Jamie Dupree
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Covering Congress since 1986. Subscribe to 'Regular Order' at https://t.co/0WwjRk42wf Buy me a drink at https://t.co/Itlh8RInDS Signal: jamiedupree.64
Joined March 2009
Time flies. Starting my 39th year covering this wacky place. No better beat in DC than Congress. (Newsletter link in bio.)
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🚨🚨 The Jan. 6 security tapes have a big surprise. There is video of attorney Ken Chesebro & Trump campaign aide G. Michael Brown handing off fake GOP elector documents (from Wisconsin & Michigan) to aides of Rep. Mike Kelly R-PA - on Jan. 5. 🧵
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I looked out the window on Thursday and saw someone sitting outside the U.S. Capitol with a big sign. It was a nice day, so I took a walk. And that's how I met Lew from Massachusetts. 1/
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All 6 Democrats on the Trump shooting task force showed up in Butler, PA for a site visit on Monday. 4 of the 7 GOP lawmakers on that House panel missed the trip.
Why are the Democrats completely uninterested in the investigation of the Trump assassination attempt?.
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This is just too easily fact checked. Nixon won Florida and Ohio in 1960 and lost.
No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost. I won them both, by a lot! #SupremeCourt.
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The DOGE team is finally posting examples of where they have cut spending. This one claims $8 billion in savings (bottom figure) - but if you look at the fine print upper right, it's a contract that's instead valued at $8 million.
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Looks like Biden will go his entire term without a negative jobs month. The last time the economy lost jobs was in December 2020.
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Rep. Brittany Pettersen D-CO recently had a baby. She asked to be able to vote remotely by proxy and that was rejected by GOP leaders.
I thought proxy voting wasn’t allowed….
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Rep. Jim Jordan R-OH in a House Rules Committee hearing today: . "I've never said this election was stolen".
Over 50 million Americans think this election was stolen. That’s more than one third of the electorate. For that reason alone, we owe it to the country to investigate election integrity.
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Here's some highlights from the 'peaceful transfer of power' in 2020 that Donald Trump talked about today.
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RFK Jr. dropped out Friday and filed for the ballot on Monday in Kentucky.
Today at 3:30, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. filed to run for president in Kentucky. Having just completed review of his submission of signatures, we are placing him on the ballot.
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The GOP House Foreign Affairs Committee account deleted their tweet. That's why I screenshot.
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If most of the 16 absent Democrats had shown up today, they would have won the Gaetz votes. File that away for next year when attendance will be even more important.
And the House votes to refer the second Gaetz resolution to the Ethics Committee (where it will likely be buried)
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Rep. Bill Foster D-IL is a particle physicist by training.
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One Republican told me Jordan can use the weekend to win over votes. Then I turned off my recorder, and asked again about Jordan's chances. No, he can't win - was the quick answer.
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The Jan. 6 tapes keep revealing more details about the involvement of Republican staffers in Congress in the fake GOP elector scheme. Their goal on Jan. 6 was the same as the rioters - to keep Donald Trump in power, even though he lost the 2020 election.
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On the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, Trump allies were still scrambling to get fake elector documents from WI & MI to Vice President Pence. House Republicans last week released new video from Jan. 6 which includes Sen. Ron Johnson R-WI carrying those fake elector documents. 🧵
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This is nuts. The Acting Secretary of Defense acknowledging that he and the Joint Chiefs Chairman did not discuss deploying the National Guard with President Trump - but rather with VP Pence and Congressional leaders.
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On Meet the Press today, Mike Pence said he asked the Senate Parliamentarian directly in a meeting on Jan. 3, 2021 if she had received any certificates from fake GOP electors. Pence said the answer was no. But emails from that day paint a much different story. 🧵 1/.
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VIDEO SURPRISE: The Jan. 6 security tapes show the Trump fake GOP elector scheme in action. Attorney Ken Chesebro and Trump campaign aide G. Michael Brown are seen handing off fake elector documents on Jan. 5 to aides of Rep. Mike Kelly R-PA.
