Same Difference

Sen. Josh Hawley speaks to reporters.
Sen. Josh Hawley Tom Williams/AP

Today’s notice: World’s Greatest Deliberative Body time. The MAHA moment. “Stupid” is as stupid does. Fans of green energy are bummed.

Is the Senate Going to Be Different?

The Senate reconciliation fight is another chance for Republicans to argue over priorities they want to, well, prioritize. The party’s prioritizer in chief, Donald Trump, is ready to engage the chamber but may need a different set of skills if he wants to be The Closer again.

Trump’s reliable threat of a primary? “It’s just not going to work. It works in the House, it doesn’t work here,” Sen. Ron Johnson told NOTUS. Johnson said he wants the president to “get serious about the return to pre-pandemic-level spending, which he’s not yet.”