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Some protestors in Brooklyn calling to loot the Target, but organizers are rushing in front of the store to stop them, keep things non-violent #nycprotest
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"Nobody elected Joe Biden to be FDR," McCarthy says in his floor speech.
"I did!" one Democrat pipes up.
"Me too!" says another.
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“I don’t have a budget,” Grijalva tells reporters.
Says she:
- Can’t lease an office in her district
- Is using her own saved up miles to travel between Arizona and D.C.
- Can’t provide constituent services
“There’s so much that cannot be done until I am sworn in,” she says.
“She is not able to do constituent work,” Raskin says of Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva not being sworn in.
She has constituent casework “piling up on her desk,” he says
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Rep. Liz Cheney says she’s a YES on bill to repeal DOMA + codify federal recognition for marriage equality.
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prestige tv formula is actually just gwendoline christie beating the crap out of a very unkempt man #Severance
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Pelosi to the GOP side, in response to snickers over her suggestion BBB will cut the debt: "Did I hear a laugh over there? Did I hear a laugh from those who added $2 trillion in tax cuts for the richest people in America?"
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Multiple members of Congress, including @AOC, being arrested by Capitol Police for blocking traffic outside the Supreme Court in abortion rights demonstration:
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Q: “Are you disappointed with the way [Republicans] have treated your daughter?”
Dick Cheney: “My daughter can take care of herself.”
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California Rep. Eric Swalwell coming out of votes carrying a coconut.
“Staying hydrated,” he tells reporters.
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I spoke with one of the organizers who was holding people back, a Brooklyn resident named David.
This interview was conducted as protestors were fleeing charging NYPD Officers #nycprotest:
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HBO dropping this the night before the markets open is actually insane timing
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NEW: Jan. 6 Select Committee Chair Bennie Thompson says they will request testimony from Ginni Thomas in light of the Eastman emails.
“We think it’s time that we, at some point, invite her to come talk to the committee.”
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is maskless on the floor in violation of the House mask mandate, just got a talking to from floor staff.
Greene, who has already been hit with $500 and $2,500 fines, could face further $2,500 fines.
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McCarthy in a floor speech alleges Democrats’ social spending bill is actually $5 trillion.
A group of Dems heckle him by shouting out increasingly large numbers:
“$6 trillion!”
“$7 trillion!”
“$8 trillion! 9!”
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WH logs indicate these members attended a Dec. 21 WH meeting, per Murphy:
Babin, Biggs, Gaetz, Gohmert, Gosar, Harris, Hice, Jordan and Perry + Rep-elect Greene.
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Rep. Brian Mast is wearing his IDF uniform for the GOP conference meeting today.
“Tlaib has her flag, I got my uniform.”
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This meme is being shared around on House Democrats’ text chains, per a House Democrat:
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The trucker convoy is making its way through Capitol Hill horns blaring, with residents yelling at them to “go home” and “fuck off”
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Kinzinger, asked if voters can trust his party with the majority: "If we're gonna be in charge and pushing conspiracy and pushing division and pushing lies, then the Republican Party should not have the majority."
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NEW: House Dem Whip Clark sends Speaker Johnson a letter railing against the cancellation of votes today & tmrw.
Says the resultant delay in Adelita Grijalva's swearing in "calls into question if the motive behind the delay is to further avoid the release of the Epstein files."
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NEW: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are asking DOJ's Bondi and FBI's Patel to "immediately clarify" whether Musk's claims about Trump and the Epstein files are true, @Axios has learned. axios.com/2025/06/06/trump-e…
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Almost no American knows this man's name and yet he's been one of the single most important figures in the last two Senate elections.
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The entire Colorado congressional delegation, including Republicans, pushing back on Trump’s Space Command announcement.
“Colorado Springs is the appropriate home for U.S. Space Command, and we will take the necessary action to keep it there.”
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More than 670,000 white flags have been planted on the Washingon Mall to honor each American death from coronavirus.
It’s incredibly difficult to capture the sheer scale of this project with one photo, or even one video.