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I can't make this up. Rep. George Santos R-NY is charged with unemployment benefits fraud. The House is slated to vote this week on a bill to help states recover fraudulent COVID unemployment payments. **Santos is a co-sponsor of that bill.**.
One charge says Santos committed unemployment fraud, getting $24,744 in jobless benefits when he actually had a job. (The indictment says it happened after Congress okayed an emergency COVID package in 2020.)
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"Sen. Paul, you do not know what you are talking about".
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Courtesy of House Republicans, I went to watch 3 more hours of Jan. 6 security tapes from the Capitol today. The tapes show the biggest lie about Jan. 6 is that the cops 'opened the doors' to let Trump supporters in. That did not happen.
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Sen. James Lankford R-OK says it's time for Biden to be getting access to intelligence briefings. Currently, the Trump Administration is blocking that normal transition step.
Oklahoma's @SenatorLankford tells me if @JoeBiden doesn't have access to intelligence briefings by Friday, he will get involved.
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Asked about the Kurds, President Trump said that the Kurds did not help the US during WWII or in the Normandy invasion/ D-Day.
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Bernie Sanders just left. "My speech is going to be better"
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Rep. Kay Granger R-TX did not run for reelection in 2024. She gave up her gavel as the chair of the House Appropriations Committee in April. The last time Granger voted was in July. No explanation has been offered by her office. 1/ 🧵.
This is astounding—and an outrageous example of a lack of transparency.
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3 Republicans voted against the Emmett Till anti-lynching bill tonight in the House, which makes lynching a hate crime. Rep. Andrew Clyde R-GA. Rep. Tom Massie R-KY. Rep. Chip Roy R-TX
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A group of Democrats has asked Speaker Johnson to review whether Rep. Kat Cammack R-FL broke House rules and ghost voted for Rep. Byron Donalds R-FL - while Donalds was on a trip to California on Feb. 7. Extra nerdy🧵 1/
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This ethics violation by Donalds is known as 'ghost voting.' It drove Rep. Austin Murphy D-PA out of Congress in the late 1980's.
We reported in the PM edition last night that BYRON DONALDS was not present in the Capitol yesterday, but gave his voting card to someone to cast two votes. This is an ethics violation. He was in California to be on the Bill Maher show.
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While Chesebro & Brown delivered the documents on Jan. 5, aides to Rep. Mike Kelly R-PA were unable to get the materials to Pence, as the Senate Parliamentarian refused to accept the fake elector envelopes. More at 2/
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Most Americans have no idea who Pavel Durov is, what Telegram is, or why it might be important to the Kremlin. But his arrest swiftly drew attention from certain quarters.
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If you're not sure why people at the National Weather Service are being fired, that's been a GOP goal for some time. This is from Project 2025, which argues the NWS should focus on selling weather data - not free forecasts and weather warnings.
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Sen. Joe Manchin D-WV on Rep. Deb Haaland D-NM nomination for Interior Secretary: . "230 years after Washington called his first cabinet meeting, it is long past time to give a Native American woman a seat at the Cabinet table.".
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This evidence from the Special Counsel's brief is a reminder that Team Trump knew all along on that the fake GOP elector scheme wasn't legit. Even they called them 'fake' electors. "The votes aren't legal under federal law"."We would just be sending in 'fake' electoral votes"
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I JUST REALIZED WHAT WAS MISSING DURING BUSH V GORE ---> TWITTER.
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The Jan. 6 committee couldn't figure out where and how the fake GOP elector documents were delivered on Jan. 5. It took me several months of going through the Capitol security tapes to find the answer.
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Wow. An arrest warrant from DC police for a Florida GOP member of Congress reportedly rejected by the feds.
Update: D.C. police said they sent an arrest warrant on Rep. Cory Mills to the U.S. attorney’s office on Friday. It has not been signed, and police said the case was sent back to them for further investigation. Sources said it may never result in charges.
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His protest struck a nerve with a number of my readers today, many of whom also feel unsettled right now. Lew said I was the only reporter who had come out to talk to him. He said he hoped someone inside was paying attention. /fin.
