’s immigration policies

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania GOP candidate Doug Mastriano was registered to vote in New Jersey until last year

The Republican gubernatorial candidate’s residency will raise similar questions to that of Dr Oz’s residency

The Independent UK

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DeSantis tries to out-Trump Trump

There's an ugly history behind this week's Martha's Vineyard atrocity — even if Trump thinks it was all his idea

Salon

Panels in both chambers to take up presidential elector overhauls - Roll Call

House and Senate committees both announced Friday they will take up bills to overhaul the Electoral Count Act.

Roll Call

Is SAFE Banking Act Getting Closer To Passage? Senators Agree Public Safety Issues Are At Play

Sponsors of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act recently discussed the urgency of enacting cannabis reform this session, reiterating the public safety imperative of providing the industry access to the financial system.

Benzinga

If Republicans fail to retake the Senate, is Trump, McConnell or Scott most to blame?

WASHINGTON — If Republicans flounder in their effort to recapture the U.S. Senate less than two months from now, an inevitable blame game will commence over who’s most responsible for their midterm belly flop.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Conservatives' ire over stopgap spending presages budget wars to come - Roll Call

GOP pushback against a stopgap funding bill is a political headache for party leaders, and could point to fiscal brinkmanship next year.

Roll Call

A look at governors and veto-proof state legislative majorities from opposite parties

Welcome to the Friday, September 16, Brew.

Ballotpedia

How the Big Lie poison keeps spreading

Reason and truth will never defeat the Big Lie — its supporters are waging a religious war against democracy

Salon

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This GOP strategist is calling on Republican senators to safeguard same-sex marriage

With the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, many are concerned that same-sex marriage could be next. Will Republicans band together to protect this right for Americans?

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Florida, home of many a Proud Boy, a hotbed for white supremacy. The rest of us can’t stand silent

White supremacists and extremists don’t always wear white robes and burn crosses. They don’t necessarily meet in dingy headquarters away from civilized society

The Independent UK

GOP governor nominee says he'll fight US abortion ban

Nevada’s GOP governor nominee Joe Lombardo says he would fight against a national abortion ban if congress were to pass it

Tribune News Service

Biden accuses Republicans of using migrants as ‘props’

President Joe Biden accused Republicans of using people “as props,” an apparent reference to GOP governors sending migrants from their states to liberal enclaves.

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Four states currently have a governor of one party and a veto-proof state legislative majority of the opposing party

Four states have a governor of one party and veto-proof legislative majorities of the opposing party: Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Voters will determine whether three states—North Carolina, Vermont, and Wisconsin—could also have a veto-proof majority and an opposing party governor as a result of the 2022 elections.

Chicago Sun-Times

GOP’s Putin apologists are a disgrace

These supposed conservatives are strangers to the most important themes of traditional conservatism. They dishonor the name. Conservatism was a worldview intimately bound up with opposition to tyranny.

Tribune News Service

Democrats delay vote on same-sex marriage equality until after midterms in win for GOP

Senate Democrats agreed Thursday to delay a vote on protecting same-sex marriage equality until after the midterm elections, a major concession to Republicans seeking to find enough GOP votes to pass the measure.

Axios

Top Biden officials to discuss "litigation options" over migrant buses sent by GOP governors

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chartered two planes to fly roughly 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard.

Tribune News Service

Yellen defends IRS cash infusion, plugs customer service plans

WASHINGTON — The IRS will use part of its new $80 billion influx of cash to fully staff in-person help centers, increase phone and online services and assemble a team of experts to guide the agency’s customer service efforts, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen announced Thursday.

The Independent UK

Cruel or harmless? Pastors mixed on GOP migrant transports

As Republican governors ramp up their transports of migrants to Democratic-run jurisdictions, the practice is getting a mixed reaction from Christian faith leaders — many of whom, especially evangelicals, have supported GOP candidates by large numbers in recent elections

Tribune News Service

With control on the line, these 10 senators are most vulnerable

WASHINGTON — Control of the Senate in 2023 remains a toss-up race itself, as Democrats seek to expand their tiny majority and Republicans attempt to flip the chamber.

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