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Some right-wing members repeatedly remaining seated in standing ovations during the Zelensky speech:
- Matt Gaetz
- Lauren Boebert
- Andrew Clyde
- Dianne Harshbarger
- Warren Davidson
- Michael Cloud
- Jim Jordan
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Sotomayor dissent against 5-4 decision declining to block Texas' abortion law:
"In effect, the Texas Legislature has deputized the State’s citizens as bounty hunters, offering them cash prizes for civilly prosecuting their neighbors’ medical procedures." supremecourt.gov/opinions/20…
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Rep. Thomas Massie has officially filed his Epstein files discharge petition:
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👀 Jan. 6 select committee member Jamie Raskin says as the panel reviews thousands of pages of documents, “New facts are surfacing every single day about how this attack was organized, financed and executed.”
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Rep. Maxwell Frost elected co-chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee.
First Gen Z congressional leader.
@Axios reported on his bid here: axios.com/2024/11/15/maxwell…
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By my count, roughly 100 of the 212 House Democrats and 27 of 51 Senate Democrats (and Dem-caucusing independents) are in the chamber for Netanyahu's speech.
That's around half of each caucus absent.
House Democrats currently in the chamber for the Netanyahu speech:
Suozzi
Moskowitz
Vargas
Kilmer
Peters
Cartwright
Pallone
Swalwell
Sorensen
Phillips
Manning
Golden
Lieu
Kennedy
Neguse
Gonzalez
Espaillat
Davids
Thanedar
Pappas
Frankel
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I think it would be a genuinely interesting experiment for CNN to fill their newly empty primetime slot with straight news programming and just… see what the numbers look like.
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Absolutely massive crowd at the Massie/Khanna press conference with the Epstein victims:
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31 House Dems push for Ticketmaster investigation “in light of the Taylor Swift tour fiasco.”
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Imagine telling someone in the midst of the 2020 uproar that DeJoy would last the entire four years of a Democratic administration and not even make it a month into the subsequent Republican administration
United States Postal Service Announces Tenure Plan of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. b.link/wnz9n2gm
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Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat who reps part of Dulles, weighs in on GOP bill to rename the airport after Trump.
"Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges. If Republicans want to name something after him, I'd suggest they find a federal prison."
@Axios axios.com/2024/04/02/house-r…
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Pelosi announces committee assignments:
Mary Peltola - Natural Resources
Pat Ryan - Armed Services
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Virginia Police Benevolent Association, which backed Republican Glenn Youngkin in 2021, is endorsing Democrat Abigail Spanberger for Virginia governor this year:
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Pelosi: “On Jan. 6, we begged the president of the United States to send the National Guard. He would not do it.”
“And yet, in a contra-constitutional way, he has sent the National Guard into California. Something is very wrong with this picture.”
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Happening now: Jewish Democratic Reps. Jared Moskowitz, Josh Gottheimer, Dan Goldman and Kathy Manning preparing to walk through the Columbia University campus.
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11 House Republicans send letters to 13 telecom companies vowing to "pursue all legal remedies" if they comply with the Jan. 6 committee's records request.
"Please be advised that the undersigned do not consent to the release of confidential call records or data," it concludes.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar plays a voicemail she says she received “hours” after Rep. Lauren Boebert posted a video about their phone call:
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the pope really said
In recent years, many young people have approached the faith through social media, successful programs and popular online Christian witnesses. The danger is that a faith discovered online is limited to individual experiences, which may be intellectually and emotionally reassuring, but never “embodied.” Such experiences remain “disembodied,” detached from the “ecclesial body.”
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NEW: Pelosi endorses Harris
"My enthusiastic support for Kamala Harris for President is official, personal and political."
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NEW: Liz Cheney on Trump endorsing her primary challenger.
"It is tragic that some in this race have sacrificed... duty to the people of Wyoming, out of fear and in favor of loyalty to a former president who... provoked an attack on the U.S. Capitol."
Full stmt 👇
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Rep. Marcy Kaptur is handing out a list of every member of Congress ordered by the median household income in their district, based on census data.
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Greene and Kevin McCarthy are facing calls for an ethics investigation over similar threats.
