New: Hill Republicans are urging Trump to pick a VP that can bridge divides within the GOP. Lots say that's Tim Scott or Rubio — or even Haley

'I would not discount Nikki' - Zinke

W Olivia Beavers Burgess Everett politico.com/news/2024/05/2…

A look at the new conservative pushes that are quite the departure from the ACA-repeal type priorities of a decade ago

- Credit card swipe fees
- Nuclear compensation
- Affordable Internet

Marshall: “We’re not the party, necessarily, of Wall Street'

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Update: Bureau of Elections staff says Mike Rogers has enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot #MISen

Sens. Durbin and Whitehouse ask for meeting with Chief Justice Roberts to talk about SCOTUS ethics whitehouse.senate.gov/wp-content/upl…

Rick Scott fundraising off his underdog leadership run as he's in cycle this year.

'The DC swamp will do everything they can to keep me out of this position, just like they attack President Trump.

But with your support, we will win this race and change the way Washington works'

Booker really hamming it up as Senate goes on recess

'It is a privilege to say that if there is no further business to come before the United States Senate, I would like to ask humbly to you, sir, that it stand adjourned'

New this AM w/ Anthony Adragna : Republicans are openly trying to convince Rep. Garret Graves not to challenge his Louisiana GOP colleagues and run in his redrawn district.

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.), who called Graves a friend and gentleman, said “of course” GOP leadership is

Back to your regularly scheduled programming: Schumer setting up votes on judicial and executive nominees (including for D.C. courts)

These will take place after next week's recess

Senate votes 43-50, on border bill, well short of 60, as expected. All vulnerable Dems voted for it though, which was the point.

Sinema on warpath on revote of her bipartisan border deal: 'my Democratic colleagues have chosen to play politics.' She calls it 'yet another cynical political game'

'To use this failure as a political punching bag only punishes those who are courageous enough' to negotiate

Judiciary Committee Chair Senator Dick Durbin still won't call for Justices Samuel Alito or John Roberts to testify before his panel amid more NYT reporting of a second flag linked to Jan. 6 being displayed at an Alito residence.

'I don't think that's going to achieve anything.'

NRSC Chair Daines says Rick Scott decision to run for leader doesn’t affect Daines’s own decision making

Trump has urged Daines to run for the job but Daines is focused on taking back Senate through November. A lot of this will be determined after the election

Keep your puke bags handy

Does McConnell have any reaction to Rick Scott entering the leadership race to succeed him?

'No'

McConnell defeated Scott in 2022 race