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Congress reporter @politico . Must have coffee RTs not endorsements. It's pronounced "Jordan." scoops/sass: jcarney @politico .com DM for signal
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Manchin asked by PBS about using 14th Amendment to remove Hawley/Cruz from Senate:
"That should be a consideration"
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New: Kevin Morris' attorney sent a letter to Oversight Chair James Comer saying he's misrepresenting Morris' testimony from a closed-door deposition yesterday, per a copy of the letter obtained by POLITICO.
Also asking Comer to release the transcript:
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Boebert leaving this meeting: “I think there’s increased opposition coming Kevin’s way”
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Manchin asked if there’s a point where he would change his mind on the filibuster.
Turns around to yell, “NEVER”
“Jesus Christ! What don’t you understand about never?”
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Another scene: A reporter was interviewing Pat Roberts outside the Senate GOP lunch.
A cop came up and said they had to stop talking.
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The Senate basement, a scene:
Shelby-Burr got off a train together
Burr, navigating through a crowd of reporters: “Shelby has news! Shelby has news!”
Reporters crowd Shelby.
... Shelby does not have news.
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Pomerantz’s opening statement in Judiciary deposition:
“I will not be answering questions that relate to my work in the DA’s office, my book or public statements I have made in the past”
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McConnell says he wasn't been to the White House since August 6:
"because my impression was their approach to how to handle this [the coronavirus] was different from mine"
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Scoop: Jim Jordan is subpoenaing Bank of America as part of a probe into information sharing between financial institutions and federal law enforcement in the wake of Jan. 6:
Reminder: Jordan also subpoenaed Citi earlier this year
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Graham on Fox:
"We've got the votes to confirm the ... justice on the floor of the Senate before the election and that's what is coming"
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Raskin with new statement about document/allegation at the center of GOP move to hold Wray in contempt:
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House GOP increasingly acknowledging they don't have the votes to impeach Biden:
Bacon estimated 20-30 are not in favor "mainly because it smells bad what he did, it looks bad, but when you ask them what crime is committed — they can’t tell you"
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Burr statement:
“It is truly a sad day for North Carolina Republicans. My party's leadership has chosen loyalty to one man over the core principles of the Republican Party and the founders of our great nation.”
INBOX: NCGOP Central Committee Unanimously Votes To Censure Senator Burr
NC GOP Central Committee "voted unanimously to censure Senator Richard Burr for his vote to convict former President Trump in the impeachment trial which he declared to be unconstitutional"
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👀 Roy calls the deal a "betrayal of the power sharing arrangement that we put in place" among House GOP
Adds if he can't kill it in Rules Committee or on the floor "then we're going to have to then regroup and figure out the whole leadership arrangement again"
Roy (in Glenn Beck interview) says he is meeting with GOP leadership today re: debt deal
Roy also urging listeners to call their members and urge them to vote no: "We can still kill this and start over and do the right thing"
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Inbox: U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) announced today that he will file legislation after recess to ban the immediate family members of senior U.S. political officials from profiting in Ukraine.
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INBOX:
A staff member in Senator Maria Cantwell’s Washington, D.C. office has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual has been in isolation since starting to have symptoms.
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House Dem whip notice:
“Members must remain on the Floor until the Election for Speaker of the House is completed and until directed otherwise by the Whip's office. Members must contact the Whip's office immediately if they expect to be absent at any time”
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Gimenez, leaving the meeting between McCarthy, McHenry, Jordan and the hold outs, said no minds were changed and that Jordan was encouraged in the meeting to drop out.
(He did not say who in the meeting encouraged him to drop out.)
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NEWS w/
@Olivia_Beavers
: A Speaker Johnson’s staffer told a group of GOP staff today that he opposes warrant requirement amendment at the center of this week’s 702 debate, per two people familiar
Both expect Johnson to deliver this message in other meetings this week
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Pelosi sends a “dear colleague” responding to attack on Paul Pelosi/providing update:
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NEWS w/
@kyledcheney
: House GOP announced it was expanding access to Jan. 6 footage ~a month ago—but a series of interviews, previously unreported letters and court filings point to lingering tensions over that decision with the Capitol Police.
