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President Trump and White House officials have chosen which programs to fund during the federal government shutdown — and they’re doing it without permission from Congress.
A handful of bipartisan lawmakers aren’t happy.
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Trump reportedly asked Justice Department to pay him $230 million for past cases
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ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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Judge questions whether New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver was illegally targeted by the Trump administration
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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Judge questions whether New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver was illegally targeted by the Trump administration
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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What we read
Trump reportedly asked Justice Department to pay him $230 million for past cases
After clergy arrests, religious resistance to ICE expands in Chicago
Judge questions whether New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver was illegally targeted by the Trump administration
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
In case you missed it
NEW from Layla A. Jones: Trump uses ‘classical architecture’ as ‘a dog whistle for white nationalists’
Morning memo: Lindsey Halligan gets her own signal chat fiasco
The latest in TPM’s 25th anniversary essay series on the last 25 years of digital media: Can Substack reclaim the blogosphere we lost?
Yesterday’s most read story
The subtle genius of “No Kings”
What we read
Trump reportedly asked Justice Department to pay him $230 million for past cases
After clergy arrests, religious resistance to ICE expands in Chicago
Judge questions whether New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver was illegally targeted by the Trump administration
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
In case you missed it
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The latest in TPM’s 25th anniversary essay series on the last 25 years of digital media: Can Substack reclaim the blogosphere we lost?
Yesterday’s most read story
The subtle genius of “No Kings”
What we read
Trump reportedly asked Justice Department to pay him $230 million for past cases
After clergy arrests, religious resistance to ICE expands in Chicago
Judge questions whether New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver was illegally targeted by the Trump administration
The events will take place at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan on Thursday 11/6, then we will host a party at Bogart House in Brooklyn on Friday 11/7.
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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The 25th anniversary of TPM is approaching and there are still tickets available to join us in the festivities! TPM will host a live recording of the Josh Marshall podcast featuring Kate Riga in New York. Earlier this evening, I will co-host a panel discussion on the last 25 years of political news and TPM’s role in it, with TPM alumni, myself, and TPM editors John Light and David Kurtz 🙂
The events will take place at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan on Thursday 11/6, then we will host a party at Bogart House in Brooklyn on Friday 11/7.
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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The 25th anniversary of TPM is approaching and there are still tickets available to join us in the festivities! TPM will host a live recording of the Josh Marshall podcast featuring Kate Riga in New York. Earlier this evening, I will co-host a panel discussion on the last 25 years of political news and TPM’s role in it, with TPM alumni, myself, and TPM editors John Light and David Kurtz 🙂
The events will take place at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan on Thursday 11/6, then we will host a party at Bogart House in Brooklyn on Friday 11/7.
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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While it is significant that at least a few Republicans are expressing that something about the Trump administration’s handling of the shutdown may not be legal, it is unlikely to change anything. This is, after all, the same Republican conference that rubber-stamped cuts to Elon Musk’s anarchic DOGE rampage through the federal government earlier this year.
—Nicole LaFond
Happy 25th TPM
The 25th anniversary of TPM is approaching and there are still tickets available to join us in the festivities! TPM will host a live recording of the Josh Marshall podcast featuring Kate Riga in New York. Earlier this evening, I will co-host a panel discussion on the last 25 years of political news and TPM’s role in it, with TPM alumni, myself, and TPM editors John Light and David Kurtz 🙂
The events will take place at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan on Thursday 11/6, then we will host a party at Bogart House in Brooklyn on Friday 11/7.
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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“While this is a desired outcome, there is a process that is required – by the Constitution and by law – for Congress to be not only consulted but engaged,” said Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-KS). Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) made similar remarks.
While it is significant that at least a few Republicans are expressing that something about the Trump administration’s handling of the shutdown may not be legal, it is unlikely to change anything. This is, after all, the same Republican conference that rubber-stamped cuts to Elon Musk’s anarchic DOGE rampage through the federal government earlier this year.
