A lot of recent reporting on sequestration and expiring government funding legislation reflects the notion that a government shutdown is more or less off the table — that because the White House doesn’t want one and Republican leaders don’t want one, a ’95 style shutdown isn’t a real possibility.
Both of those things are true. Several key players in this negotiation would like to avoid a shutdown. But as we’ve been trying to reinforce in our reporting, that doesn’t settle the question. Read More
Is Jeb Bush already caving on reflipping back to a path to citizenship? It would be less than 24 hours as the right-wing standard bearer on ‘amnesty’.
The Daily Caller says today they’re working to verify their Menendez/prostitute story.
This is turning into a big Godzilla vs. Mothra type battle between Daily Caller and the Post. We’ll have a piece up shortly with a run down of each back and forth over the course of the last 24 hours.
Rubio says not to worry, we can bring Jeb around on citizenship.
Lindsey Graham, on the other hand, says essentially, WTF, Jeb?
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A group of 8 ex-DEA chiefs says President Obama needs to crack down now on state’s legalizing marijuana or it’ll be too late and will be stuck in the world of legalization forever.
We report this morning that House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) appears to be leaving the door opening to seriously modifying (ok: breaking) his promise that his plan to privatize Medicare would not affect anyone over age 55. There’s a lot of room for math gimmickry here that could spare him from having to go higher than 55 but still allow him to balance the budget. So it’s not set in stone. But apparently it’s tricky enough that Ryan has warned fellow House Republicans that he might have to raise the age of those unaffected by his Medicare privatiation all the way to 59, The Hill reports.