Ursula Perano

The freshman senator seems to be leaving all doors open, insiders told NOTUS: reelection, retirement, and even a long-shot run for president.

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“If we've got to take a mixture of everything and put it together, I'm OK with that,” one GOP senator said.

There’s little appetite for another government shutdown.

“It could pass the House, right?” Republican Sen. John Hoeven said. “But for it to pass the Senate, we're going to have some reforms.”

Republicans seem comfortable with the lack of advanced notice about the attack, and suggested the president was within his rights to act unilaterally.

Democrats argue Secretary of State Marco Rubio wouldn't have supported an operation like the one in Venezuela when he served in the Senate.

“We're in the red zone, but that doesn't mean a touchdown,” Sen. Bernie Moreno said. “It could be a 95-yard fumble. So we're right there.”

The Senate plan, co-led by Susan Collins, would extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies that expired at the end of 2025.

Democrats played hardball in the last round of government funding. This time, not so much.