—Nicole LaFond
Happy 25th TPM
The 25th anniversary of TPM is approaching and there are still tickets available to join us in the festivities! TPM will host a live recording of the Josh Marshall podcast featuring Kate Riga in New York. Earlier this evening, I will co-host a panel discussion on the last 25 years of political news and TPM’s role in it, with TPM alumni, myself, and TPM editors John Light and David Kurtz 🙂
The events will take place at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan on Thursday 11/6, then we will host a party at Bogart House in Brooklyn on Friday 11/7.
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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Schatz’s Republican colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee are also expressing legal concerns about how the White House is using money during the shutdown.
“While this is a desired outcome, there is a process that is required – by the Constitution and by law – for Congress to be not only consulted but engaged,” said Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-KS). Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) made similar remarks.
While it is significant that at least a few Republicans are expressing that something about the Trump administration’s handling of the shutdown may not be legal, it is unlikely to change anything. This is, after all, the same Republican conference that rubber-stamped cuts to Elon Musk’s anarchic DOGE rampage through the federal government earlier this year.
—Nicole LaFond
Happy 25th TPM
The 25th anniversary of TPM is approaching and there are still tickets available to join us in the festivities! TPM will host a live recording of the Josh Marshall podcast featuring Kate Riga in New York. Earlier this evening, I will co-host a panel discussion on the last 25 years of political news and TPM’s role in it, with TPM alumni, myself, and TPM editors John Light and David Kurtz 🙂
The events will take place at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan on Thursday 11/6, then we will host a party at Bogart House in Brooklyn on Friday 11/7.
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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“Look, I want the troops to be paid,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) told Politico. “But as usual, they find the most illegal way to do everything.”
Schatz’s Republican colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee are also expressing legal concerns about how the White House is using money during the shutdown.
“While this is a desired outcome, there is a process that is required – by the Constitution and by law – for Congress to be not only consulted but engaged,” said Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-KS). Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) made similar remarks.
While it is significant that at least a few Republicans are expressing that something about the Trump administration’s handling of the shutdown may not be legal, it is unlikely to change anything. This is, after all, the same Republican conference that rubber-stamped cuts to Elon Musk’s anarchic DOGE rampage through the federal government earlier this year.
—Nicole LaFond
Happy 25th TPM
The 25th anniversary of TPM is approaching and there are still tickets available to join us in the festivities! TPM will host a live recording of the Josh Marshall podcast featuring Kate Riga in New York. Earlier this evening, I will co-host a panel discussion on the last 25 years of political news and TPM’s role in it, with TPM alumni, myself, and TPM editors John Light and David Kurtz 🙂
The events will take place at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan on Thursday 11/6, then we will host a party at Bogart House in Brooklyn on Friday 11/7.
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
In case you missed it
NEW from Layla A. Jones: Trump uses ‘classical architecture’ as ‘a dog whistle for white nationalists’
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What we read
Trump reportedly asked Justice Department to pay him $230 million for past cases
After clergy arrests, religious resistance to ICE expands in Chicago
Judge questions whether New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver was illegally targeted by the Trump administration
“Look, I want the troops to be paid,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) told Politico. “But as usual, they find the most illegal way to do everything.”
Schatz’s Republican colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee are also expressing legal concerns about how the White House is using money during the shutdown.
“While this is a desired outcome, there is a process that is required – by the Constitution and by law – for Congress to be not only consulted but engaged,” said Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-KS). Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) made similar remarks.
While it is significant that at least a few Republicans are expressing that something about the Trump administration’s handling of the shutdown may not be legal, it is unlikely to change anything. This is, after all, the same Republican conference that rubber-stamped cuts to Elon Musk’s anarchic DOGE rampage through the federal government earlier this year.
