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  • From quiet member to Democratic messenger on SNAP and social policy

    1 week ago | onceuponahill.com | Michael Jones

    ○ ● ●Shontel Brown can’t stand cold cuts. The Ohio Democrat isn’t a fan of pancakes for dinner either. And the mere sight of a sandwich made with government cheese still takes the 49-year-old back to nights when her family had to stretch every dollar and relied on food stamps while managing her childhood epilepsy.

  • House GOP passes Trump’s megabill after overnight procedural drama

    2 weeks ago | onceuponahill.com | Michael Jones

    It took a early-dawn vote, weeks of intraparty warfare, a couple of rounds of eleventh-hour arm-twisting from President Donald Trump and plenty of intestinal fortitude, but Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) finally muscled the GOP’s tax, energy and immigration megabill through the House just before 7 a.m. this morning.

  • The four letters that could sink the GOP’s megabill

    2 weeks ago | couriernewsroom.com | Michael Jones

    By Michael JonesMoments after the House Ways and Means Committee wrapped a 17-hour markup of its portion of the GOP megabill—legislation meant to enshrine President Trump’s second-term agenda—Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) posted a photo of then-candidate Trump waving from a McDonald’s drive-thru window. Presumably, it was a corny attempt to own the libs. But Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), one of Smith’s GOP colleagues, didn’t find it amusing.

  • Grace Meng calls Biden book backlash a “distraction,” urges Democrats to focus on GOP threats

    2 weeks ago | onceuponahill.com | Michael Jones

    👋🏾 Hi, hey, hello! Hi, hey, hello! Welcome to the Sunday bonus edition of Congress Nerd, Once Upon a Hill’s flagship weekly newsletter, where I break down the biggest stories in legislative politics, federal policy and the Democratic Party—all through my sharp lens of race, gender and power.

  • Johnson suffers setback as House conservatives stall GOP megabill

    3 weeks ago | onceuponahill.com | Michael Jones

    “Godspeed and safe travels,” House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) told his panel Friday afternoon. “I do not anticipate us coming back today.”His words came moments after the committee failed to advance the GOP’s sweeping tax, energy, and immigration bill—a centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda.

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Michael Jones
Michael Jones @bymichaeljones
14 May 25

“Excuse me, I’ve got to go finish my two-hour work week,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) says to reporters on his way into the House chamber after GOP leadership canceled Friday votes on a Tuesday fly-in week. “Those post offices aren’t going to name themselves.”

Michael Jones
Michael Jones @bymichaeljones
14 May 25

House votes canceled on Friday, per Democratic Whip Clark’s office. The House Budget Committee is still expected to meet to markup the final version of the GOP megabill ahead of floor consideration next week. https://t.co/tsPoFIFZun

Michael Jones
Michael Jones @bymichaeljones
7 May 25

NEW: Jasmine Crockett wants to lead Democrats on Oversight—and the Black Caucus is watching closely, still weighing how the loss of Agriculture leadership in January factors into what comes next. My latest: https://t.co/749MagmtQu