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The Speaker of the Georgia state House doesn't like mailing voters absentee ballots during the virus outbreak. Why? Because he says it will hurt conservative Republicans by driving up turnout.
“This will be extremely devastating to Republicans and conservatives in Georgia,” said House Speaker David Ralston, who has pushed a delay of the state's May 19 primary, of the plan to mail 6.9M voters absentee request forms. #gapol
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Donald Trump today called Jan. 6 a 'day of love.' Here's some video of how his supporters showed their love to police by repeatedly attacking officers at the U.S. Capitol.
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Staffers in the office of Rep. Mike Kelly R-PA tried to get fake GOP elector documents from Michigan and Wisconsin to Mike Pence on Jan. 5-6.
Yet another politicized attack on President Trump, this time by a district attorney in Georgia. The American people can see exactly what's going on here. There must be equal justice under the law, not a two-tier justice system led by the Biden Justice Department and radical DAs.
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Lew was in town visiting family. He is frustrated with the current political situation. He is mad at Trump. And he's mad at Congress for not being better prepared to deal with Trump. So, he wanted to send lawmakers a message. 2/
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On Fox News, Bret Baier asked Rep. Jim Jordan R-OH a very simple question: Did you talk to President Trump on January 6?. Baier had to follow up to get the answer - 'Yes.'.
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The Capitol Hill security cameras first picked up Chesebro and Brown at 3:40 pm on Jan. 5, as they walked to the Longworth House Office Building. 3/
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I checked the Twitter accounts of all GOP lawmakers from Ohio in Congress, as well as the Governor, Lt. Gov., and state Attorney General. No comments at all about the Cincinnati incident. No thank you notes for law enforcement. It was like nothing happened. /fin.
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This must be noted: Georgia elections officials felt so threatened that they tape recorded their phone calls with the sitting President of the United States on multiple occasions.
NEW AT 6: Recording reveals Trump called Georgia investigator leading signature match audit
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Sen. Jim Justice R-WV was finally sworn in on Tuesday, 11 days after the 119th Congress convened. On his second day of work in the Senate, Justice missed both Senate floor votes.
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Maricopa County says Cyber Ninjas are lying and miscounting ballots 🔥🔥🔥.
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Chesbro and Brown walked to the Longworth House Office Building and waited outside. At 3:51 pm on Jan. 5, two aides from the office of Rep. Mike Kelly R-PA came outside to meet them; they returned with the fake elector documents. 4/
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The aides to Rep. Mike Kelly R-PA walked the fake elector documents to the Capitol. But that's where things went haywire. A source familiar with the matter says that the Senate Parliamentarian's office refused to accept the envelopes on Jan. 5. 5/
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If you need a short refresher on Jan. 6, here's some of the video of how Trump supporters repeatedly attacked police outside the U.S. Capitol.
Trump repeating the lie that police waved people into the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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The House has been idled for 30 minutes now after Republicans demanded that words of Rep. Jim McGovern D-MA be 'taken down.' McGovern spoke about Donald Trump and was admonished by the Chair before making this statement:
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How do we know there were fake elector documents in those envelopes? Chesebro said so in his own text messages on Jan. 6, when he said that he dropped off the documents to aides for Rep. Mike Kelly R-PA a day earlier. 8/
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I'm not sure I've ever seen the occupant of the Chair openly mocked like this before.
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Republicans said the Jan. 6 tapes would tell a different story. Well, I've watched many hours of tapes released by the GOP. The story is the same. Trump supporters attacked police repeatedly. Capitol Police did not 'wave in' rioters.
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ATL metro counties with early vote:.Rockdale County - 76% Harris (Biden 70%).Douglas County - 66% Harris (Biden 62%).Fayette County - 61% Harris (Trump *WON* Fayette with 53% in 2020).
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Newsmax publicly admits what we all knew - that the conservative network was actively broadcasting false claims of election fraud in 2020 related to Dominion voting machines. Link to the Newsmax statement ⬇️.
