JD Vance is heading to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for lunch with Senate Republicans. The White House says the vice president is swinging by to talk tariffs, but it’ll be tough to divert the discussion away from the shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said as much Monday, telling POLITICO he fully expects to hear Vance’s “assessment of where things stand on government funding” alongside “any other range of subjects.”
GOP senators could be anxious to hear from an administration emissary, with President Donald Trump on an overseas trip as the shutdown barrels into its fifth week. Rank-and-file Republicans are split over whether to take…
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