Morning Report -- Congress tries to keep the lights on

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "The factions will be dissolved and the fighters will be prepared to join the Ministry of Defense, and everyone will be subject to the law.
49% : Yes, but it's yet another sign that justice is not blind to political imperatives.
46% : Trump has promised to release secret files on the assassination of President Kennedy, which he also pledged during his first term.
45% : "One of the things that we know very clearly is that House Democrats will be needed to pass government funding," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).
44% : Biden and his administration used the Inflation Reduction Act to put Medicare in the driver's seat for the first time to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies for 10 commonly used medications, but those changes do not take effect until 2026.
43% : ▪ The Hill: A disruptive dockworkers strike could begin days before Trump takes office next month.
40% : "LIGHTEN UP: A Republican brouhaha is front and center after Trump said the entire nation should eliminate daylight Saving time and make standard time permanent, resetting battle lines among GOP lawmakers.
36% : "To all Senate Republicans: NO DEAL WITH DEMOCRATS TO FAST TRACK NOMINATIONS AT THE END OF THIS CONGRESS," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
36% : The explosion that killed Kirillov on Tuesday seems to have been the most ambitious targeted attack of the war so far on Russian soil and reflects the urgency in Kyiv to wrestle back initiative as Trump prepares to return to the White House.
27% : ▪ Trump does not have a winning career record after suing news outlets, but press freedom advocates warn that his aggressive use of the courts creates a significant chilling effect, pressuring media companies to pull punches to avoid legal scrutiny as he takes the reins of federal governance.
24% : The Biden administration is unlikely to spend all of the remaining $5.6 billion that Congress allocated to send weapons and other military help to Ukraine, a senior Defense Department official said Tuesday.▪ Bloomberg News: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Tuesday pressed Trump on "massive" conflicts of interest tied to Elon Musk.
24% : But back then, the CIA and FBI convinced Trump not to make the most sensitive documents public.
23% : But then why did Trump say in 2017 he had "no choice" other than keeping the information under wraps, citing "potentially irreversible harm" to national security?
22% : Trump last week waded into the precarious debate, surprising lawmakers who think he's thrown support behind both pro and con camps on Capitol Hill.
22% : "The horrible middleman that makes more money, frankly, than the drug companies, and they don't do anything except they're a middleman," Trump told reporters at a news conference.
16% : Trump, who recently dined at Mar-a-Lago with drug company executives, on Monday criticized patient benefit managers (PBMs) that negotiate drug costs with pharmacies and drug manufacturers, mostly on behalf of employers and the government.

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