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The Hill reports: House GOP leadership scrapped plans for a Wednesday vote on the party’s stopgap funding plan, as its chances of passage sank in recent days amid opposition from defense hawks, hardline conservatives and moderates. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had vowed all week to press forward with a vote on his funding plan — which pairs a six-month continuing …

The Hill reports: House Republicans are bemoaning former President Trump’s performance in the first — and potentially only — debate against Vice President Harris, acknowledging that the Democratic nominee successfully got under her GOP opponent’s skin. “I’m just sad,” one House Republican who is supportive of Trump told The Hill. “She knew exactly where to cut to get under his …

The New York Times reports: Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, was taken to a hospital on Tuesday, according to a social media post. A post on Mr. Wilson’s official social media account confirmed that he experienced a medical emergency. “Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) was taken ill and is being evaluated at a local hospital in Washington, DC.,” the …

The Hill reports: A centrist House Democrat said Tuesday that he will back the Republicans’ short-term government funding bill if it hits the floor Wednesday, as scheduled, becoming the first Democrat to announce support for the controversial spending package. Rep. Jared Golden, a moderate Maine Democrat, noted that he’s already voted in favor of one of the most controversial pieces …

Politico reports: The speaker announced last week that he planned to link a government funding bill to legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote. The package would keep spending levels mostly steady, punting a government shutdown deadline currently set to hit on Oct. 1 to March 28. First, there are conservatives who oppose short-term spending bills …

NBC News reports: After a six-week summer recess, lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday facing a changed political landscape but a vexing, very familiar problem: figuring out how to avert a shutdown. They have just three weeks to do so. Funding for the government runs out at the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, and former President …

Politico reports: Speaker Mike Johnson is rolling out the House GOP’s strategy for a high-stakes government funding fight, teeing up a showdown with Senate Democrats ahead of the Oct. 1 shutdown deadline. House Republicans on Friday unveiled a stopgap funding bill, also known as a continuing resolution, that will fund the government at largely current levels through March 28. The …

The Hill reports: The race for Rep. Don Bacon’s (R) seat in Nebraska and Rep. Michelle Steel’s (R) seat in California have both moved from “lean Republican” to “toss up.” In Iowa, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’s (R) race has softened from “likely” to “lean” Republican. In Ohio, Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s race has strengthened from “toss up” to “lean Democrat.” Polls …

Axios reports: In a parallel universe, the GOP’s years-long efforts to expose alleged corruption by the Biden family would be peaking at the ideal moment: Instead, with Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, Donald Trump’s crusade against “Crooked Joe” is collapsing into political irrelevance. It’s one of many reasons Trump keeps wishing he was still running against Biden, …

NBC News reports: The House Education and Workforce Committee issued subpoenas Wednesday to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Minnesota Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for how they responded to what federal prosecutors have called the largest pandemic fraud schemes in the country. The subpoenas demand that Walz, Minnesota Commissioner of Education Willie Jett, U.S. Agriculture Secretary …

Via press release from House Oversight Democrats: Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs,are demanding answers from Donald Trump after a bombshell report by the Washington Post surfaced new evidence suggesting the former president may have illegally …

The Washington Post reports: Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee plan to transfer nearly $25 million to support down-ballot Democratic candidates in state and federal races this year, a significant boost to those efforts following record fundraising for her campaign this summer. The funds include $10 million transfers to both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and …

Axios reports: Former Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry’s (R-Pa.) support for a strict anti-abortion measure is coming back to haunt him in a new Democratic ad, Axios has learned. Democrats’ fight to retake the House has homed in on reproductive rights and singled out lawmakers like Perry with long anti-abortion records. Democrats are looking at it as a prime pickup …

Politico reports: Republicans are racing to plug a massive money hole — before it’s too late. Panic is starting to set in. “The only thing preventing us from having a great night in November is the massive financial disparity our party currently faces,” said Jason Thielman, the executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. “We are on a trajectory …

The right wing Daily Caller reports: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson had to intervene to get former President Donald Trump into Arlington National Cemetery for the third anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal with Gold Star families, a family told the Daily Caller. Another source familiar with the conversations between the Gold Star families and Arlington National Cemetery said that …

Florida Politics reports: Days after Whitney Fox [photo] won her Democratic Primary, a poll conducted for Florida Politics shows her leading U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna. St. Pete Polls found almost 48% of likely voters plan to support Fox, while just over 44% intend to vote for Luna. The same poll found Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris leading Republican nominee …

The Hill reports: Democrats are increasingly bullish about their chances of flipping the House now that Vice President Harris, and not President Biden, will sit at the top of the ticket in November. Coming out of the party’s national convention in Chicago last week, a long list of lawmakers said the eleventh-hour roster change has led to a flood of …

Politico reports: Rep. Yadira Caraveo said Monday she sought treatment at Walter Reed Medical Center for symptoms of depression that worsened in recent months. Caraveo, a first-term Democrat facing a competitive reelection bid in Colorado, said she was disclosing her treatment “because I believe we need to de-stigmatize mental illness” nationwide. “In recent months, my depression became more severe, so …

NBC News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., marked the third anniversary of the terrorist attack at the Kabul airport today by announcing that lawmakers will hold a ceremony next month awarding the the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. service members killed in the attack. Families of the service members will be presented with the medals in the …

Axios reports: The Harris campaign is casting a drastically wider net in recruiting House Democrats to stump for the presidential ticket, gauging the interest of almost every member, Axios has learned. Over a dozen Democratic lawmakers and aides described a “night-and-day” contrast with the surrogate operation under President Biden. To many House members, the shift is evidence of their new …