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Breaking news, reporter tweets and analysis from the Source for News on Capitol Hill since 1955. Instagram: https://t.co/ZFMIdCppoH
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NEW: Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the Senate president pro tempore, says he and not Vice President Mike Pence will preside over the certification of Electoral College votes, since "we don't expect him to be there.".
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"I believe that this is just a better fit for me,” New Jersey's Jeff Van Drew said in the Oval Office Thursday. “This is who I am.”
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For the third week in a row, Jane Fonda was arrested, this time with Ted Danson, at a climate change protest in D.C.
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Grassley's office clarifies that he was meaning to explain what would happen if Pence had to step away during Wednesday's proceedings to count Electoral College votes. "Every indication we have is that the vice president will be there," Grassley's office said.
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.@RepPressley: “Yes, it is possible to write budgets that actually value Black lives. If it feels unfamiliar, that’s because it has never been done in America.” .
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Grassley said he will listen to debate and that "it would be really wrong for me to say I have my mind made up.".
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Inspectors found detainees often had no access to showers or a change of clothes and dangerously overcrowded and unhygienic conditions at processing centers
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Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley goes into 12th hour in marathon protest of rushing Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court vote.
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White House is threatening to shut down all major legislation after House Democrats announced an impeachment inquiry
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JUST IN: House passes legislation, introduced by Sen. Kamala Harris, to make lynching a federal crime, changing name of the bill to cite Emmett Till
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Thousands of National Guard troops will be deployed to Washington, D.C., for the next 30 days, through the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
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Tyrone Gayle, Sen. Kamala Harris’ press secretary, died of colon cancer on Thursday night. "I am heartbroken," Harris said in a statement. "Tyrone is irreplaceable.”
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President Trump signed an executive order Friday that would freeze pay for federal civilian workers in 2019
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Ryan says Rep. Steve King is using his official House website to promote a white nationalist blog
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Trump: “If I needed the votes for the wall in the House I would have them in one session”. Pelosi: “Well then do it. Go do it.”. WATCH: Trump, Pelosi, Schumer border wall showdown in Oval Office
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Republican Rep. Sean Duffy on Confederate memorials: “They were fighting to keep people enslaved.”
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Protesters filed silently into Sen. Susan Collins office Thursday wearing pins that read, “I believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford”
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JUST IN: House votes 231-199 to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour incrementally over six years
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Prosecutors allege Hunter spent campaign donation money on at least five women, as marital infidelity whispers swirl
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BREAKING: House Chaplain retracts resignation, dares Speaker Paul Ryan to try to fire him.
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"The uproarious laughter between the two, and they're having fun at my expense," is what Dr. Ford says she cannot forget about the assault. #KavanaughHearings. 📸: Tom Williams/Roll Call
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Sen. Chris Murphy will lead a group of 22 senators calling for gun control legislation on the Senate floor Tuesday
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Watch: El Paso surgeon’s graphic testimony on treating Walmart shooting victims. “I’m not a military surgeon, but what I saw looked like a war zone.”
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CDC Director Robert Redfield told Congress that HHS and the White House budget office directed the transfer of $300 million from CDC to a public relations campaign "to defeat despair" over the pandemic.
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Nearly 71,000 people ages 18-24 have registered to vote since Taylor Swift urged her followers to hit the polls
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GOP Rep. Ted Yoho has decided not to seek reelection in a Florida district that President Trump carried by 16 points in 2016
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Poll shows dead heat in matchups between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republicans in race for Price’s Georgia House seat.
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Letter makes plain House Democrats view Energy Secretary Rick Perry as a key figure in their impeachment inquiry
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There was a time when Sen. Lindsey Graham didn't attract a crowd for his own 2016 presidential bid. Now he’s a bit of a rock star to the Republican faithful.
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Sen. Mark Warner raises doubts about whether the Trump administration is complying with federal law in how it's recalling furloughed workers during the shutdown
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House investigators released two more transcripts of witness depositions, from Fiona Hill and Alexander Vindman, bringing the total so far to eight
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren pledges to overturn Justice Department policy that blocks indictments of sitting presidents
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Cryptocurrency experts are closely watching a legal battle between Ripple Labs Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission, anticipating the case could establish precedent and clarify the regulatory landscape for digital coin offerings.
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11 Senate Republicans split from the Trump administration, backing an effort by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to force a floor debate on sanctions on Russian firms
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Sen. Ted Cruz says the “deep state” within Treasury, State departments is working to preserve Obama-era Iran nuclear deal
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Senator wants info on how Capitol One breach was conducted and when the bank plans to notify customers whose data was taken
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BREAKING: Democrat Joe Cunningham’s win in South Carolina’s 1st District flips Rep. Sanford's open seat blue #ElectionNight #SC01
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Grassley's office clarifies that he was meaning to explain what would happen if Pence had to step away during Wednesday's proceedings to count electoral votes. "Every indication we have is that the vice president will be there," Grassley's office said.
NEW: Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the Senate president pro tempore, says he and not Vice President Mike Pence will preside over the certification of Electoral College votes, since "we don't expect him to be there.".
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BREAKING: Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema has defeated Republican Rep. Martha McSally to become first woman elected to represent Arizona in the Senate
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California Delegates Boo Nancy Pelosi at Democratic Convention Breakfast
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“Aging is a natural thing,” @Sethrogen said. “You shouldn’t have to be rich to navigate it.”
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Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, will not seek reelection in 2026, the senator announced Thursday.
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Poll finds suburban women backing Democrats over Republicans on gun policy by a 26-point margin
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It's 12 hours for @ChrisMurphyCT's filibuster. That 12 hours w/out bathroom break or food.
