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An effort by the libertarian political network founded by the Koch brothers to find common ground on a variety of issues kicks off this week with digital ads and mailers sent out to some members of Congress thanking them for restraint on spending. Last week CNN reported that Americans for Prosperity was launching a post-midterm campaign to bring politicians, business executives and others to work together on criminal justice reform, immigration, fiscal spending and free trade. These North Carolina mailers and ads are part of that strategy, the organization says. Premium content for only $0.99 For the most comprehensive local coverage, subscribe today. “Our country has a spending problem and we are thankful to have policy champions like Reps. Budd, Meadows and Walker working toward reining it in,” AFP state director Chris McCoy said in a statement. We know that a permanent solution for dreams will build stronger communities and stronger families in our state and across the nation.” Americans for Prosperity has been underlining its independence from traditional conservatives. Earlier this year they broke with President Trump on trade issues. McCoy said it was a “political power grab.” At the time, AFP said it would take positions based on good policy, not partisan politics. The Koch network has been pushing for a permanent solution for “Dreamers,” and would like to see Congress make that part of an upcoming spending bill that includes border security, The Hill reports. “After Thanksgiving there is still crucial work to be done in Washington, and the more lawmakers work together the better — whether that’s passing the First Step Act, addressing out-of-control spending or promoting free grade.” Americans for Prosperity Document Pages Text Zoom

WASHINGTON — With the U.S. Senate set to vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination Friday and Saturday, it’s still unclear whether he’ll be confirmed or defeated, although the expectation is that he’ll survive along (mostly) party lines. But one thing’s for sure: The votes will reverberate beyond this election season. Four GOP senators up for re-election in 2020 hail from states that will be top battlegrounds in the next presidential election — Sens. Gardner has been supportive of Judge Kavanaugh throughout the nomination. Nothing in the report changed his mind and he remains supportive of Judge Kavanaughs nomination.” Colorado, of course, is a state that Hillary Clinton won by 5 points in 2016. After that vote, which will last about 30 minutes, there will be up to 30 hours of debate on the nomination – equally divided between Republicans and Democrats – after which they will hold the final vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination. Kavanaugh in the Wall Street Journal: “I was very emotional last Thursday" Out of everything that happened during last Thursday’s Kavanaugh-Ford testimony on Capitol Hill, maybe the most striking was Kavanaugh’s partisan tone in his opening remarks. We said, unequivocally, that each of us, on numerous occasions, had seen Brett stumbling drunk to the point that it would be impossible for him to state with any degree of certainty that he remembered everything that he did when drunk.” But also writing in the Washington Post, Mark A. Perry – a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher who clerked with Kavanaugh at the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1990s – stands up for the nominee. “While I didn’t know Kavanaugh in high school, college or law school, I have known him for virtually all of his professional life — his time as a lawyer and judge, which led to his nomination to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court. These state elections are the most under-reported story in politics, with control of chambers likely tipping from Republicans to Democrats.”