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The Problem Solvers Caucus sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy this morning calling for a 'return to regular order in the House” after a year of massive pandemic aid packages fast-tracked to the floor

Imagine being told, “you may or may not have a job in a couple of months. We’ll get back to you.” Do you start looking for another or do you just keep your fingers crossed? Many of the House’s most vulnerable Democrats are in this uncomfortable waiting period where they have to wait months before they will find out if they stand a chance of winning their seats next year after congressional maps undergo their once-in-a-decade redraw.

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"We believe a return to regular order can help build the necessary support from both parties to enact meaningful, bipartisan legislation,” the group wrote in a letter. Read the full letter here:Lawmakers from both parties embarked on dueling trips to the U.S.-Mexico border this weekend -- and even though they both sought to spotlight the same overall problem of a surge of migrants at the border, the two parties have adopted far different messaging strategies.led by Texas Sens.

There was also a Saturday trip led by Rep. Veronica Escobar , whose delegation featured seven Democrats and one Republican in El Paso, Texas.As Biden’s DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas has warned that the U.S. is “on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border than we have in the last 20 years.” However, the Biden administration is immediately expelling the vast majority of migrants crossing the border.

the Republican delegation to the border first requested to use Border Patrol boats, which are not outfitted with weapons, but that request was denied. They also requested that the weapons be removed from the DPS boats that they ended up using, but to no avail.Family groups crossing border in soaring numbers point to next phase of crisis, by WaPo’s Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti:

 

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Nothing but a Cruz/ Graham publicity stunt👎🤮🤢

Don't normalize Stephen Miller. Don't normalize white nationalism and fascism.

Of course what a mess. How about next time we send the UN with public cameras. No bias. Even a Netflix Documentary would be cheaper and more accurate of the whole situation. Why they might even travel with these people and see why they are actually coming.

Who paid for their travel expenses for this bullshit, photo-op trip?

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