Correction: An earlier version of this newsletter misattributed the quote calling the second Republican budget reconciliation bill “dead as shit.” It was spoken by a senior House Republican aide.
Today’s notice: How to steal a million dollars from a trade association — but not how to get away with it. Plus: The House GOP, retreating. Lindsey Graham, under fire. Exclusive Oklahoma polling. And: What to know about last night’s election results.
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What will the House GOP retreat amount to? The answer may come not from the people gathered at Donald Trump’s golf club in Doral, Florida, this week, but from those who chose not to go.
That’s most of them, actually. Less than half of the House Republican Conference was enticed by a trip to Florida. The NOTUS Hill team, many of whom are down in Doral, reports that the number of absences is notable, especially for an election year — they spotted just 105 of the 218 members of the conference at the strategy sessions.
Truly absent are the moderates, those Republicans in tough districts and greatly in need of a strategy for the fall, if you believe public polling.