Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Waiting for pushback from Republican Senate.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Hmmmm.

Still no bill, as Republican senators quietly recoil from facing Democrats’ amendments on Trump stinkers — billionaire ballroom, cop-beaters slush fund, vanity arch.

As Memorial Day approaches, maybe they punt?

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Live soon:

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Want to know how we blew up the billion-dollar ballroom?

Let me take you into the parliamentary “reconciliation” challenge.

EPW Dems argued the case for EPW’s jurisdiction over White House construction and federal public buildings. We argued that the Public Buildings Act requires EPW approval of projects exceeding $3.9 million.

Which it does.

The Republicans’ problem? There was no reconciliation instruction to EPW, so if there was EPW jurisdiction, the ballroom measure was defective.

ENR Committee Dems argued similarly that ENR has jurisdiction over “national parks” and “historical sites,” but also received no instruction.

The day after we argued, the Parliamentarian ruled that the White House was in the jurisdiction both of EPW (public buildings/grounds) and ENR (national parks).

That’s how we won.

And that put Republicans on the spot — to throw in the towel or own more mischief to fund the Trump billionaires ballroom.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Trump gets free pass from Trump IRS and Trump DOJ for any past Trump tax violations.

Not making this up.

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