Debt ceiling

Where Things Stand: One Attention Seeker Meets With Another Attention Seeker
This is your TPM evening briefing.

Would love to be a fly on the wall for this bro-fest.

The one attention-seeker who debased himself on the House floor for an entire week in order to get his new job wanted to show the other attention-seeker, who pretended to want to buy Twitter to own the libs and then actually had to buy it, his new office.

According to several reports from the Hill it seems that Elon Musk met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) today. McCarthy claims that the meeting was just a couple of old pals broing out on his birthday.

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But he also condemned repealing the debt ceiling altogether as “irresponsible.”
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Listen To This: Filibuster Progress?!

A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss Congress finally being on the verge of getting a filibuster carveout… but not for what you think.

You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.

Senate Enters End-Of-Year Crunch
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