Today’s notice: Shutdown dance steps. Heavy sighs after the White House signed on to TikTok. Where are we on the Epstein files? And: Thanks to media outlets like NOTUS, we know a lot more about that John Bolton search warrant.
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The delicate shutdown dance: Rep. Tom Cole and Sen. Susan Collins — the chief appropriators in their respective chambers — have a plan to avert a government shutdown: a bipartisan, extremely short-term continuing resolution through November, NOTUS’ Helen Huiskes and Em Luetkemeyer report.
Some Senate Democrats on Thursday told NOTUS they’d be willing to vote for it.
Problem solved? No! “Right now, to me, there’s no sign that the Republicans are taking seriously the need to pass a bipartisan bill,” Sen. Chris Murphy said. “There has not been any meeting of the leaders. The White House hasn’t reached out to Democratic leadership, so there’s been no serious effort.”