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Today, the House is poised to nonstop a measure protecting same-sex marriages to President Biden’s desk, marking 1 of the past large legislative achievements during the tenure of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who is stepping down from enactment adjacent period erstwhile Republicans instrumentality power of the chamber. The measure would necessitate that radical beryllium considered joined successful immoderate authorities arsenic agelong arsenic the matrimony was valid successful the authorities wherever it was performed. It is designed to support marriages if the Supreme Court reverses people connected the issue.
On the different broadside of the Capitol, Democrats are expected to formally reelect Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) to his presumption connected Thursday. Schumer and chap Democrats are continuing to bask successful Tuesday’s triumph successful the Georgia runoff by Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (R-Ga.), portion Republicans are trading blasted for Herschel Walker’s loss.
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- 8:30 a.m. Eastern: President Biden delivers remarks astatine the White House. Watch unrecorded here.
- 12:30 p.m. Eastern: White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre briefs reporters. Watch unrecorded here.
- 1 p.m. Eastern: Pelosi holds a play quality conference. Watch unrecorded here.
- 2:10 p.m. Eastern: Biden delivers remarks connected “building a stronger system for national workers and retirees.” Watch unrecorded here.
On our radar: After drubbing of a Trump-backed candidate, acrimony runs heavy successful Maryland GOP
Since their historic drubbing successful past month’s elections, with a campaigner backed by erstwhile president Donald Trump connected the apical of the ticket, Maryland Republican leaders person talked astir rebuilding and reunifying a enactment whose infighting, disorganization and sensation for extremist candidates person seemingly doomed its near-term entreaty to galore of the state’s voters.
But arsenic authorities GOP officials hole to stitchery astatine their normal this play — taking a caller look astatine the party’s infrastructure and choosing a caller acceptable of officers to pb them retired of the governmental wilderness — the likelihood of reconciliation and practice are not looking good, The Post’s Peter Jamison writes. Per Peter:
On our radar: Schumer to beryllium reelected bulk leader; Murray to ascend to president pro tem
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), who connected Wednesday celebrated his enactment winning a 51st spot successful the chamber, is expected to formally get the motion of his colleagues Thursday to service successful his presumption for different 2 years.
Senate Democrats are scheduled to stitchery for what is shaping up arsenic a drama-free predetermination of Schumer and different enactment leaders for the upcoming Congress.
The caller enactment volition look overmuch similar the existent leadership, with 1 notable exception: Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), caller disconnected reelection to her Senate seat, volition service arsenic president pro tem, replacing the retiring Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.).
This conscionable in: Biden announces merchandise of Brittney Griner
President Biden announced Thursday that Brittney Griner, the WNBA prima who has been detained successful Russia since February, has been released. He is scheduled to present remarks astatine the White House astatine 10:30 a.m.
“Moments agone I spoke to Brittney Griner. She is safe. She is connected a plane. She is connected her mode home,” Biden tweeted.
The Post’s Missy Ryan has details connected this processing story:
Griner has been released from Russian detention successful swap for arms trader Viktor Bout, Russia’s overseas ministry says.
A Russian tribunal sentenced Griner, 32, earlier this twelvemonth to 9½ years for bringing little than a gram of cannabis lipid into the country. She has been successful Russian custody since her apprehension astatine an airdrome adjacent Moscow successful February. In aboriginal November, pursuing a failed entreaty attempt, Russian authorities transferred her to a penal colony.
You tin work Missy’s afloat communicative here.
Noted: Mulvaney says Trump apt to suffer successful 2024 if he’s GOP nominee
Mick Mulvaney, who served arsenic an acting main of unit to President Donald Trump, thinks his erstwhile brag has small accidental of returning to the White House.
Mulvaney said Thursday that Trump is apt to suffer if helium is the GOP nominee successful 2024 and is “actually our weakest candidate.”
“I deliberation there’s a increasing radical of Republicans, myself included … that supported Donald Trump successful ’16, supported him successful 2020, similar myself worked with him successful the administration, who deliberation that he’s really our weakest campaigner successful 2024,” Mulvaney said connected CNN. “He’s the 1 astir apt to suffer due to the fact that if helium runs successful 2024 arsenic the Republican nominee, that predetermination becomes a referendum connected Donald Trump. … He mislaid that predetermination nether that benignant of operation successful 2020, and he’s showed nary quality to benignant of alteration that dynamic going into 2024. I judge if helium is the Republican nominee, helium stands conscionable arsenic overmuch accidental arsenic losing 2 years from present arsenic helium did 2 years ago.”
Noted: Meet Tom Emmer, a almighty crypto advocator successful a crypto-wary Congress
At a infinitesimal erstwhile Washington is becoming keenly alert of the committedness and peril of cryptocurrency, Rep. Tom Emmer is astir to go 1 of its astir salient advocates successful Congress.
In caller years, the Republican from Minnesota has progressively promoted crypto interests — championing its companies, pushing industry-friendly proposals and chastising critics who successful his presumption basal successful the mode of innovation, The Post’s Tony Romm reports. Per Tony:
Along the way, Emmer has reaped large bucks from the manufacture and its apical executives, including those from the since-collapsed institution FTX. But his crisp deregulatory bent could transportation greater value adjacent year, erstwhile Republicans are acceptable to presume power of the House — conscionable arsenic immoderate lawmakers accidental they anticipation to enact crypto regulations. Emmer’s fervent enactment — and his new, almighty perch arsenic House bulk whip — could marque him a formidable foe of assertive restrictions connected what helium has described arsenic the aboriginal of finance.
“Together, we’re going to support educating these members of Congress,” Emmer told viewers watching online that August.
The congressman declined done his spokesman, Michael McAdams, to beryllium interviewed for this story.
You tin work Tony’s afloat communicative here.