—Nicole LaFond
Happy 25th TPM
The 25th anniversary of TPM is approaching and there are still tickets available to join us in the festivities! TPM will host a live recording of the Josh Marshall podcast featuring Kate Riga in New York. Earlier this evening, I will co-host a panel discussion on the last 25 years of political news and TPM’s role in it, with TPM alumni, myself, and TPM editors John Light and David Kurtz 🙂
The events will take place at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan on Thursday 11/6, then we will host a party at Bogart House in Brooklyn on Friday 11/7.
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
In case you missed it
NEW from Layla A. Jones: Trump uses ‘classical architecture’ as ‘a dog whistle for white nationalists’
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What we read
Trump reportedly asked Justice Department to pay him $230 million for past cases
After clergy arrests, religious resistance to ICE expands in Chicago
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This is all illegal. The White House is supposed to seek approval from Congress and follow a process called “reprogramming” to legally transfer funds that were appropriated by Congress into an account. Of course, that didn’t happen, according to Politico:
Trump administration officials have not provided details to major congressional donors about how much money the White House believes is available, nor have they submitted requests to Capitol Hill to reprogram money.
“Look, I want the troops to be paid,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) told Politico. “But as usual, they find the most illegal way to do everything.”
Schatz’s Republican colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee are also expressing legal concerns about how the White House is using money during the shutdown.
“While this is a desired outcome, there is a process that is required – by the Constitution and by law – for Congress to be not only consulted but engaged,” said Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-KS). Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) made similar remarks.
While it is significant that at least a few Republicans are expressing that something about the Trump administration’s handling of the shutdown may not be legal, it is unlikely to change anything. This is, after all, the same Republican conference that rubber-stamped cuts to Elon Musk’s anarchic DOGE rampage through the federal government earlier this year.
—Nicole LaFond
Happy 25th TPM
The 25th anniversary of TPM is approaching and there are still tickets available to join us in the festivities! TPM will host a live recording of the Josh Marshall podcast featuring Kate Riga in New York. Earlier this evening, I will co-host a panel discussion on the last 25 years of political news and TPM’s role in it, with TPM alumni, myself, and TPM editors John Light and David Kurtz 🙂
The events will take place at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan on Thursday 11/6, then we will host a party at Bogart House in Brooklyn on Friday 11/7.
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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The White House has also been politically selective about which programs it uses to attack Democrats and which it keeps quietly funded. Last week, for example, it was reported that the White House planned to find a way to continue paying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents throughout the shutdown, despite funding shortfalls. Trump reportedly plans to continue illegally moving money to cover military salaries if the government does not reopen by the end of the month, according to Politico.
This is all illegal. The White House is supposed to seek approval from Congress and follow a process called “reprogramming” to legally transfer funds that were appropriated by Congress into an account. Of course, that didn’t happen, according to Politico:
Trump administration officials have not provided details to major congressional donors about how much money the White House believes is available, nor have they submitted requests to Capitol Hill to reprogram money.
“Look, I want the troops to be paid,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) told Politico. “But as usual, they find the most illegal way to do everything.”
Schatz’s Republican colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee are also expressing legal concerns about how the White House is using money during the shutdown.
“While this is a desired outcome, there is a process that is required – by the Constitution and by law – for Congress to be not only consulted but engaged,” said Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-KS). Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) made similar remarks.
While it is significant that at least a few Republicans are expressing that something about the Trump administration’s handling of the shutdown may not be legal, it is unlikely to change anything. This is, after all, the same Republican conference that rubber-stamped cuts to Elon Musk’s anarchic DOGE rampage through the federal government earlier this year.
—Nicole LaFond
Happy 25th TPM
The 25th anniversary of TPM is approaching and there are still tickets available to join us in the festivities! TPM will host a live recording of the Josh Marshall podcast featuring Kate Riga in New York. Earlier this evening, I will co-host a panel discussion on the last 25 years of political news and TPM’s role in it, with TPM alumni, myself, and TPM editors John Light and David Kurtz 🙂
The events will take place at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan on Thursday 11/6, then we will host a party at Bogart House in Brooklyn on Friday 11/7.
