Heard on the Hill – 8/26/24
What we’re hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill – please send us more tips!
Durbin credit card hearing: Hill sources tell us that Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is looking to hold his long-delayed credit card hearing this fall, recognizing that if Republicans take back the Senate, the committee will have no interest in this topic. Our sources said that Durbin’s hearing is not expected to include Discover, the credit card company headquartered in his state, but will instead focus on Discover’s competitors.
He made it to Arlington: President Donald Trump was at Arlington National Cemetery today, along with several of the Gold Star families who lost their loved ones three years ago today during the Biden administration’s failed withdrawal from Afghanistan. Darin Hoover, who lost his son Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, told the Washington Reporter that Trump joining him at Arlington is “an honor not only for our kids,” but it also shows that Trump “cares and is devoted to us as the families of the fallen. For him to take time out of his schedule to be there and to actually lay three wreaths in the names of Taylor and Nicole [Gee] and the rest of the 13 who were killed that day…speaks volumes to the type of man that President Trump is.”
Speaker’s Schedule: Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R., La.) team laid out an ambitious travel schedule to us. He’s got travel to 20 states booked in recent weeks from coast to coast, with stops in Wisconsin and Ohio this week. Yesterday, he was in Minneapolis spotlighting the failures of Gov. Tim Walz (D., Minn.).
SCOTUS shortlist shortly: Our sources tell us that President Donald Trump plans to release a list of judges he would nominate to the Supreme Court in a second term. This was a big catalyst for his 2016 victory, when he released a list of judges to replace Antonin Scalia.
September schedule: Congress has two must-do items on its agenda when it comes back to session: the Continuing Resolution and a fix for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Beverly Hills, that’s where she wants to be: Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) is hosting a joint fundraiser in Beverly Hills for the NRCC, New York Republicans, and her E-PAC. Hosts include Ed Lewis, Stacey Feinberg, Lisa Korbatov, and Lori Miller.
