Mitch McConnell's untenable silence

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : More transcript highlights from the NYTWHAT MARJORIE DANNENFELSER IS READING -- "Dixon was warned by Trump to pivot on abortion messaging; Trump backs 'exceptions,'" by The Detroit News' Beth LeBlanc: TUDOR DIXON "made the comments during an interview with Trump on her podcast ... 'You came to me and you said, "You've got to talk differently about abortion," and we could not pivot, we could not pivot in time,' Dixon said ... 'I think exceptions are very important.
56% : Zachary Crawford is joining Sen. Gary Peters' (D-Mich.) office as deputy scheduler/special assistant.ENGAGED -- Kei Helm, a health insurance policy specialist at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, proposed to Ella Jones on Saturday while on a hike at Great Falls, the site of one of their first dates in the D.C. area almost 10 years ago.
55% : He Also Embraces Trickle-Down Economics," by HuffPost's Daniel Marans in Indianola, Iowa: "Ramaswamy supports free trade and unfettered legal immigration, wants to deprive the Fed of its mandate to reduce unemployment, and sees deregulation and tax cuts as the sole means with which to help struggling workers."
49% : The Biden administration just took a significant step toward easing federal policy on marijuana: A senior HHS official recommended that the DEA reclassify the drug as Schedule III instead of Schedule I, Bloomberg's Riley Griffin, Ike Swetlitz and Tiffany Kary scooped.
44% : Schumer and the two spending chiefs are leaning toward floor action on bills funding military construction, transportation and housing, as well as agriculture spending legislation."WALKING THE ABORTION LINE -- "Republican Women, Fearing Backlash on Abortion, Pivot to Birth Control," by NYT's Annie Karni: "A group of politically vulnerable G.O.P. women has backed legislation that purports to expand birth control access but would have little effect.
34% : Though Biden has been reluctant to back full marijuana legalization -- unlike most Democrats and Americans -- reclassification would be a massive reformist move in that direction, with significant implications for marijuana use, punishment and markets.

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