Hakeem Jeffries cast some doubt on this observation. He questioned how many Republicans will actually vote for the Ukraine aid on final passage

Jeffries says - ''I did not speak directly to Mike Johnson about the numbers necessary because it was pretty obvious to us given the growing number of pro-Putin Republicans in the GOP particularly in the House that this was going to require substantial Democratic participation.'

This has been a test of both the Capitol press corps’ persistence and Jeffries’ message discipline.

Both strong.

Hakeem Jeffries asked multiple times about how Dems will handle a motion to vacate keeps swatting them away.

Says he won’t take a position until after the aid bills are passed through the House, Senate, and signed by Biden.

UKRAINE TURNING POINT: House Advances Ukraine Aid, Tik Tok Ban With Democrats’ Help bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

'Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal.' Amanda Seitz apnews.com/article/pregna…

The NYTs experience of suburban Philly swing voters is very different from my own.

(But who knows, maybe these folks were voting for Bush and Romney back in the day)

“My position is that I’m open and I’m not going to tell you guys what I’m going to do” on whether to join the motion to vacate, Rep. Eli Crane, a Freedom Caucus member, tells reporters. Crane says there’s a “souring” on GOP leaders in the conference

House mood on Friday morning >>>

For all of the objections and drama from some of the GOP, Republicans are voting 3-1 for the rule.

We’ll see if that holds on the substance of the bill but it indicates what’s been clear from the start: there’s still a significant bipartisan majority on aid to allies

Candy desk the obvious choice

But if they do, the youngest senator should read the Four Questions on the floor

Sen. Rand Paul says he wants to drag out a vote on foreign aid as long as possible.

'The longer it takes them, the better. And I've told them that if they're going to make us come back next week then we might as well be here the whole time.'

Biden balances the scales after Sheetz visit earlier this week. Via WH pool:

no but literally

she is Maryland’s old third district

The House right now: Boebert, Gaetz saying that changing the motion to vacate will trigger the motion to vacate

New: “We’re going to do what’s necessary to make sure the national security bill gets over the finish line,” Hakeem Jeffries told Bloomberg. “It’s not Johnson’s foreign aid package. It’s America’s foreign aid package”
Via Erik Wasson Sana Pashankar
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