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Senate bulk person Chuck Schumer has renominated his enactment team, including a caller presumption for Hawaii legislator Brian Schatz to the recently created lawman league caput position, reported Politico.

From Politico:

According to substance of the letter, Schumer volition nominate:

- Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) for Democratic whip

- Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) for seat of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee

- Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for seat of the Steering Committee

- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for vice seat of the conference

- Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) for vice seat of the conference

- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for seat of outreach

- Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for vice seat of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee

- Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) for Senate Democratic Conference secretary

- Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) for vice seat of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee

- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) for vice seat of outreach

- Schatz for lawman Democratic Conference secretary

More connected McCarthy’s remarks astatine the Congressional golden medal ceremony.

From the Associated Press’ Farnoush Amiri:

More connected the Jan 6 committee’s announcement astir upcoming transgression referrals.

Committee president Bennie G Thompson told reporters contiguous that the committee has decided to marque astatine slightest 1 transgression referral.

Thompson did not elaborate connected who the referral is for oregon however galore much could beryllium coming.

From NBC News’ Garrett Haake:

House number person Kevin McCarthy is besides presenting Congressional golden medals to officers, with immoderate calling retired McCarthy’s information successful the ceremonial fixed his ballot to overturn the 2020 predetermination results.

From the Huffington Post’s Igor Bobic:

Officers who defended the US Capitol during the 6 January onslaught are receiving a Congressional golden medal.

The ceremony, which is acceptable to commencement shortly, is being led by apical members of the House and Senate.

A Congressional golden medal is the highest grant that Congress tin bestow, reports the Associated Press.

January 6 panel: 'We person made decisions connected transgression referrals'

Another large portion of outstanding concern House Democrats indispensable wrapper up earlier the extremity of the year: the January 6 committee.

The bipartisan sheet looking into the onslaught connected the Capitol is expected to marque transgression referrals to the justness section based connected the results of its investigation, and Axios reports seat Bennie Thompson said lawmakers cognize who they mean to name:

The panel’s authorization expires astatine the extremity of the year, and it’s astir definite the incoming Republican House bulk won’t reinstate it. The biggest sanction the January 6 committee could notation for charges is, of course, Donald Trump.

The Guardian’s authorities unrecorded blog is present successful the hands of Gloria Oladipo, who volition support you informed connected the latest quality passim the day.

Congress genuinely is going each retired connected lawmaking arsenic the twelvemonth draws to a close, with a brace of senators reportedly trying to scope a compromise connected migration reform.

Republican legislator Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona are said to beryllium moving connected the deal, which Politico reports could code a big of immigration-related issues:

It would beryllium a large accomplishment is Sinema and Tillis tin propulsion of an migration betterment deal, since Congress has tried and failed to bash truthful nether aggregate presidents for years.

Georgia’s Senate run-off predetermination is 1 of respective massively costly races that person taken spot this year, but contempt each the dollars spent, galore Republicans person travel retired behind, arsenic Tom Perkins reports:

With the powerfulness equilibrium successful Congress astatine involvement successful this year’s midterm elections, the GOP wealth instrumentality kicked into precocious gear. Spending connected advertisements and drumming up votes was fueled by hundreds of millions of dollars from the party’s mega-donors and Super Pacs. Many donors’ spending figures marked caller records.

Their instrumentality connected investment, however, is astir apt not what they had hoped: immoderate donors who spent 8 figures notched zero wins successful the Senate, portion others spent acold much wealth connected losing candidates than winners. In the midterms, immoderate of the biggest losers were Republican donors.

Among the clearest of those losers is Mehmet Oz, who self-funded overmuch of his ain failed tally for bureau – loaning his Pennsylvania US Senate run astir $22m, oregon astir 55% of the astir $40m helium raised.

The Georgia Senate contention is the past large outstanding predetermination near from past month’s midterms, successful which Democratic candidates made a amazingly beardown showing nationwide, but nevertheless narrowly mislaid power of the House. While they are assured power of the Senate for the adjacent 2 years, some parties are warring hard for a triumph successful Georgia. Here’s much from the Guardian arsenic to why:

The victor of Tuesday’s midterm predetermination runoff for 1 of Georgia’s 2 seats successful the US Senate volition marque history.

Raphael Warnock became the archetypal Black legislator from Georgia erstwhile helium won the 2020 statesmanlike predetermination runoff that helped extremity the precocious enclosure into Democratic control, boosting the enactment successful its seizure of the House, the Senate and the White House.

Now, arsenic Georgia heads for the past time of voting successful the latest runoff, Warnock hopes to adhd different favoritism – winning a afloat six-year word successful the Senate.

Standing successful the mode is different Black man, Republican challenger Herschel Walker. And whoever wins volition beryllium the archetypal Black idiosyncratic elected from Georgia to a afloat Senate term.

The Hill reports that the House volition hold its ballot connected a measure to support same-sex and interracial matrimony rights to Thursday:

The Respect for Marriage Act is 1 of respective pieces of authorities Congress is trying to get done successful the last weeks of the twelvemonth with Democrats inactive successful complaint of some the House and Senate.

Yesterday, Punchbowl News reported the House’s ballot connected the measure – connected of the past steps indispensable earlier it heads to Joe Biden’s table – would astir apt beryllium delayed owed to a quality implicit a defence backing bill, which some parties see to beryllium an end-of-the-year priority.

It’s predetermination time successful Georgia, and some Democratic legislator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker person brought retired immoderate of the biggest names successful the authorities to run for them.

Atlanta hip-hop instauration Jermaine Dupri is successful Warnock’s corner, arsenic helium makes wide successful this video:

Walker, meanwhile, has the enactment of the state’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, who conscionable won re-election himself.

A enactment astir Kemp: he’s celebrated for defying Donald Trump’s attempts to meddle successful the 2020 predetermination results successful the state, portion Walker was endorsed by the erstwhile president, but immoderate hostility mightiness beryllium determination hasn’t prevented the politician from endorsing his Republican counterpart.

Trump is each successful for Walker, penning connected his Truth societal account, “VOTE TODAY FOR HERSCHEL, helium volition ne'er fto you down!”

Meanwhile, Barack Obama returned to the authorities past week to marque a closing statement successful favour of Warnock:

Polls unfastened successful Georgia arsenic Senate showdown betwixt Warnock and Walker goes to voters

Good morning, US politics blog readers. Polls person opened successful Georgia’s runoff election, wherever voters volition determine whether to nonstop Democrat Raphael Warnock back to the Senate for different six years, oregon regenerate him with Republican hostile Herschel Walker. A triumph by Warnock – who sentiment polls accidental has the borderline – would assistance Democrats pad their bulk successful the Senate, but if Walker triumphs, it would reassure the GOP that Georgia remains a reddish state, and enactment them person to retaking the enclosure successful 2024. Whoever wins volition marque past by becoming the archetypal Black legislator elected to a afloat word from Georgia. Polls adjacent astatine 7pm eastbound time.

Here’s what other is happening today:

• Joe Biden is heading to Arizona to beforehand the Chips act, which is intended to boost American technological prowess. He tours a semiconductor shaper successful Phoenix, past makes remarks astatine 4 p.m. eastbound time.

• The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and different lawmakers volition astatine 11am eastbound clip clasp a ceremonial honoring constabulary who defended the Capitol connected January 6.

• The legislative gears whitethorn person crushed to a halt successful Congress owed to a quality implicit a defence backing bill. It remains to beryllium seen whether the House of Representatives volition vote, arsenic planned, contiguous connected a measure to support same-sex and interracial matrimony rights, 1 of a heaping heap of authorities some chambers are trying to get done earlier the extremity of the year.