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Not sure what's going on here - but the documents shown by DOGE and cited earlier for this $8 million in ICE savings has now been *changed* to $8 billion in the Federal Procurement Data System. 🧵.
The DOGE team is finally posting examples of where they have cut spending. This one claims $8 billion in savings (bottom figure) - but if you look at the fine print upper right, it's a contract that's instead valued at $8 million.
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Out of options, the Kelly aides took the fake GOP elector documents from MI/WI back to their office. That led to a scramble the next day, on Jan. 6, involving Sen. Ron Johnson R-WI, to get the WI/MI documents to VP Pence. Those efforts all failed. 7/
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Schumer: We have reached a deal on Judge Jackson's nomination. 11 am cloture vote. Final confirmation vote around 1:45 pm on Thursday. "It will be a joyous day.".
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Unable to deliver the fake GOP documents from Michigan and Wisconsin on Jan. 5, the aides to Rep. Mike Kelly R-PA then spent 30 minutes just walking around the second floor of the Capitol - seemingly waiting for instructions. 6/
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For those wondering about Kavanaugh schedule - .Friday - committee vote.Sat - motion to proceed on Senate floor, file cloture.Mon - cloture vote.Tue - final vote.Kavanaugh on court by Wednesday.
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Here's a CSPAN link to the video played by the House prosecutors today.
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Smith has evidence of what Trump was looking at on his phone while he was sitting at the White House watching TV during the afternoon of Jan. 6
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This special election tonight in Ohio should have been a GOP slam dunk. Instead, it's been a big overperformance for Democrats in a very Trumpy district.
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Jonathan Turley in his submitted testimony for today's Biden impeachment hearing: . "I do not believe that the evidence currently meets the standard of a high crime and misdemeanor needed for an article of impeachment."
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Thanks to the tweeps who found this one before I did. Jordan: "I've never said this election was stolen".
Democrats are trying to steal the election, after the election. Chief Justice Roberts is letting them do it.
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Surprise, Surprise, Surprise. "2000 Mules" was nothing but a big lie about election fraud in 2020. Salem Media has settled a lawsuit brought by a Georgia man and stopped distribution of the movie and the book.
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Meanwhile, we are starting to see more reports of National Weather Service employees being told to come back to work, with back pay. This went to a NWS meteorologist in Idaho, saying he was fired 'in error.'
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I'm surprised by how many people tell me they've never heard about this, so let's say it again. In 2016 - five states ran their entire elections by mail. 100%. Washington State.Oregon.Hawaii.Utah.Colorado. In 2020, the total will be 9 states plus DC. (CA, NV, NJ, VT).
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Senate votes 89-11 for the impeachment trial organizing resolution. 11 GOP 'No' votes:. Lee UT .Marshall KS .Cruz TX .Hawley MO .Paul KY .Rubio FL.Scott FL.Scott SC.Tuberville AL.Johnson WI.Hagerty TN.
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While Dr. Anthony Fauci warns against worrying about worst case scenarios, Fauci projects possible 'millions' of US coronavirus cases with 100,000-200,000 US deaths.
Dr. Anthony Fauci says there could potentially be between 100,000 to 200,000 deaths related to the coronavirus and millions of cases. “I just don’t think that we really need to make a projection when it’s such a moving target, that you could so easily be wrong,” he adds. #CNNSOTU
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Trump blames his loss of votes in Georgia on an 'election apparatus run by Democrats' - the state has a Governor and Secretary of State from the GOP.
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BOEBERT VOTED NO.
The House Oversight Committee is voting on whether to allow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene R-GA to speak.
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Fake news from DOGE. 1) The pay raise for Congress would be from $174k to $180k. 2) The bill doesn't pay for or have any money for a new stadium. It just transfers the RFK Stadium land to the city, which can then negotiate with the NFL team to possibly build a new stadium.
The 1,547-page, $110+ Billion House “Continuing Resolution” meant to avert a government shutdown includes:. -A pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year. -A new football stadium in D.C. -72 pages of “Pandemic Preparedness and Response” policy.-.
