Senate Republicans moving to start debate on a 'skinny' budget resolution which would pave the way for a $70 billion reconciliation bill that funds ICE (immigration enforcement) and the Border Patrol. Vote-a-Rama as soon as Wednesday.

But if he isn't confirmed he'll keep the investments?
Does Trump even *know* any non-shitty people to nominate?

Democrats continue to be reasonable adults trying to negotiate with sociopathic toddlers

Just some of the most unhinged racist dreck I've heard in my life.

👇🤯
Profoundly embarrassed .. every single day now

🚨Virginia — today is Election Day!

Trump said the quiet part out loud: “If Democrats get additional House seats with this referendum, they’re gonna be making changes at the federal level.”

That’s the whole point! Fair maps = Trump loses power.

Please vote YES! 💙🗳️

#VoteYesVirginiaToday

Inside Congress today:

"GOP leaders believe there's sufficient support to oust Cherfilus-McCormick [2/3 majority] if [it's] recommended by Ethics. If [not] top GOP believe it will be harder to convince enough members on both sides of the aisle to expel her"

Looks like she's waiting it out..

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Hey Virginia:
The polls are now open
PLEASE don't sit out today's redistricting referendum vote
It is expected to be very tight
Vote YES and let's get this done!
www.elections.virginia.gov/election-law...

Correction:
*Senate Budget Cmte Republicans
Sorry, busy morning ..

House Majority Ldr Steve Scalise this morning:

The "plan" is for the House to "expedite" a Senate-passed reconciliation bill
-but they plan to pass that before the DHS funding bill

"Yeah, that's what our plan is."

We shall see ..

I have no idea

Ron Johnson says today Senate GOP are "all set to move .. that [$75B] number is pretty much up to the administration if that's what they say they need … I've always been supportive of a narrow, targeted budget resolution”

NEWS:
Senate Banking Cmte Republicans are expected to release their budget resolution today setting up ~$75B immigration funding bill
Word is it’s "staying narrow"
-mainly focused on funding ICE and CBP for 3 years
GOP will discuss at their lunch today
Goal is to pass it by the of this week

"House Freedom Caucus said Monday they had no plans to waver on their demands for a warrant requirement"
House Dems: open to making a deal with GOP
House Intel RM Jim Himes:
“Frankly, we’re behind where we were a week ago. The insane performance on Thursday night created a lot of bad will.”

Senate wades apprehensively into FISA slog Congress is being dragged, kicking and screaming, back into a warrant requirement fight tied to the reauthorization of a key surveillance authority.

Punchbowl on where the Senate is as they "wade apprehensively into" the FISA fight
"Senate leaders indicated they’d made no decisions yet, any changes would have to be agreed to by both chambers"
House hardliners are dug in on reform
FISA extension expires in 9 days
punchbowl.news/article/defe...

Fed chair nominee Warsh set to commit to be ‘strictly independent’ on rates Kevin Warsh will underscore his commitment to keeping inflation in check, saying price stability is a mandate for the Fed “without excuse or equivocation, argument or anguish.”

On Kevin Warsh's prepared testimony for today's confirmation hearing 👇
"Warsh plans to be somewhat explicit about where he’d try to insulate himself from Trump’s wishes and where he wouldn’t."
So .. more lying to Congress
www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

The 1 question that will dominate Kevin Warsh’s Fed nomination hearing Warsh’s performance on Tuesday could determine whether he can clear the Senate, where he enjoys broad support from the GOP but may get few Democratic votes.

What to expect in this morning's Kevin Warsh confirmation hearing
Sen John Kennedy:
“The president’s current nominee will be ultimately confirmed. In what decade that happens, I’m not sure.”
www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Nomination Hearing | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs The Official website of The United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh to be Federal Reserve Chair starts in about 2 minutes
And it could be a nasty one
Stream it here:
www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/04/...

Jeffries:
House Dem Caucus will meet following today's Ethics Cmte recommendation on Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and “proceed in a manner consistent with our approach to these types of ethics matters.”
Pressure on her to resign is intense
Luna is vowing to introduce a motion to expel
Noisy day ..

The report released by the House Ethics Cmte on Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick following her initial hearing in March
states her actions “set her apart from any prior Member due to the sheer volume of funds involved, totaling in the millions.”

Full report here 👇

ethics.house.gov/wp-content/u...

You can stream today's House Ethics hearing to determine sanctions for House Dem Rep Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick here 👇
Starts at 2pm (edt)

www.c-span.org/event/house-...

Could this be Cherfilus-McCormick’s last week in Congress? This week could spell the end of indicted Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s (Fla.) controversial stint in Congress.

In a public session at 2pm today House Ethics will determine what sanctions to recommend for House Dem Rep Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Fla-20)
SCM's attorneys will have the chance to defend her
The cmte will then privately deliberate
CBC is pressuring SCM to resign 👇
punchbowl.news/article/hous...

It's a confederacy of drunks

These are the 25 ethics violations that the House Ethics Committee found re: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick D-FL. She has a penalty hearing on Tuesday afternoon

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out amid allegations she used staff to plan personal trips, had an affair with a subordinate, and drank on the job.

Also on her watch: the US canceled grants that helped reduce child labor worldwide by 78 million people.

Some labor champion.

BYEEE

NEW: Trump’s scandal-plagued Labor Secretary is resigning.

Two weeks ago, I asked why Trump hadn’t fired her. ⬇️

Not only didn’t Trump fire her, today the White House said she’s “done a phenomenal job.”

The bar isn’t low — it’s gone.

People may know Chavez-DeRemer allegedly had an affair with a member of her security team and her husband was banned from the Labor Dept building for harassing women, but it feels like the involvement of the secretary's FATHER has gone criminally undernoted. And why does he text like a 14 year old?

This story just keeps getting better and better...

The 2016 Supreme Court memos and the mess that John Roberts has made of his court The New York Times scoop about the Clean Power Plan case SCOTUS memos highlights the conservative justices' brazen disregard for their own rules — both then and now.

From last night, my look at the weekend’s SCOTUS news about those 2016 memos …

The New York Times scoop about the Clean Power Plan case SCOTUS memos highlights the conservative justices' brazen disregard for their own rules — both then and now.