Delegation for 1.26.24: DOA -- bad deal -- living longer? -- truckin' -- border blame

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "By using his role as a government contractor to gain access to private tax information, steal that information and disclose it publicly, Charles Littlejohn broke federal law and betrayed the public's trust," Garland said in a statement after Littlejohn pleaded guilty.
53% : In October, Littlejohn, an IRS contractor, pleaded guilty to one count of publicly disclosing tax return information without authorization.
52% : With such pervasive, harmful views impacting so many Americans, it is imperative that the mission of the nation's biggest funder of biomedical research be crystal clear.
52% : "Florida Trucking President and CEO Alix Miller cheered the deal and said it would work with state leadership for optimal places for that money to be parked.
46% : "The federal government says Littlejohn leaked tax information for Scott, Trump and prominent business leaders, including Tesla and X owner Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
38% : "Democrats in Florida's delegation called such logic the height of cynicism and said they intend to pillory Trump and the entire GOP ticket on the tactic this year.
24% : Donald Trump helps kill a border bill in Congress -- hoping the issue will remain politically favorable.
21% : After a GOP Senate caucus hearing where Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, asserted Trump had strong-armed House Republicans into opposing any deal, many voiced frustrations.
19% : "Donald Trump now owns the border crisis.
13% : News that Donald Trump blew up a bipartisan deal on the border upset several Republican Senators across the country.
11% : "Donald Trump just killed the Republican Bill to stop the border and fentanyl crisis so that he can use it as an election issue for the next 10 months," posted Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Parkland Democrat.

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