More here:
forbes.com/sites/andrewsolen…
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GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger says he plans to vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill if it comes up with week.
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Raucous applause for Republican former Rep. Adam Kinzinger at the Democratic National Convention:
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8 Republican YES votes on the Bannon contempt resolution:
Cheney
Kinzinger
Mace
Meijer
Gonzalez (Ohio)
Upton
Katko
Fitzpatrick
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DHS confirms to @Axios that they are considering arresting Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, LaMonica McIver and Rob Menendez.
Watson Coleman's office says they reviewed the body cam footage and that it proves "nobody 'assaulted' any agents."
More here: axios.com/2025/05/10/trump-i…
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the only mystery i want unraveled in this saga is how two journalists could afford a three-story townhouse in georgetown. asking for myself
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New from me @Axios: Dr. Oz has quietly dropped his Trump branding post-primary:
- 70+ tweets about Trump btwn endorsement and primary, none since then
- No new ads feat. Trump vs. tons during primary
- Scrubbed Trump from social media profiles/website axios.com/2022/06/22/dr-oz-t…
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Organizer giving a speech instructing protestors to stay non-violent, isolate instigators.
Call and response: “Do not! Interact! With! The police!”
“If you see! A person! In the crowd! Inciting violence! Call them out! Call them out!”
Crowd overwhelmingly supports #nycprotests
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“We are losing the plot,” says Rep. Ayanna Pressley. “Joe Biden is the nominee.”
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“Sure would’ve been nice to hear from you yesterday,” one Democrat murmers as McCarthy speaks, referencing the Gosar censure debate.
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Rep. Don Bacon, one of the 13 Republicans who voted for the infrastructure bill last night, had a response to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s criticism: “She wouldn't do too well in Omaha."
axios.com/house-republicans-…
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Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell introduce legislation to make election day a federal holiday:
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calling for a complete and total shutdown on isthmus cities until we figure out what the hell is going on
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Gottheimer sides with White House and then some on the IRS funding – says BBB would cut the deficit by at least $112 billion.
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Critical Jewish mom update: She has forgiven Walz for beating Shapiro in the veepstakes
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A group of top House Democrats, led by AOC, send a letter to AG Garland calling for a DOJ investigation into Clarence Thomas:
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Vibe check for tomorrow: A House Democrat deeply skeptical of Biden tells me "the dam is holding" and predicts "very few members will openly speak in favor of Biden stepping aside."
"As someone who wanted the reckoning and is disappointed that it's over, trust me: it's over."
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Source passes along this photo of Sen. John Fetterman at the March for Israel with an Israeli flag draped around him:
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New: Another Jewish House Democrat, Rep. Sara Jacobs, calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Members arrested:
Dean, Velasquez, Lee, Speier, Clark, Jacobs, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Andy Levin, Carolyn Maloney, Adams, Watson Coleman, Escobar, Bush, Schakowsky, Omar & Pressley.
w/ @OrianaBeLike axios.com/2022/07/19/aoc-dem…
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Pressley:
"The Senate must return to session immediately and bring this historic and transformational bill to a vote so Senator Manchin—and every Republican who has opposed it from the very beginning—can demonstrate, on the record, the contempt they have for their constituents"
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Gillibrand just lobbied Manchin *intensely* on paid family leave on the Senate floor. She wouldn’t let him get where he wanted to go without saying her piece.
“If you let me write it, I will write it. I just want it in this bill!” she exclaimed at one point. “It’s so cheap!”
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McCarthy is met with groans from a group of black woman Dems as he says “if I sound angry, I am.”
Rep. Joyce Beatty then walks out of the chamber with dismissive wave – around a dozen CBC members following along.
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"One minute's up," Rep. Tim Ryan says roughly 20 minutes into McCarthy's speech. He's been one of the most vocal hecklers.
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Inbox: Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell calls on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign over new reporting about Ginni Thomas.
"Clarence Thomas cannot possibly be seen as a neutral actor but instead as a corrupt jurist who has poisoned the High Court."
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Tired: The congressman-elect did not respond to a request for comment.
