Brendan Pedersen
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co-author @PunchbowlNews's THE VAULT w/ @lauraeweiss16 writing about Congress, money, economy. signal: bpedersen.41 he/him not a doctor
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Joined May 2011
Crypto week!.
🚨NEW: Chairman @RepFrenchHill, @HouseAgGOP Chairman @CongressmanGT, and House Leadership announced that the week of July 14th will be “Crypto Week,” where the CLARITY Act, Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, and GENIUS Act will be considered. @SpeakerJohnson @SteveScalise
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RT @LauraEWeiss16: 🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The House passed GOP’s reconciliation bill in a 218-214 vote. Republicans FITZPATRICK & MASSIE voted no….
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the capitol plaza is currently a jigsaw nightmare of cars trying to leave for airports in the DMV.
dem whip office with this reminder to lawmakers trying to fly away: Members are advised to remain on the Floor until the vote has closed.
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RT @PunchbowlNews: THE VAULT: Sen. Cynthia Lummis is introducing a broad set of changes to the taxation of digital assets. The bill follows….
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[to tune of HOT TO GO]. K T F means .known.to .fold . you'll just do what .you .were .told.
THE RULE HAS PASSED. 219-213.
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Johnson confirmed that Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) was the missing member for a "very practical reason". "He was with his family on a long vacation and he had to come in and he didn't have a change of clothes" so he drove back to Pennsylvania, Johnson said.
Speaker JOHNSON: "We have the votes.". Johnson predicts a final vote around 8 am
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Speaker JOHNSON: "We have the votes.". Johnson predicts a final vote around 8 am
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RT @JakeSherman: As of now, the leadership thinks that they can close the rule vote at 3:30 a.m. There is an hour of debate on the bill i….
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happy to report the new House carryout self serve market has hot coffee available at 2:39 a.m.
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Majority Leader Scalise tells reporters the vote may conclude in the next hour. Hopefully.
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Bumped into Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) walking with Thom Massie (R-Ky) and Victoria Spartz (R-Ind). I asked Burchett: Do you guys have any sense of when we might get to yes? . Burchett: "I'm thinking before 7 o'clock in the morning.".
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Bumped into a couple holdouts in Cannon. Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas) tells me I "just need to stay tuned." . Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla) compliments my mustache.
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RT @allymutnick: Speaker Johnson said holdouts are coming on board and the rule vote will happen “sometime this morning” and then final pas….
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Congressman Andy Biggs is wearing crocs during a Fox News hit as we roll towards 1 a.m.
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Brief press gaggle with Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.). "They're going to vote for it," Smith says. "What I would tell my colleagues is, don't allow perfection to get in the way of greatness.".
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RT @allymutnick: Worth noting… Andrew Clyde has a primary challenger: Sam Couvillon, the Gainesville, Ga. Mayor. Couvillon’s pitch: He will….
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this is of course notable, given what Norman told us 90 minutes ago.
NEWS: Rep. Ralph NORMAN tells me after HFC mtg breaks up that the caucus is communicating to House GOP leadership now that they WILL NOT vote for the rule on reconciliation bill tonight & are advising return IN THE MORNING. “What we just decided in there - we’re advising not to.
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Norman says he spoke with Trump this morning and has had several meetings with Trump's team since. "We found out things that are going to happen, which will affect the whole country in a good way," Norman says. Offhand reference to deregulations and immigration policy.
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NORMAN is a yes on both the rule and bill. Predicts the rule passes.
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Then Johnson told us he needs to pick up his wife and will brb.
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