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Jim Biden telling congressional investigators this morning: "I have had a 50-year career in a variety of business ventures. Joe Biden has never had any involvement or any direct or indirect financial interest in those activities"
full opening statement:
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Administration circulating memo 👇 with members ahead of warrant requirement amendment vote, per copy I obtained
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A House vibe:
I joked to McHenry that he wasn't wearing a bow tie.
He said he had it in this jacket pocket (and pulled it out to prove it) but wasn't wearing it because he had already given up on today.
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News: House GOP plotting back-up plans on supp:
Fitzpatrick told me he’s working on a bill with Dems that will be a “combination of things that are urgent” including Ukraine and the border
Bacon also part of a group talking about Ukraine military aid
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Special Counsel David Weiss told members of the Judiciary Committee (and their staff) behind closed doors today that he is "the decision-maker" in Hunter Biden case.
Reiterates he first requested special counsel status in August. More 👇
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Indivisible calling on Pelosi to cancel the recess: "cancel recess, and get to a vote on articles of impeachment as soon as humanly possible."
Congressional reporters just trying to survive this week: 😭😭😭
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scooplet: House Dems requesting Oversight hold a hearing on Jared Kushner's foreign business deals:
Republicans already signaling it's not going to happen, but could be an area of interest for Dems next year if House flips.
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Durbin spox responding to Grassley’s warning on SCOTUS hearing timeline:
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News: House Intelligence Cmte released interview with NARA officials re: handling of classified docs and the presidential transition
They delved some into how they realized Trump records were missing, plus a broader sweep into how records are boxed up:
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MTG coming out of speaker’s office (where McCarthy has been working for the day): “My friends in the freedom caucus, they need to take the win”
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News: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) gathered with some of his fellow Democrats in the Capitol on Friday to discuss planning for a possible leadership bid this fall, per
@sarahnferris
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Ahead of this week’s 702 debate:
Warren Davidson dropping these off at offices and handing them out, per a photo sent to me
Note asks members to wear the pin.
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Hi from the House GOP reporter lunch—there were also sandwiches, but I ate them
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It appears the Capitol Police Board has designated all Jan. 6 CCV footage as "security information," per a court filing from USCP general counsel (h/t
@kyledcheney
). This is a request the Capitol Police has previously disclosed it made to the board.
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Updated w/statement from Raskin, who appears to draw link between Wednesday moves by Comer/Grassley and Giuliani's Russia/Ukraine actions in the lead up to and during the 2020 election:
News: Comer has subpoenaed the FBI for June 2020 documents, which (according to him and Grassley) include "an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions"
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Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby asked if he has any regrets on not voting for Roy Moore: "None. None."
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Report spawns from lengthy investigation, but timing comes as GOP near Biden impeachment decision
Comer response: “It’s beyond parody that Democrats continue their obsession with former President Trump. Former President Trump has legitimate businesses but the Bidens do not"
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Schumer/McConnell/Warner/Rubio were just in the SCIF
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Senate staff physically blocking reporters from walking and talking with senators as they leave building for the day.
A hard contrast from last week when we walked out with Collins, Alexander, etc., so we could get their thoughts
Latest example of rules being changed on a whim
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FBI: "Today’s release of the 1023 - at a minimum - unnecessarily risks the safety of a confidential source.”
Full statement:
Thx to whistleblowers now the world can see what ive seen & what the FBI tried to conceal Serious allegations from trusted FBI source What did the FBI do to investigate????
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McCarthy asked just now about possibility speaker’s race last for days: “it could”
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News: Lofgren-McClintock circulating a letter to their colleagues on joining the Fourth Amendment Caucus and briefly outlining priorities for 702 debate:
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New:
Republicans are plunging into a divisive surveillance debate that has pitted two warring factions against each other for months. There’s plenty of backbiting and mistrust to go around.
