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- How bad Democrats’ gerontocracy problem really is.
- Why the gun lobby is rejoicing.
- A renewed push against Big Credit Card.
- Big Tech’s AI wishlist that made it into “the big beautiful bill.”
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TODAY'S NUGGETS
👴🏻 MAGA dominance, brought to you by aging Dems. Today, the House passed Republicans’ budget narrowly by a 215-to-214 vote — meaning Democrats could have blocked the bill from moving to the Senate if three of their voting members hadn’t died this session. That includes Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, who passed at 75 yesterday, just hours before the vote. He’s joined by Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona, 77, and Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas, 70. (Turner passed after succeeding longtime Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died in office last year at 74.) Eight members of Congress have died in office since November 2022 — and all were Democrats.
- Connolly first announced he’d been diagnosed with esophageal cancer shortly after his reelection in November, but he refused to give up his seat or new leadership position on the powerful House Oversight Committee.
