Jill Lawrence
@jilldlawrence.bsky.social
Opinion writer. Pvs: Editor at USA Today Opinion and National Journal, campaign reporter at USA Today and AP. Author, "The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock." My work: https://jilllawrence.com
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The shutdown endgame gets clearer
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November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Oy. As we say on LI.
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Oy. As we say on LI.
Depends. Somebody will need a running mate in '28.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Depends. Somebody will need a running mate in '28.
If you read the last graf, you'll have my answer.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If you read the last graf, you'll have my answer.
OMG Kim. I think I'll just go back to sleep.
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
OMG Kim. I think I'll just go back to sleep.
“I also think it’s highly significant that we’ll have 3 year-long appropriations bills attached,” Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) said.🤦♀️WHAT GOOD are those bipartisan bills if Trump spends taxpayer $s however he wants, whatever the Constitution says? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“I also think it’s highly significant that we’ll have 3 year-long appropriations bills attached,” Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) said.🤦♀️WHAT GOOD are those bipartisan bills if Trump spends taxpayer $s however he wants, whatever the Constitution says? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
They never fixed it. Smart DC people figured out an end run. wamu.org/story/25/10/...
Here's how D.C. solved the billion-dollar budget problem Congress created
District leaders used creative accounting to spend hundreds of millions in revenue, despite federal lawmakers holding up the money.
wamu.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
They never fixed it. Smart DC people figured out an end run. wamu.org/story/25/10/...