Marked Up

Demonstrators removed from the Energy and Commerce Committee markup.
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP

Today’s notice: Reconciling. An investigation into what DOGE has been up to. SALT shakin’. Stock tradin’. And, some bubbling GOP frustration over White House immigration moves.

When Bills Stop Being Polite and Start Getting Real

The frying pan is the overnight slog of House Republicans marking up different sections of their reconciliation bill. The fire is what comes next: actual text that must be defended.

“It doesn’t really change the core message, but it does give us specific policies we can point to to say, ‘Here’s how they’re doing it,’” said Michael Linden, the campaign director for Families Over Billionaires. The group is one of several already running paid ads on tax cuts and Medicaid in swingy Republican districts.