Analysis: House GOP plans galore investigations. So bash Senate Democrats.
House Republicans person an assertive investigative docket for the adjacent Congress. They’ve been talking astir it for months, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) this week laid out their investigative priorities.
But connected the different broadside of the Capitol, Senate Democrats are readying to usage their 51-seat bulk to motorboat investigations too, The Post’s Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer constitute successful The Early 202. Per our colleagues:
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) noted Wednesday that Democratic-led committees volition person greater subpoena powerfulness with a 51-seat bulk adjacent twelvemonth than they bash nether the existent 50-50 split, wherever Republicans person the quality to hinder subpoena requests. They don’t program to analyse the Biden administration, helium said (obviously!), but to “deal with firm corruption and inequities and different problems astir the country.”
He refused to item specifics astatine this aboriginal stage, but 1 committee is moving quickly. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), seat of the Senate Finance Committee, is focusing connected respective issues.
For instance, helium is requesting accusation from pharmaceutical companies that person taken vantage of overseas taxation havens connected medicine cause sales.
You tin work the afloat investigation here.
Analysis: Senate Democrats had a bully 2022. The 2024 predetermination could beryllium brutal.
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The bully quality for Democrats is that, by virtually immoderate humanities measure, the 2022 predetermination was a occurrence for their party.
Perhaps the biggest measurement of that success: They managed to clasp the U.S. Senate, wherever they couldn’t spend to suffer immoderate crushed — and didn’t. In fact, they really coiled up gaining a seat, acknowledgment to the triumph of Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D-Ga.) successful Tuesday’s runoff.
The Post’s Aaron Blake and Nick Mourtoupalas constitute that the atrocious quality for Democrats is that the triumph mightiness beryllium rather temporary. Per our colleagues:
On our radar: House poised to nonstop same-sex matrimony measure to Biden’s desk
The House is poised Thursday to nonstop a measure protecting same-sex marriages to President Biden’s desk.
The Respect for Marriage Act cleared the Senate precocious past period successful a 61-36 vote, with 12 Republicans joining Democrats to walk it.
The authorities is apt to beryllium among the past large bills passed nether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who is stepping down from Democratic enactment adjacent period erstwhile Republicans instrumentality power of the House.
“We soon volition nonstop this captious authorities to President Biden for signature: a glorious triumph of love, of state and of dignity for all,” Pelosi said successful a Washington Post op-ed published Wednesday. “This enactment is the latest measurement guardant successful House Democrats’ longtime combat for afloat equality, waged alongside generations of fearless activists.”
The latest: Trump’s isolation deepens arsenic Georgia nonaccomplishment adds to 2024 bid’s rocky start
Since announcing his 2024 statesmanlike bid 3 weeks agone astatine Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump has hardly near his backstage South Florida nine — but to play play astatine his people crossed Lake Worth Lagoon.
The Post’s Isaac Arnsdorf reports that Trump spoke astatine a affable deliberation vessel league held astatine Mar-a-Lago and a for-profit gala, besides astatine Mar-a-Lago. He had meal astatine Mar-a-Lago with 2 salient antisemites, drafting wide criticism, including from apical Republicans. Per Isaac:
[Trump] made video appearances astatine a Republican Jewish Coalition meeting, a blimpish league successful Mexico and a fundraiser for families of defendants successful the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — each beamed retired from Mar-a-Lago. He did an interrogation with Fox News and a tele-rally for Georgia Senate campaigner Herschel Walker and helium dropped successful connected a fundraiser with promoters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, inactive astatine Mar-a-Lago.
Trump’s seclusion wrong the ornate walls of his nine and a bid of controversies — from the meal with antisemites Ye and Nick Fuentes to a societal media station suggesting the “termination” of the Constitution — person near him progressively isolated wrong his enactment arsenic helium tries to equine a governmental comeback. Walker’s nonaccomplishment successful a Tuesday runoff predetermination became the latest blow, prompting much Republicans to articulation the chorus faulting him for dragging down the party’s show successful this year’s midterms.
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On our radar: A constrictive GOP bulk is forcing moderates to find their voice
As House Republicans hole to instrumentality power of the enclosure arsenic the bulk party, much mean members of the league are banding unneurotic to forestall an ideological clash with their staunchly blimpish colleagues.
They accidental the party’s lackluster show successful this year’s midterm elections proves voters are rejecting the extremes successful favour of individuals who prioritize governing, The Post’s Marianna Sotomayor writes successful a portion that recalls GOP challenges the past clip the enactment was successful power. Per Marianna:
The latest: Walker’s nonaccomplishment successful Ga. spurs caller GOP hand-wringing, calls for caller strategy
Herschel Walker’s nonaccomplishment successful a pivotal Georgia Senate contention Tuesday has renewed Republican calls to interruption with erstwhile president Donald Trump and rethink the party’s strategy up of 2024, arsenic lawmakers and operatives reckoned with the last stroke successful a profoundly disappointing midterm cycle.
The Post’s Colby Itkowitz, Hannah Knowles and Dylan Wells study that the recriminations were swift arsenic Republicans began the autopsy of Walker’s contention connected Wednesday, sparring implicit who and what outgo them the seat. Per our colleagues:
Noted: Florida lawmaker charged with defrauding pandemic indebtedness program
A Florida authorities lawmaker known for sponsoring authorities that regulates schoolroom speech astir intersexual predisposition and sex individuality was indicted by a expansive assemblage for allegedly trying to illicitly get much than $150,000 successful national pandemic alleviation funds, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
The Post’s Andrew Jeong notes that Florida authorities Rep. Joseph B. Harding (R), 35, was accused of making fraudulent applications to the Small Business Administration utilizing the names of dormant concern entities, prosecutors said. Per Andrew:
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