– Appropriators have a deal on the omnibus.
– It reportedly includes the Electoral Count Act.
– Pentagon wants to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine; Biden hasn’t yet approved.
– House Democrats rejected term limit proposal.
– Kori Schake has good piece about keeping military out of politics.
– At FP Steve Walt says liberalism makes it hard to show restraint in foreign policy.
– At NYT, Nate Cohn explains how GOP under-performed despite winning more House votes than Democrats.
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