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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Here’s how the cycle has played out in recent weeks: The White House and Republican lawmakers will publicly complain about troops not getting paid or mothers on WIC losing access to the Supplemental Nutrition Program. The Trump White House then decides, a few days later, that it will withdraw some of the funds from so-called tariff revenues to finance WIC, or from an unspent pocket of Pentagon research to cover the salaries of active-duty military personnel. Much of the public outcry over troops not getting paid or low-income families not receiving their WIC or SNAP benefits has been used as a stick to attack Democrats and blame them for the shutdown (which ignores the fact that Republicans could easily win their votes to reopen the government if they agreed to Democrats’ demands to extend the Obamacare subsidies that expire in December).
The White House has also been politically selective about which programs it uses to attack Democrats and which it keeps quietly funded. Last week, for example, it was reported that the White House planned to find a way to continue paying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents throughout the shutdown, despite funding shortfalls. Trump reportedly plans to continue illegally moving money to cover military salaries if the government does not reopen by the end of the month, according to Politico.
This is all illegal. The White House is supposed to seek approval from Congress and follow a process called “reprogramming” to legally transfer funds that were appropriated by Congress into an account. Of course, that didn’t happen, according to Politico:
Trump administration officials have not provided details to major congressional donors about how much money the White House believes is available, nor have they submitted requests to Capitol Hill to reprogram money.
“Look, I want the troops to be paid,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) told Politico. “But as usual, they find the most illegal way to do everything.”
Schatz’s Republican colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee are also expressing legal concerns about how the White House is using money during the shutdown.
“While this is a desired outcome, there is a process that is required – by the Constitution and by law – for Congress to be not only consulted but engaged,” said Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-KS). Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) made similar remarks.
While it is significant that at least a few Republicans are expressing that something about the Trump administration’s handling of the shutdown may not be legal, it is unlikely to change anything. This is, after all, the same Republican conference that rubber-stamped cuts to Elon Musk’s anarchic DOGE rampage through the federal government earlier this year.
—Nicole LaFond
Happy 25th TPM
The 25th anniversary of TPM is approaching and there are still tickets available to join us in the festivities! TPM will host a live recording of the Josh Marshall podcast featuring Kate Riga in New York. Earlier this evening, I will co-host a panel discussion on the last 25 years of political news and TPM’s role in it, with TPM alumni, myself, and TPM editors John Light and David Kurtz 🙂
The events will take place at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan on Thursday 11/6, then we will host a party at Bogart House in Brooklyn on Friday 11/7.
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
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What we read
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Here’s how the cycle has played out in recent weeks: The White House and Republican lawmakers will publicly complain about troops not getting paid or mothers on WIC losing access to the Supplemental Nutrition Program. The Trump White House then decides, a few days later, that it will withdraw some of the funds from so-called tariff revenues to finance WIC, or from an unspent pocket of Pentagon research to cover the salaries of active-duty military personnel. Much of the public outcry over troops not getting paid or low-income families not receiving their WIC or SNAP benefits has been used as a stick to attack Democrats and blame them for the shutdown (which ignores the fact that Republicans could easily win their votes to reopen the government if they agreed to Democrats’ demands to extend the Obamacare subsidies that expire in December).
The White House has also been politically selective about which programs it uses to attack Democrats and which it keeps quietly funded. Last week, for example, it was reported that the White House planned to find a way to continue paying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents throughout the shutdown, despite funding shortfalls. Trump reportedly plans to continue illegally moving money to cover military salaries if the government does not reopen by the end of the month, according to Politico.
This is all illegal. The White House is supposed to seek approval from Congress and follow a process called “reprogramming” to legally transfer funds that were appropriated by Congress into an account. Of course, that didn’t happen, according to Politico:
Trump administration officials have not provided details to major congressional donors about how much money the White House believes is available, nor have they submitted requests to Capitol Hill to reprogram money.
“Look, I want the troops to be paid,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) told Politico. “But as usual, they find the most illegal way to do everything.”