Inspired: We could not locate the congressman-elect and a person living at his stated address had no knowledge of his existance.
nytimes.com/2022/12/19/nyreg…
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Reps. Khanna, Beyer, Lee & Tlaib introduce bill to:
- Set 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices (current justices grandfathered in), afterwards they can serve on lower courts
- Create regular Supreme Court nominations every other year, give Senate 120 days to confirm
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Democratic Rep-elect Daniel Goldman puts out a statement calling for the FBI and EDNY to investigate his fellow incoming NY freshman, Republican George Santos:
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Pelosi's office sends out a press release near the 2-hour mark of McCarthy's speech calling it a "temper tantrum"
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NEW: Rep. Maxwell Frost formally running for DPCC co-chair.
Among his proposals:
- A program for members to book digital creators, micro-influencers, musicians and artists.
- Workshops on "creating your brand and style"
Would be first Gen Z member of congressional leadership.
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🚨 news you can use: The DNC is serving free tacos outside the RNC building on Capitol Hill from 12-2pm today as a play on the "Trump Always Chickens Out" slogan.
axios.com/2025/06/03/donald-…
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Source sends along this photo from House Democrats’ AIPAC-led trip to Israel.
Reps in the photo include: Pete Aguilar, Brad Schneider, Johnny Olszewski, Nellie Pou, Gil Cisneros, Laura Gillen, Tim Kennedy, Luz Rivas and Wesley Bell
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NEW: Justin Pearson of the "Tennessee 3" is challenging Rep. Steve Cohen.
There's an age dynamic: Cohen is 76, Pearson is 30.
And an ideological one: Cohen left CPC last year + is pro-Israel. Pearson says war in Gaza is a "genocide."
w/ @hollyotterbein axios.com/2025/10/08/justin-…
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NEW: Bowman spox Emma Simon on him pulling the fire alarm.
“Congressman Bowman did not realize he would trigger a building alarm as he was rushing to make an urgent vote. The Congressman regrets any confusion.”
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A House Democrat told @Axios that a colleague called them after a town hall crying and said: "They hate us. They hate us."
One member was asked at a town hall: “Democrats are too nice. Nice and civility doesn't work. Are you prepared for violence?”
axios.com/2025/03/21/democra…
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Quote of the day from Rep. Don Beyer, a staunch Connolly ally:
“Gerry’s a young 74, cancer not withstanding,” he told @Axios
axios.com/2024/12/17/aoc-los…
NEW: Rep. Gerry Connolly defeats Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to become the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, per multiple members in the room.
Connolly defeated AOC 131 to 84
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Here’s where they’re being corralled. The group also includes the assistant House speaker, Katherine Clark.
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Rep. Mondaire Jones says there was “unanimous” endorsement of Biden’s reconciliation framework in the Progressive Caucus meeting.
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New in @Axios AM: Dems are being told by constituents to break the rules, fight dirty — and not be afraid to get hurt.
"Some of them have suggested ... what we really need to do is be willing to get shot," said one House Dem. "There needs to be blood."
axios.com/2025/07/07/democra…
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Telecom companies that got the letters, per Biggs' office: Amazon, AOL, Apple, AT&T, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Snap, T-Mobile, Twitter, U.S. Cellular Corporation, Verizon, Yahoo!
Signers include: Jim Banks, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Madison Cawthorn, Paul Gosar
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NEW: Democrats are facing a historic volume of phone calls from constituents infuriated by Trump.
"I can't recall ever receiving this many calls," says Rep. Jim McGovern, who has been in Congress since 1997.
The message: "Fight harder."
@Axios axios.com/2025/02/06/democra…
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Trump, in a lengthy statement, decries the removal of Richmond's Robert E. Lee statue, calling it "magnificent."
"If only we had Robert E. Lee to command our troops in Afghanistan... What an embarrassment we are suffering because we don’t have the genius of a Robert E. Lee!"
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NEW: Indivisible calls the Senate deal a “surrender” and says “all congressional Democrats should reject out of hand.”
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Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola says she will be absent from House votes this week so she can prepare fish for winter storage:
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