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Democratic Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada, speaking to Politico about President Donald Trump’s “no tax on tips” policy. Five percent of Nevada workers earn tips, double the national average. Democrats in the state are trying to blunt the Republican messaging advantage on the widely popular policy that Trump began touting during his campaign. (Politico)
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser’s reported words to President Donald Trump right before he took office in January. The president had spent months on the campaign trail threatening to take control of the city, which he characterized as crime-ridden and dysfunctional. Since Trump took office, the mayor has been walking a careful line, attempting to work with the president and stop him from taking direct control of the city while appeasing her largely Democratic constituents who have been somewhat critical of her conciliatory approach. (Washington Post)
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Robb Pitts, chair of Georgia’s Fulton County Commission, dismissed new efforts by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice to revisit Georgia’s 2020 election results. Pitts said the county has long complied with election laws and that multiple investigations and recounts have already affirmed the integrity of the vote. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, Illinois’ senior senator and the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat, defended his decision to join seven colleagues in backing a GOP plan to end the nation’s longest government shutdown. Durbin said he supported the temporary deal — which would reopen the government through Jan. 30 and restore pay to furloughed workers — despite progressive backlash because it offered a path to protect food and veterans’ assistance programs. The agreement, he said, came with an extraordinary pledge from Senate Republican leader John Thune to hold a December vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies, though it stops short of guaranteeing an extension. (Chicago Tribune)