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Instead of gold bars and cash, maybe ex-Sen. Bob Menendez D-NJ should have held out for a 747.
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The Smith brief is chock full of evidence that the feds would put forward at a Trump Jan. 6 trial. This one says Trump 'suggested that he would fight to remain in power regardless of whether he had won the election.'
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It's hard to convey to people outside of DC how much Matt Gaetz is hated by members of his own party in Congress. Here's one example from Rep. Mike Lawler R-NY.
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia election official says hand tally of presidential race is complete, the results affirm Biden's lead over Trump.
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192 Republicans just voted to restore a Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery, which features a Black 'Mammy' holding a white soldier's baby, and a slave following his master into battle. The effort from Rep. Andrew Clyde R-GA lost 230-192.
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Of all of the surveillance footage released today of the group with Rep. Barry Loudermilk R-GA, this one is the most puzzling to me. This guy is literally taking a picture of a staircase in the basement of the Longworth Building. 1/🧵
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia governor to announce removal of iconic Richmond statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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Digging through the stock sales disclosures tonight by Senators after a closed door briefing on January 24 about the Coronavirus threat.
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Pelosi goes there on President Trump's surprise announcement of a US military withdrawal from Syria
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NEWS: After over 30 years of covering Capitol Hill & DC for Cox Radio, I am looking for work. I had a great run, working with fantastic colleagues at our radio and TV stations. I may not be able to speak, but I can still report. My DM's are open.
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In the first 30 seconds, President Trump says the virus 'started in China' and then calls it a 'foreign virus'.
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OVERNIGHT: The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee has been removed from the U.S. Capitol - that announcement from the Governor of Virginia.
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The 8 lawmakers who voted against a bill urging the U.S. to seize the frozen assets of Russian oligarchs and use the proceeds to help Ukraine:. Cawthorn R-NC.Greene R-GA.Massie R-KY.Roy R-TX.Bush D-MO.Ocasio-Cortez D-NY.Omar D-MN.Tlaib D-MI.
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Rep. Mike Turner R-OH is not only not the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee - but he's NO LONGER a member of the committee. The Speaker just named the GOP members of that panel, and Turner's name was not on the list read by the House reading clerk.
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Big problems for Democrats in Miami-Dade - both Rep Donna Shalala (D) and Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D) are behind in their races.
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Individual income taxes estimate for 2025: $2.69 trillion.Current tariff estimate for 2025: $63 billion.(That's a difference of $2.627 trillion).Source:
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Trump ironically re-posted this photo meme on Truth Social today. It's not a photo from the Biden Inauguration as it claims. It's actually a photo from when Trump was President, and troops were sent to the Lincoln Memorial in early June 2020 after the George Floyd riots
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There was a gun vote Wednesday in the Senate that deserves note. Senators voted to block the VA from reporting - to the gun sale background check system - people who had been administratively deemed as mentally incompetent. A short thread🧵 1/.
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President Trump tapping Mike Waltz for UN Ambassador means that Senators will be able to ask Waltz all sorts of questions about the Signalgate episode
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WOW. After an extended delay, the Chair rules that McGovern's words are out of order, seemingly saying members cannot even talk about criminal charges against Trump on the House floor. The words below were stricken from the Record.
The House has been idled for 30 minutes now after Republicans demanded that words of Rep. Jim McGovern D-MA be 'taken down.' McGovern spoke about Donald Trump and was admonished by the Chair before making this statement:
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GOP doorkeeper now trying to force several women reporters to leave the Speaker's Lobby -- because of the shoes they are wearing. They are refusing to leave.
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President Trump last night criticized foreign aid in the Omnibus spending bill approved by Congress, specifically citing $1.3 billion in US aid for Egypt's military. $1.3 billion for Egypt is exactly how much the Trump Administration asked Congress for in the 2021 budget.
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On the House floor, Rep Jim Jordan R-OH expresses outrage that Democrats want to make Election Day a federal holiday.
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