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"It’s deplorable,” Sen. Johnny Isakson says of Trump's latest criticism of McCain, but thinks Schumer is playing politics with effort to rename Russell building
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Student wants apology after being suspended for vulgar language in call to Amodei’s office, congressman says he shouldn’t expect one.
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Pennsylvania Rep. Tom Marino’s resignation will prompt a special election, in which each party’s nominee will be selected by local party leaders
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"You'll never see me on the ballot again," retiring House Oversight chairman has openly expressed a distaste for politics
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Exclusive: Taxpayers paid $220K to Settle Case Against Florida Democrat Alcee Hastings
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Here's the outside spending in the MT special election processed so far by FEC (graphic by @NotThatRKelly)
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Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy blocks disaster aid package from passing House, criticizes rush to pass it going into holiday weekend as “a very swampy thing to do”
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After spending weeks denouncing the mob attack on the Capitol and the past president's role in the assault, @ChrisMurphyCT will now play a role in handling domestic threats as the new leader of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
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Sen. Ted Cruz is calling for DHS to accept donations of soap and diapers at border facilities after reports of unsanitary conditions
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Rep. Scott Taylor said he would fire any involved in fraud scandal in August, but the four staffers remain on his payroll
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The Supreme Court won’t give Wisconsin voters an extra six days to submit absentee ballots after election day Tuesday, halting a lower court ruling last week that had extended that part of the voting because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Kaine spent inauguration night presiding over a same-sex wedding
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Photo of the day: Jon Stewart smiles at Sen. Mitch McConnell ahead of 9/11 victims bill vote
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If confirmed, Sams would be the first director of the National Park Service to be an enrolled member of a Native American tribe, the Interior Department said.
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Kasich is one of four Republicans on Monday night’s schedule, along with former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman; Meg Whitman, a former Hewlett Packard CEO and the 2010 GOP nominee for California governor; and former New York Rep. Susan Molinari.
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More than 50 female Democratic lawmakers on Monday asked leaders in the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to open an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump.
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NBA Star @JarronCollins: How do you tel your kid not to be a bully if your president is a bully? #DemsInPhilly.
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House Republicans removed Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, but the effort to punish her appears to have instead made her an even more prominent voice on the issues she cares about.
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Sen. Chris Murphy has called John Ratcliffe a “television character” who would’ve agreed with Trump’s “political take” on intelligence
Our great Republican Congressman John Ratcliffe is being treated very unfairly by the LameStream Media. Rather than going through months of slander and libel, I explained to John how miserable it would be for him and his family to deal with these people. .
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The Democracy Docket, a progressive voting rights site founded by Marc Elias, counted 46 lawsuits filed in 22 states seeking to overturn congressional maps drawn in 2021 and 2022.
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From @BPC_Bipartisan: The Senate NDAA would authorize several reforms in keeping with @SenJohnMcCain’s long history of making sure the military, and the men and women in uniform, are a priority on Capitol Hill
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Pelosi: “I think now we have to pray for his health because this was a very serious meltdown.”
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Despite being rejected by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is moving forward on legislation to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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Biden already has the legal authority he would need to sanction Russia, regardless of whether Congress clears a new sanctions bill.
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.@RepSantosNY03 has been indicted on 13 federal charges in New York that include wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and false statements to the House of Representatives.
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Sonceria “Ann” Berry was sworn in as the new secretary of the Senate on Monday. She's the first Black woman to hold the role that was created in 1789.
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JUST IN: House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., says Congress will complete the Electoral College certification process "tonight." . "I have faced violent hatred before. I was not deterred then, and I will not be deterred now," he tweeted.
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New leadership team is also younger in terms of age and length of service
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.@MomsDemand, founded as a Facebook group after #SandyHook, now positions itself as a rival to the NRA
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Sen. Susan Collins raised more than $1.1 million in itemized contributions during Q1 of 2019. But less than 1 percent of that money came from Maine
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"Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is a direct assault on women and we are fighting back,” said @lsarsour of @womensmarch, the first arrestee of the day
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Pete Buttigieg has appeared on at least 30 different podcasts, and more are planned for the future
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Poll finds 56 percent of Republicans, and 84 percent of Democrats, believe AG should release special counsel’s report
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Minnesota Rep. Tim Walz, who is the highest-ranking enlisted soldier in Congress, called President Trump's idea of having a military parade “the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard."
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Elijah Cummings, Eleanor Holmes Norton call on Trump to pay back D.C. for his $1.7 million 4th of July celebration
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Red Alert: GOP chances slide in two special elections in Kansas and Georgia
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California Democratic senator “absolutely” supports reopening investigation into sexual assault allegations against Justice Kavanaugh
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Sen. Kamala Harris has taken sides in the race to replace former California Rep. Katie Hill, endorsing Assemblywoman Christy Smith in the special election
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BREAKING: House passes $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid / reconciliation bill, 219-212.
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#ad: Service to America Week shows how TV & radio stations serve communities by conducting in-depth reports exposing problems that would otherwise stay hidden. But broadcasters do more than inform – they are part of the communities they serve. @nabtweets
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Republican Matt Bevin's unpopularity could help Democrats extend their nationwide winning streak beyond 2018 midterms
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Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff steals second before Republican Rep. Kevin Brady can tag him at the Congressional Baseball Game. Photo via @billclarkphotos
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As of Wednesday afternoon, it didn't look as though Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was ready to let the Ukraine aid package sail through the Senate as it did in the House a day earlier.
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House Democrats introduce bipartisan bill that would require all gun sellers, including private vendors, to conduct background checks on buyers
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