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Leigh Ann Caldwell
Verified
Chief Washington Correspondent, Puck
United States, Washington, D.C.
Beats
Islam, Politics, Ethnicity, Society, Culture, Social Policy
Content
By Leigh Ann Caldwell Verified| Puck Verified Representative Victoria Spartz, among the more chaotic and least predictable Republicans, had been a firm "no" on the House G.O.P. budget framework last night when she received a phone call from Donald Trump. He was fuming. In tandem with two colleagues, the Indiana congresswoman had forced the conference to hold off voting on Speaker Mike Johnson's blueprint for Trump's tax and spending agenda-they just didn't have the numbers to pass it without her.
By Leigh Ann Caldwell Verified| Puck Verified Much has changed in the week since Rep. Adam Smith, the vocal Washington State Democrat, professed to me that his party had moved too far left on issues of culture and inclusion. Smith, as you'll recall, said that the Democrats had forgotten about personal accountability, and he called out the party for "framing everything as, It's a human right -you know, healthcare, transportation, asylum, all of that-implying there's no responsibility on the other side.
By Leigh Ann Caldwell Verified| Puck Verified Representative Victoria Spartz, among the more chaotic and least predictable Republicans, had been a firm "no" on the House G.O.P. budget framework last night when she received a phone call from Donald Trump. He was fuming. In tandem with two colleagues, the Indiana congresswoman had forced the conference to hold off voting on Speaker Mike Johnson's blueprint for Trump's tax and spending agenda-they just didn't have the numbers to pass it without her.
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Puck
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