Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) drew condemnation from Republican colleagues for suggesting that the ongoing government shutdown is “leverage time” for her party despite its negative effects on federal workers. “Shutdowns are terrible. Of course there will be families that are going to suffer,” Clark said in a recorded interview with Fox News. “We take […]

Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), the House Appropriations Committee chairman, conceded Wednesday that Congress will likely need to craft a new short-term spending deal as time dwindles on the seven-week patch passed by the House in September. Cole told the Washington Examiner in an interview at his U.S. Capitol office that the government shutdown is eating […]

Allies of President Donald Trump are pressuring Indiana state lawmakers to vote on a redistricting proposal after a key state leader predicted the measure would fail. A spokesperson for Rodric Bray, the Indiana Senate’s president pro tempore, told Politico Wednesday morning that “the votes aren’t there for redistricting,” prompting a number of heavyweight Trumpworld figures […]

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Wednesday, Daily on Energy readers! We are kicking off the newsletter with Energy Secretary Chris Wright praising the Trump administration’s success in temporarily delaying a vote on a global shipping carbon tax, calling it a win against “climate nonsense.”  Meanwhile, U.S. shipbuilders, trade groups, and port operators are […]