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NEW: After Rep. Katie Porter gave emotional speech to fellow Dems about skyrocketing grocery bills, she said it felt like the first time it sank in with some colleagues
One told her it's not coming up in polls. Her response: “You don’t know what to ask”
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News: House Dems so livid at Schumer that multiple members have directly urged AOC to primary him, according to a member with direct knowledge
One member said they would write a check tonight at the caucus’s Leesburg retreat
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NEWS: Rep Adam Schiff has decided NOT to seek a leadership post in House Dem caucus and is instead looking more seriously at a Senate run, per multiple sources
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Inside Capitol just now, Rep. AOC asked to speak with "female and LGBT" reporters to warn us that the man who harassed her is affiliated with credentialed news outlet
She said her staff called Capitol police 5x to get them to do something
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Wow. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, co-chair of Progressive Caucus, says post-briefing:
“There was NO raw evidence presented that this was an imminent threat.”
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Tonight, I asked Scott Perry (R-Pa.) about effect of fed employees being furloughed. He argued it had no real impact since employees eventually get paid back.
"Who’s living that they’re not going to make it to the next paycheck?"
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"He was shaken up by it," Pelosi says on the House's overwhelming vote to condemn WH withdrawal from Syria.
"And that’s why we couldn't continue in the meeting, because he was just not relating to the reality of it."
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Fun nugget: Gov Tim Walz is planning to stump with Dem candidates Friday Night Lights-style ... The former high school football coach will attend high school football games in battleground seats to boost Dems, per 2 sources.
The more competitive, the better, he's told folks
NEW: The polling is in and the "Kamala effect" on House + Senate races is real. Schumer is talking seriously about keeping the majority, House Dems eying pickups in Sun Belt, even Wisconsin.
w/ @allymutnick @AnthonyAdragna
+@UrsulaPerano @nicholaswu12
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SCOOP: Dems are giving the GOP an ultimatum on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Either Rs move to strip her off committees within 72 hours, or Dems will do it themselves on the floor
w/ @heatherscope @MZanona
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NEW: Inside the feud between Mike Johnson & Anna Paulina Luna over proxy voting for new moms
When Johnson refused her proposal, APL turned to Dems. Now, she’s planning a discharge petition that she says WILL pass
Sign of SUPER thin margins in House
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INSIDE the caucus:
At the end of his remarks, BIDEN offered to take questions from members but his staff jumped in.
He didn't take any questions.
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I've seen a few Dem members wearing these Nancy Pelosi "Godmother" pins today 👀
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Here are the most senior Democrats in government kneeling in the Capitol, minutes before introducing sweeping police reform bill
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is going off at Gaetz, Scott Perry, fellow HFC: "I'm furious"
She says a group of them demanded prime committee spots last night - "I'm the only Republican who has zero committees.. I find out it's my Freedom Caucus colleagues who went and did that"
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Rep. Cedric Richmond is giving a thundering floor speech now, his final one before leaving the House to join Biden administration.
Does not mince words on GOP, saying, "some of my colleagues, some of whom may well be co-conspirators."
"Richmond out" he says as he leaves.
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NEWS: Dems are calling Pelosi with Biden concerns - and she's taking detailed notes of district polls. In one call, Pelosi gave clear indication she wanted Biden off ticket
One Dem who spoke to her: “She’s the political voice of Dem caucus right now"
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Porter says the episode revealed the communication gap between elected Dems and "regular Americans"
Even as Dems push new policy ideas, members worry they fall short in showing voters that they understand their pain
Porter warns that voters are quick to sense "hollow rhetoric"
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Rep. @AOC calls out House and Senate for not being in session -- "if Congress is going to peace out for a month long recess..."
"We have to make sure we demand meaningful change and meaningful assistance for working families," she says. "We need to be able to play hardball."
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NEWS: Dem leaders have reached an agreement with mods to vote on debt limit. The group will no longer block it on the floor.
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Pelosi is endorsing Raskin's bill to better evaluate the mental/ physical capacity of future presidents.
But she says: “This is not about President Trump. He will face the judgment of the voters"
She adds: "He shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents."
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PELOSI unloads on House GOP leaders for assigning Marjorie Taylor Greene to the Education Committee after very falsely claiming that Sandy Hook shooting, among others, was a hoax
"What could they be thinking? Or is thinking too generous of a word for what they might be doing."
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News: House Dems are expanding the battlefield -- again.
Internal polling for both parties show tightening in Midwest "sleeper" seats like MI10, WI03, IA01 and IA03
HMP going up with $1.4m in ads starting tomorrow in MI-10
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NEW: Pelosi statement on min wage ruling
"House Democrats believe that the minimum wage hike is necessary. Therefore, this provision will remain in the American Rescue Plan on the Floor tomorrow."
