'One of my colleagues said my job was to be with whatever position was the majority position of my conference,” McConnell added. “I can tell you, if I had had a Hastert rule, we would have never raised the debt ceiling and never funded the government.”

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Johnson says he is going to call Biden and urge him to use exec authority

Adds if not contained quickly 'there is an appropriate time for the national guard. We have to bring order to these campuses. ...I'll ask the president to do that and I'll tell him that very same thing'

Johnson briefly paused his remarks, said 'enjoy your free speech,' before continuing.

Donald Payne, six-term congressman from New Jersey, dies at 65

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Mike Johnson (on Hugh Hewitt) suggests he won't kick Roy/Norman/Massie off Rules as some of his members have asked:

“If I start kicking people off committees right now it’s likely that I cause more problems than I solve”

Backstory: McConnell + Schumer beat the right on Ukraine together ... though some things McConnell shouldered alone

“I don’t want to take a bit away from Chuck,' McConnell told us. 'He didn’t have any Ukraine problems, I had all of them'

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Jennifer Haberkorn

New w/ Olivia Beavers:

Johnson dodges ouster vote—for now—as House passes foreign aid

But Greene/Massie vowing he will face a referendum unless he resigns—which he has said he won’t do

They are betting their colleagues will get an earful back home
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Former Rep. Ed Royce was on the House floor but removed just now, per a source

Former members have floor privileges but there are limits on that for former members who are lobbyists.

Jeffries sidesteps on motion to vacate heading into caucus: “we’re working right now to get the national security legislation over the finish line. Once that’s completed, we’ll take up any other matters”

No mention of MTV in her speech.

“I have lots of friends in the building,” the speaker says, and “I’ve had a handful of Democrats approach me on the floor and say, ‘Hey, don’t worry about the motion to vacate.’” He doesn’t entertain those conversations, Johnson insists.”

PSA:

'Members should plan to be here over the weekend if necessary' to work on FISA and the foreign aid bill, Schumer says