Schatz’s Republican colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee are also expressing legal concerns about how the White House is using money during the shutdown.
“While this is a desired outcome, there is a process that is required – by the Constitution and by law – for Congress to be not only consulted but engaged,” said Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-KS). Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) made similar remarks.
While it is significant that at least a few Republicans are expressing that something about the Trump administration’s handling of the shutdown may not be legal, it is unlikely to change anything. This is, after all, the same Republican conference that rubber-stamped cuts to Elon Musk’s anarchic DOGE rampage through the federal government earlier this year.
—Nicole LaFond
Happy 25th TPM
The 25th anniversary of TPM is approaching and there are still tickets available to join us in the festivities! TPM will host a live recording of the Josh Marshall podcast featuring Kate Riga in New York. Earlier this evening, I will co-host a panel discussion on the last 25 years of political news and TPM’s role in it, with TPM alumni, myself, and TPM editors John Light and David Kurtz 🙂
The events will take place at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan on Thursday 11/6, then we will host a party at Bogart House in Brooklyn on Friday 11/7.
All my loyal WTS readers can get 33% off ticket prices using the WTS discount code at this link. I hope to see you there!
—Nicole LaFond
Vulnerable House GOPers urge Johnson to focus on expiring Obamacare subsidies
Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans on Tuesday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to “immediately focus on the growing health care affordability crisis and the impending expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits” once the shutdown ends.
In a letter to Johnson, the Republican group warned him that “millions of Americans are facing drastic increases in their premiums” because Obamacare subsidies expire at the end of the year.
While the letter blamed Democrats for the current situation and condemned them for exploiting government funding negotiations to extend the credit, they urged Johnson to help the party “chart a conservative path” on appropriations.
“Letting these tax credits expire without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent. Nonetheless, we must chart a conservative path forward that protects the working families in our districts across the country who rely on these credits,” the letter said.
Congressional Democrats, of course, have for weeks been asking Republicans to work with them to extend the subsidies, while Republican Party leaders have refused.
-Emine Yucel
Closure exposes risks of relying on private economic data
Trump-appointed Fed Governor Christopher Waller revealed in an August speech that ADP provides the Fed with weekly payroll figures that cover “about 20% of the nation’s private workforce” and suggested the report was different, although “comparable,” to the report ADP widely publishes. The revelation of this exclusive relationship apparently upset decision-makers at the private economic data company and led them to end their relationship with the central bank, according to an article in The American Prospect. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell then reportedly wrote a letter to ADP, asking the company to start sharing payroll numbers again.
According to The American Prospect:
[T]Powell’s letter, which has not been made public, suggests that ADP was unhappy about the collaboration’s disclosure, perhaps because its other clients did not know about it and put it on hold. Powell, according to those who saw the letter, asked ADP to resume the collaboration. There was a “whiff of desperation” in the letter, one source said, with Powell saying the data was sorely needed.
The central bank uses this information to determine the state of the economy and set policy on inflation and employment, a particularly important function now given the breakdown of public data caused by the government shutdown and other efforts by Trump to exert influence over government statistics. The Fed is expected to announce its decision on further interest rate cuts at a meeting next week.
ADP’s ability and apparent willingness to end its data-sharing relationship with the Fed highlights the risks of relying on private companies and data to replace public statistics agencies, which have long been underfunded and have been under attack by the president.
-Layla A. Jones
In case you missed it
NEW from Layla A. Jones: Trump uses ‘classical architecture’ as ‘a dog whistle for white nationalists’
Morning memo: Lindsey Halligan gets her own signal chat fiasco
The latest in TPM’s 25th anniversary essay series on the last 25 years of digital media: Can Substack reclaim the blogosphere we lost?
Yesterday’s most read story
The subtle genius of “No Kings”
What we read
Trump reportedly asked Justice Department to pay him $230 million for past cases
After clergy arrests, religious resistance to ICE expands in Chicago
Judge questions whether New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver was illegally targeted by the Trump administration
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