A DEEP dive into the House's GOP's months-long 702 debate:
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Jim Jordan says he’s heard there could be a move to adjourn. Doesn’t say who it is coming from, but says he’s not pushing it
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WH's Ian Sams on hearing timing re: potential shutdown: "Instead of working to avoid the pain they and their extreme House Republican colleagues could inflict on Kentuckians and Ohioans... Comer and Jordan are posing for the cameras to attack President Biden with debunked smears"
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News: McCarthy names GOP “weaponization” subcommittee members:
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NEW:
The Jan. 6 select committee won’t personally tell the story of Trump’s bid to subvert the 2020 election. Instead, they’re letting Trump’s own aides, confidants and family members do it for them.
@kyledcheney
and I on the committee's strategy:
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Hunter Biden's lawyer in a letter to Comer re-upped their offer to meet with the committee to discuss if Hunter Biden had information that "may inform some legitimate legislative purpose"
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this might be peak 2019
BREAKING: Pentagon 'Thinks' the Air Force Secretary Has Resigned
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NEWS per a member of leadership to me just now: Hold up on the omnibus is where the new FBI headquarters is (Maryland vs. Virginia)
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Sometimes you own the Congress beat and sometimes the Congress beat owns you ... like when you dislocate your knee cap in a scrum.
Follow along with
@Olivia_Beavers
@sarahnferris
@nicholaswu12
@kyledcheney
for all the House GOP news today.
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If you didn't watch the Foreign Relations' Russia hearing today, do yourself a favor and go to the 45:50 mark on this video and watch Bob Corker's reaction when they tell him Trump's trade/tariff strategy is working:
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Gaetz says he will vote against rule on 702 bill unless the data broker proposal is given an amendment vote.
It’s currently not expected to get one. Leadership instead has indicated it could up as a stand-alone under suspension, which supporters think kills it in the Senate.
I will vote AGAINST the rule to proceed on the FISA bill this week unless we at least have the opportunity to get votes on the things that will fix the problems with it!
If
@SpeakerJohnson
is unwilling to fix FISA, we are left wondering what he is indeed willing to fix.
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Scooplet:
CHC is endorsing Raskin in the three-way race for the party's top spot next year on the Oversight Committee:
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Susan Collins talking about GOP ObamaCare repeal effort: "By the way it was a group of 13 men who did it."
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Can fixing the long-broken Dirksen escalator be infrastructure?
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NEWS:
Senate has a deal on Russia PNTR, Schumer is about to lock in a vote for tomorrow
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UPDATE: It's officially withdrawn, per Jayapal:
"The Congressional Progressive Caucus hereby withdraws its recent letter to the White House regarding Ukraine”
Jayapal says it was drafted months ago and "released by staff without vetting"
NEWS: House progressives are considering withdrawing their Ukraine/Russia letter to Biden
W/
@alexbward
@AndrewDesiderio
@nicholaswu12
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25 GOPers not voting for Jordan on third ballot:
Bacon
Buchanan
Buck
LCD
D’Esposito
MDB
Ellzey
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick *
Garbarino
Gonzales
Gimenez
Granger
John James
Keane *
Mike Kelly
Kiggans
LaLota
Lawler
Miller-Meeks
Molinaro *
Rutherford
Simpson
Stauber
Womack
* is a flip
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Trump businesses received $7.8M from foreign states, leaders during presidency, according to new report from House Dems:
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Transcript of House Judiciary and Oversight's interview with Hunter Biden is out:
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Don Bacon says colleagues are referring to those opposing McCarthy as the "Taliban 19" and the "chaos caucus"
"There's a lot of anger out there"
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NEWS:
Thom Tillis, another member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, tests positive for coronavirus
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Comer's statement after Morris's deposition:
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Interesting 702 update (👋 folks watching the Super Bowl):
-Lawmakers warning the House will go into “secret session” for part of the debate. Would be first time since 2008
-no final text/amendment deal yet but expectation is still for bill on the floor toward end of the week
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Inbox: House GOP releasing more Jan. 6 footage and says it will no longer blur faces
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FBI Director James Comey leaving meeting w/ Senate Intel Committee. Members declined to comment on meeting (including acknowledging Comey.)
