Heard on the Hill
What we're hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill
TEXAS IS CORNYN’S “FOR THE TAKING”: New polling from the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF) shows Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) with the momentum in his primary race next year. “Cornyn, who was once trailing by an average of 17 points at the start of July, is now locked in a tied race with Ken Paxton,” the memo says.
NO SHARIA GROWS: Rep. Randy Fine’s (R., Fla.) bill that would “ensure that no U.S. court, public agency, or legal institution can ever enforce or legitimize Sharia law,” is adding cosponsors like Reps. Brandon Gill (R., Texas), Chip Roy (R., Texas), and John McGuire (R., Va.).
OCCUPIED TERRITORY?: On a call hosted by the American Medical Association (AMA), a doctor called Oakland, California “occupied territory.” The AMA, Greg Price — who unearthed the video — noted, “is responsible for accrediting medical schools and rakes in millions of dollars using government-granted CPT codes that no doctor, hospital, or insurer can get paid without.”
TRUMP EFFECT WORLDWIDE: Shortly after President Donald Trump designated ANTIFA as a terrorist organization, lawmakers in Poland’s conservative Law and Justice Party followed suit, demanding that ANTIFA “be recognized in Poland and in the European Union as terrorist organizations.”
BICE TRY: Rep. Stephanie Bice (R., Okla.) had one of the better points about a potential Schumer Shutdown that we have seen. “The Dems are demanding we make the ACA COVID subsidies permanent or they will shut the government down,” Bice noted. “I’m beginning to wonder if the Affordable Care Act was a ruse…make healthcare costs so expensive you can’t afford the premiums — and the only way out is a government run healthcare (single payer) system.”
EPSTEIN’S DNC DOLLARS: Disgraced sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein directly donated $32,000 to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) over the years, but the DNC has yet to return a single penny, Fox News’s Ashley Oliver reported.
WHAT YEAR IS IT? The Washington Post’s Anna Liss-Roy is emailing members of Congress asking them if they are planning to get a COVID-19 vaccine this fall.
GETTING DESPERATE: Rep. Thomas Massie (R., Ky.) posted a picture of Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) with Kentucky Rabbi Shlomo Litvin in a bizarre fundraising plea. “Speaker Johnson just met privately with the Kentucky AIPAC guy who’s been trying to defeat me for many years because I won’t fund foreign wars and I don’t vote for foreign aid to any country,” Massie wrote. “They’re gunning for me.” One Kentucky Republican explained to the Reporter why voters in the Bluegrass State are getting fed up with Massie. “He’s just been pulling the same Squad anti-Semitism, and none of our media cares.”
COINAGE: Reps. August Pfluger (R., Texas) and Abe Hamadeh (R., Ariz.) want Charlie Kirk’s legacy imprinted on America’s money supply. The duo — both of whom are members of the conservative Republican Study Committee — rolled out a proposal to mint Kirk coins with the inscription “well done, good and faithful servant” on the side opposite the one with Kirk’s face.
ICYMI: The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) sent out a release on our story about how “Iowa Democrats’ silence on “Palestine” recognition [is] already impacting Senate race.” Thanks for reading!