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NEW: Pelosi says she won't name impeachment managers until there's a "fair trial" in Senate -- essentially holding up the process.
"So far we haven't seen anything that looks fair to us," Pelosi said, without detailing exact demands.
"But right now, the president is impeached."
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New: More than 50 House progressives are pushing Biden to prioritize recurring direct checks instead of one-time payments in the next rescue package politico.com/amp/news/2021/0…
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NEW: The Pro Choice Caucus has just sent out messaging materials to House Dems on Roe draft.
One of the recommendations: Don't use "choice."
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Hoyer -- for second time today -- argues that it's time to change the filibuster
"I think the filibuster ought to be modified."
Hoyer notes that it was historically used to "undermine the rights of citizens of color in America."
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Rep. Jason Crow, who served multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, delivers message on press call:
"Keep Kabul airport open... secure that airport and keep it open as long as we possibly can. We have the means."
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Dem Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who served 3 tours in Iraq:
"What always kept both Democratic and Republican presidents from targeting Soleimani himself was the simple question: Was the strike worth the likely retaliation, and the potential to pull us into protracted conflict?"
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As one Dem aide put it: “If you’re explaining, you are losing.”
But there's one area Dems think they can successfully use personal stories to connect with the public: Abortion.
Dems like Barbara Lee have come forward for the first time to talk about their experiences
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News: Pennsylvania delegates just voted unanimously to endorse Kamala Harris, per source on the call
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NEW: The polling is in and the "Kamala effect" on House + Senate races is real. Schumer is talking seriously about keeping the majority, House Dems eying pickups in Sun Belt, even Wisconsin.
w/ @allymutnick @AnthonyAdragna
+@UrsulaPerano @nicholaswu12
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It's somehow been 10 years since the worst day of my life. The worst day for every person in my hometown.
Read their stories, take time to remember.
But above all else: Be kind 💚
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Asked by CNN about fellow Democrats encouraging her to challenge Schumer, Ocasio-Cortez did not rule it out and said only that she was focused on keeping Dems from backing the funding bill: “We still have an opportunity to correct course here, and that is my number one priority.”
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News - Dems will soon seek emergency help from courts to keep SNAP funds flowing after Nov 1
WH has said it doesn’t have power to move money around. Dems say it’s not true.
A group of Dem AGs plans to file lawsuit as soon as tomorrow, seeking intervention ASAP, per 3 sources
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"My fellow brothers and sisters in blue, what the hell are you doing?" - @RepValDemings
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Update: Morgan Griffith (standing in the middle of this circle) has tested positive for Covid-19.
Griffith wore a mask until it was his turn to speak, then using the same mic as a half-dozen others.
Freedom Caucus holds a presser -- with almost no masks -- calling CDC's guidelines on schools "ridiculous", demanding physical reopenings ASAP
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NEWS: GOP Senate candidate Larry Hogan touts Trump endorsement in private fundraiser after repeatedly saying he didn’t want it
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Wow, Pelosi and House Dems taking big steps on fines for members without masks, per Dem aide.
$500 fine for first offense.
$2,500 for second office.
Fines will be deducted from member's pay. It can't be paid through campaign funds or office budgets.
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Confirming my wonderful colleagues' reporting, Pelosi tells members they will convene tonight to certify Biden's victory.
"We have decided we should proceed tonight at the Capitol once it is cleared for use. Leader Hoyer will be sending out more guidance later today."
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NEWS: In a pair of tense, closed-door meetings today, multiple House Judiciary Dems confronted Pelosi and leadership about starting impeachment proceedings -- ASAP
w/ @heatherscope @BresPolitico
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Michigan Dem Debbie Dingell plans to show this map during her vice chair bid
Her biggest pitch has been making sure Midwest is represented
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Lee, who called herself a "super private" person, explained why she felt compelled to talk to the public about it.
"It’s like, ‘Oh, you’re just like me.’ You become a friend, where some don’t see us as that friendly."
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Judge suggests she may intervene in shutdown SNAP case
US District Judge Indira Talwani: “Congress has put money in an emergency fund for an emergency and it’s hard for me to understand how this isn’t an emergency when there’s no money” cnn.com/webview/politics/liv…
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Scoop: Multiple House Dem moderates have fielded calls from DCCC that they took as a warning they could be cut off financially if they oppose the budget next week.
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Congress's first hearing on guns in 8 years is about to start.
Freshman Dem Lucy McBath, whose 17-year-old son was shot and killed, was the first member in the room.
