
Michael Jones
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Reporting on congressional Democrats and national politics. @NABJ. @IRE_NICAR. @dallascowboys diehard. Say hi: [email protected] • Signal: mjones.22
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Joined May 2020
This Cowboys defense is Mike Nolan/Monte Kiffin-levels bad.
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And Becky won this ring after having to replace her top two assistants.
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A’ja and that tambourine last night is still sending me the next morning lol
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I asked Jeffries about Johnson’s visible frustration this morning: “I don’t get why my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are getting emotional about their failed approach, their my-way-or-the-highway approach to governing, as if we’re supposed to just bend the knee to
Johnson: “We’re not in a good mood here in the Capitol. Today marks the first day federal workers across America will receive a partial paycheck thanks to Democrats’ obstruction to the system here.”
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Jeffries: “The American people are sick and tired of the chaos, crisis and confusion that has been visited upon the country by Donald Trump and Republican complete control of Congress.”
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It’s official: On Day 10 of the shutdown, Republican leadership cancels House votes next week for the third week in a row.
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Johnson on when the House will be called back to Washington: “Our members are out working diligently in their district, serving their constituents right now. We will come back here and get back to legislative session as soon as the Senate Democrats turn the lights back on.” The
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Every House GOP leader at this press conference is attacking Schumer in their remarks. The strategy seems to be to isolate Schumer and intensify political pressure on the Senate Democratic leader heading into the long weekend ahead of another vote on the GOP continuing resolution
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The speaker’s not done: “You’d think after 44 years in Congress, Chuck Schumer would know better. But it seems apparent now that he’s spent too long in Washington to understand the real pain” of the American people.
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Johnson is hammering Schumer this morning: “It’s a glaring fact that everybody in America can see. Chuck Schumer is hurting real Americans for his political survival. … Shame on you, Chuck and every Senate Democrat who's going along with this. You lack a moral fortitude to do
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Johnson: “Chuck Schumer, the architect of this shutdown, is trying to bow to the Marxist wing of this party.”
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Johnson: “We’re not in a good mood here in the Capitol. Today marks the first day federal workers across America will receive a partial paycheck thanks to Democrats’ obstruction to the system here.”
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Schumer says he just spoke to Tish James. “This is horrifying, and every American should be horrified about what they have done. They have turned the Justice Department into their personal attack dog against their political enemies, and it is just outrageous.”
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Jeffries: “It’s time for House Republicans to get back in town, get to the negotiating table and get real about reopening the government and addressing the quality-of-life and cost-of-living challenges that the American people face all across the country.”
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Just asked Speaker Johnson for latest on White House layoffs plans for agencies: He said: “I honesty don’t know. I talked to the president yesterday, but we didn't get into the details of it, and we're awaiting further details from OMB. So, I really don’t know the status of it.”
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Top House Dem appropriator Rosa DeLauro: “God is in our midst, and we are not going to cower.” On Speaker Johnson: “I do not understand people of faith, I don’t understand the speaker about how the health care crisis fits” with what she describes as the Bible’s faith-based
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Pelosi, who received a rousing applause of the crowd, says she draws hope in this moment from the goodness of others. “How could they possibly expect those of us of faith, hope and charity to support legislation that gives $4 trillion in tax cuts to the richest people in our
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House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) follows Jeffries: “These are frustrating, anxiety-ridden, overwhelming times. But, you know, what gives me hope? Our faith and all of you being here. You might be exhausted, but you are not broken down.”
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