Reese Gorman
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Politics Reporter @washingtonsun / reesegorman@washsun.com / Signal: reesejgorman.21
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Spartz Watch: It's still very early, but currently with 31% of the vote reporting Rep. Victoria Spartz is at 36% and her Democratic challenger is at 63%
If they do cancel tomorrow's vote series they would just move most of tomorrow's votes to today.
News: House GOP leadership is considering cancelling tomorrow's votes and going home today until after the election, sources tell me.
No final decision has been made yet but there's a lot of discussion about it.
Some in leadership want to avoid a vote on the Hegseth impeachment set to come up tomorrow since its privileged, but its unclear if procedurally that's possible.
Lots of moving parts at the moment
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News: Chuck Edwards sent a 23 page dear colleague letter defending himself against sexual harassment allegations amidst a possible censure saying that "Poetry is not sexual misconduct."
Also defends himself by saying one female employee viewed him as her “second dad."
“An affectionate friendship is not a sexual proposition. A gift is not sexual misconduct. A compliment is not sexual misconduct. Poetry is not sexual misconduct. Socializing with a colleague is not sexual misconduct. Caring deeply about someone with whom you have worked and come to know for years is not sexual misconduct,” Edwards wrote in the letter.
Its a wild letter.
W/ @ReporterOriana
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News: Rep. Randy Fine has told WH officials he will vote against every rule on the floor until Trump fires Alex Bruesewitz, one of his outside advisors.
Fine and Bruesewitz, who does not hold an official position in the WH but does have the presidents ear, have been fighting since Bruesewitz’s appearance on Tucker Carlson’s podcast two weeks ago.
Fine was the lone Republican who voted against the rule this week, which in part attatched the SAVE America Act to a bill.
Fine’s demand is unlikely to be met as Bruesewitz was in the Oval Office with Trump last week.
Could cause a headache for GOP leadership moving forward if he holds to his demand.
W/ @kadiagoba
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