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Ok now we've seen it all folks
Former Justin Amash is here outside House chamber pitching a different kind of speaker candidate: himself
"I'm here in case they want that as a possibility."
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Cannon House office building -- which is massive -- is also being evacuated, per multiple sources.
Capitol police just went door by door, running down hallways.
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NEWS: Trump is considering a visit to the Capitol early next week where *he is open to pitching himself as a speaker candidate,* according to a R familiar.
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Wow.. Dr. Andy Harris (R-Md.) at this appropriations hearing right now.
"We're safer from death if we're not born.. The bottom line is that there's some element of risk."
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New: Rep. Wesley Hunt will bring his toddler son Willie to floor during rules vote to protest Johnson push to kill discharge petition allowing new parents to vote remotely
It's personal for Hunt: He flew here 16x during McCarthy speaker race while Willie was gravely ill in NICU
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WOW: Greene just described "a media that is just as guilty as QAnon as presenting lies that divide us."
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Favorite quote of the day so far
I asked Rep. Emanuel Cleaver to sum up today's mood
He says: "The Republicans are refusing to cross the Jordan"
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New: Rep. AOC tells me she'd be willing to vote for Covid relief package without min wage *if* parl forces it out. But not if Dems take it out themselves.
"There’s a scenario, where if our party is voluntarily trying to strip this provision, where we take a stand against it."
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New: Rep. Buddy Carter confirms to me that his Fair Tax Act will get its first-ever floor vote as part of speaker talks. Bill abolishes IRS, eliminates tax code, replacing income taxes with consumption tax - rolling back pieces of GOP tax law
It was a demand of the 20 holdouts
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Then compared the shutdown to a private company, specifically like GM, closing.
"Why are government employees so sacrosanct? Private sector employees deal with this all the time... The government’s not immune to these things."
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NEWS: Harris set to receive UAW nod in coming days
She won over UAW pres Shawn Fain *after* rift between him/Biden camp. Fain called Biden team post-debate and was promised personal call. But Biden never phoned - and Fain was furious
w @adamcancryn
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The entire, packed room is silent as Rep. Lucy McBath tells the story of how her teenage son was killed.
She sounds like she could have been a witness to this hearing. Instead, she's voting.
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Ominous:
Rep. Andy Biggs just told reporters
"I do sense progress, I do
I think there's gonna be a resolution."
Reporter: A resolution for a different speaker?
Biggs: "Yes"
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DNI Gabbard tells us she and Trump are “on the same page” when it comes to Iran nuclear timeline
“Pres Trump was saying the same thing that I said in my annual threat assessment back in March. Unfortunately too many people in the media don't care to actually read what I said”
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New detail in this morning's horrific attack:
Paul Pelosi was able to dial 911 himself after telling the intruder he had to go use the bathroom and then calling from there, where his phone had been charging, per @nicholaswu12 & me
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Scoop: Dems in Michigan cut off Hillary Scholten from a major part of campaign operations after she called last week for Biden to leave ticket
That decision was reversed after POLITICO contacted the Biden campaign
w/ @allymutnick @ec_schneider
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NEWS: Dem centrists have a pitch for McHenry -- let's make a deal.
For 15-day increments, they would:
- Would allow Israel/Ukraine aid on floor
- Allow CR/FY24 approps bills on floor
In return:
- Give Dems control over 50% of suspension bills
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Wow. @dccc is now holding a Thanksgiving food drive using the "moving boxes" that NRCC dropped off for vulnerable Dems today.
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I'm told that Capitol Police is investigating suspicious packages in House office buildings that were dropped off by the NRCC after the impeachment inquiry vote.
Among those who've received: Spanberger, Fletcher, Schrier, Lamb
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Very quick response from McGovern, who just took the floor: "To equate the media to QAnon is beyond the pale."
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Wow. GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert just threw a mask in the face of a floor staffer when she came to the floor not wearing one, per someone watching the exchange.
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Vice President Joe Biden has made a rare visit to the Capitol to honor Rep. John Lewis.
Pelosi walks into Rotunda alongside him and Dr. Jill Biden.
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McCarthy briefs reporters:
- he is not dropping out
- he has talked to Trump tonight, was given his support
- is eying strategy to get votes without getting 218, aka members who vote present. Says there's a path where he flips 11 votes & wins
- he says reporters can go home
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Legal landmines are looming for Trump-->
-Impeachment witnesses. Ruling expected late Dec/Jan
-Trump tax returns. Big case this Weds.
-Mueller grand jury. Currently stuck in appeals after Dem win.
-Emoluments clause. Oral arguments in Dec.
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Total scramble right now.
