Michael Jones
Writer at Once Upon a Hill
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1 week ago |
onceuponahill.com | Michael Jones
👋🏾 Hi, hey, hello! What a wild week in Congress. Keep reading for what else is worth knowing from the Hill today before you call it a night—straight from my notebook to your inbox. ○ ● ●The House narrowly passed a GOP compromise budget framework this morning, enabling Republican-led committees to begin drafting a filibuster-proof bill to enact President Donald Trump’s tax, border, energy, and defense priorities.
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2 weeks ago |
onceuponahill.com | Michael Jones
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) abruptly canceled Wednesday evening's planned vote on the Senate’s budget blueprint, a sign that internal divisions could derail President Donald Trump’s reconciliation agenda before it begins. Allow me to explain: The delay stalls progress for Trump’s second-term agenda and raises fresh questions about whether House Republicans can govern, even when they agree on the substance of the policies.
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2 weeks ago |
onceuponahill.com | Michael Jones
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the lead sponsor of the No Rogue Rulings Act, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing. Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA ImagesThe House passed the Republican-backed No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) this afternoon, aiming to curb the power of individual federal judges to issue nationwide orders blocking or mandating go…
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2 weeks ago |
couriernewsroom.com | Michael Jones
By Michael JonesThe country witnessed “Hands Off!” protests across all 50 states, with demonstrators voicing opposition to President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies, as well as the influential role of Elon Musk within the government. Like the 2017 Women’s March and other early Trump-era protests, the Hands Off! movement drew massive crowds nationwide and internationally.
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2 weeks ago |
onceuponahill.com | Michael Jones
President Donald Trump unveils his reciprocal tariffs during an event in the White House Rose Garden on April 2, 2025. Photograph by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images👋🏾 Hi, hey, hello! The House and Senate return tomorrow for a pivotal final stretch before the two-week Easter recess. The House will kick things off with a slate of veterans-related bi…
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Jeffries: “We had two tragic deaths in the House Democratic Caucus. Had those deaths not occurred last month, Republicans could not have even passed the bill today.”
Difference in the 216-214 vote? 2 Democrats died in recent weeks.
Jeffries: “Here in the Capitol, the battle lines with respect to Democratic values and Republican values have once again been fairly drawn. House and Senate Democrats are standing on the side of the American people. “Donald Trump and extreme MAGA Republicans are doing everything https://t.co/jg9jnqNjRf
House passes GOP compromise budget framework, 216-214. Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Spartz (Ind.) join all Dems in opposition. Now GOP-led committees can start writing text for a filibuster-proof bill to enact Trump’s tax, border, energy and defense policies.