McCarthy doesn't have enough votes to adjourn, even after many members have seen the "deal", GOP sources tell @Olivia_Beavers & me
That's to say nothing about the votes for speaker gavel
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NEW: Rules will meet at 3 pm Weds on a resolution to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene from House committees
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Interesting: Tufts is breaking ties with Rep. Seth Moulton’s office over his comments on trans athletes, telling the office not to contact Tufts about future internships, per person familiar with the matter
The call came from David Art, chair of poli sci department
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Dems are bringing in AG Barr to testify, making VERY clear that the fight ain't over
In light of the very concerning discrepancies and final decision making at the Justice Department following the Special Counsel report, where Mueller did not exonerate the President, we will be calling Attorney General Barr in to testify before @HouseJudiciary in the near future.
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NEWS: Private GOP memo to donors sounds alarm for House Rs
Memo obtained by CNN shows CLF worried about Bacon, Schweikert, Ciscomani. Calls LA-area “increasingly the most significant battleground nationwide” with fears about Garcia, Steel, Calvert
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Goes after Gaetz for supporting Paul Ryan
Goes after Perry for reversing course on gay marriage vote
Says Good, Boebert, all took McCarthy $ to get elected
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Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis -- considered the moral voice of the Democratic caucus -- just took the floor, injecting fierce energy into the chamber.
"Today, this day, we didn't ask for this," Lewis says, his voice roaring. "We do not have kings, we have presidents."
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WOW Hill staff just got this alert
"Madison: EVACUATE. Proceed to your designated assembly area. USCP"
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McConnell is on the floor saying there was no reason this package couldn't have been signed into law "multiple months ago."
This will infuriate Dems, who have been trying to pass Covid relief since May. McConnell wanted to take a "pause"
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GOP Rep. Michael Waltz, a Green Beret who served in Afghanistan, calls on Biden officials to drop the fight over paperwork.
"The State Department cannot give people a death sentence over typos and the wrong forms."
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Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib just became the latest Democrats to leave the chamber, filing out one after each other.
This came a few seconds after Trump touted Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
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Gooden walked out of DeSantis DC meeting and announced he would endorse Trump
Today, after careful consideration and a positive meeting with Governor DeSantis, I have decided to endorse President @realDonaldTrump for 2024.
I look forward to fighting alongside him to reclaim our country from the leftist forces trying to destroy it.
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Dem members have been privately speculating that at least some of their R colleagues had a role in last Wednesday's attacks
That's also why many members believe the metal detectors at the House chamber are in place.
OMG.
“In a live webcast Tuesday evening, @RepSherrill made a startling claim that other members of Congress led groups of people through the Capitol Building on a ‘reconnaissance’ mission one day before the riot that laid a deadly siege”
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Pelosi responds to @JakeSherman question about Warren dropping out, race down to 2 men:
"Every time I get introduced as the most powerful woman in the United States, I almost cry, because I wish that wasn’t true. "
Acknowledges "element of misogyny" in presidential race
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Pelosi announces CHENEY will serve on Jan. 6 select committee.
"We are very honored and proud she has agreed to serve on the committee"
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Biden's first pardons - 75+ people for nonviolent, drug-related convictions
This has been a big priority for criminal justice-backers, including Black Caucus
Many can't understand why it's taken this long into his presidency
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Here are the 35 House Republicans who just voted in favor of establishing a bipartisan Jan 6 investigation.
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Republicans are whipping NO on the Dems' impeachment process resolution, arguing that it "fails to provide the minority and the administration with the same due process rights" of past impeachments
Dems actually have worked to give Republicans exactly the same powers
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SO the House is about to take a rare roll call vote on the renaming of a post office.
Why? The member on the bill is Rep. Trent Kelly, House GOPer who's been accused of aiding the insurrectionists on 1/6.
And a furious Rep. Sean Casten is actually forcing the full vote
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Welcome to the world -- our twins, Cody & Julian Sullivan, arrived last week, bringing so much love, light & chaos to our lives.
Grateful to @politico for SIX months of maternity leave. See you all in spring 2024 ✌️
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Personal news -- I'm joining @CNN as a Capitol Hill reporter starting today!!
Can't wait to get started with this stellar team
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(an excavator, not a backhoe... whispers this mom of two boy toddlers)
Spotted at the White House today:
a backhoe, tearing into the East Wing, as construction on Trump's ballroom gets underway.
Scoop w @jonathanreports
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Joe Crowley hosting fundraiser for Joe Kennedy.
....Meanwhile, AOC has endorsed Markey.
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Democrats on Capitol Hill are increasingly pointing fingers at Tom Perez
This week, Congressional Black Caucus members had a 45-minute venting session about DNC and Perez. Several are calling for his ouster.
via @lbarronlopez @natashakorecki @AlxThomp
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