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Schumer on Dems' ACB strategy:
"When the actual vote occurs in committee and on the floor, Democrats will not supply the quorum. Period"
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Golman: Archer said approximately 20 times over 10 years, "Hunter may have put his father on the phone with any number of different people and they never once spoke about any business dealings. As he described it, it was all casual conversation"
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News: Bacon—while cautioning never say never— tells me he told Jordan he’s a no.
Sounds like they met today.
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New w/
@kyledcheney
: House Republicans are itching to investigate Hunter Biden. But they have a problem: The feds got there first.
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Some news from McConnell on the fate of the House checks bill:
Says the Senate “is not going to split” $2K checks from election and Section 230
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Former Rep. Justin Amash is in the building, said he thinks it makes sense to be in the building to offer an option.
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For extra context: There was a bit of an 11th-hour push to get this moved out from under Judiciary (making it a select committee instead of a select subcommittee) which didn’t ultimately happen.
IMPORTANT: Under the proposal, Judiciary chairman Jim Jordan — not the chair of the select subcommittee — would be the one with the power to authorize subpoenas for the panel.
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NEW w/
@sarahnferris
+
@Olivia_Beavers
: If not McCarthy, who else could win near-total support of the Republican conference — and actually wants the job?
Or as one member put it: “Kevin doesn’t have the votes, but no one has more votes than Kevin.”
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ICYMI: Lots of nuggets in this brief dive w/
@kyledcheney
:
House Admin recently requested (and got) access to the security footage. Aide told me the request was an extension of rules making the panel the repository for Jan. 6 cmte work
Plus this Manger detail 👇
NEW: Capitol Police chief Thomas Manger told associates that he didn't know about the McCarthy-Tucker arrangement to access Jan. 6 security footage until Monday, according to a person familiar with his comments.
w/
@jordainc
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Source familiar confirming that Jordan asked for Scalise’s help with speaker’s race just now in a meeting.
Scalise wouldn’t commit, per the source, adding that he isn’t being a team player.
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News: Comer and MTG tell me she and Oversight staff are working to set up a congressional delegation to visit those jailed on Jan. 6. (Investigating this was a commitment she asked for last year.)
MTG would lead the trip (date TBD). Letter expected to go out this week.
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At the same time, privacy hawks have kvetched that Johnson has sided too much with Intel
And they wanted him to stay on sidelines of this fight.
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Update on this:
Marshall's office says he was reading a COVID poem (that is inside the Dr. Seuss book he's holding). The poem, which they note that the senator wrote, is below:
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News: Hunter Biden’s legal team informed Comer in a letter today that he will not attend a March 20 public hearing
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Bacon to me on Jordan’s strategy:
“We think he wants to delay this out and keep pounding on and constituents calling and the threatening, I think he’s trying to shift people through bullying tactics”
Adds it’s not working on holdouts but could on people thinking about flipping
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New:
As House Republicans rush to argue that the FBI search of Donald Trump’s home is marred by politics, they are readying a future Hunter Biden investigation designed to ensnare Joe Biden ahead of a potential reelection bid.
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NEWS: Murkowski gaggles with reporters after leaving McConnell's office, says she supports his idea of delaying decision on witnesses until after start of trial
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Raskin response to 👆:
Comer admits Trump sold out the American people & violated the Constitution when serving in the White House.
Sorry, no comparison—Joe Biden, like every other President but Trump, has scrupulously followed the Emoluments Clause.
We showed you our receipts. Where are yours?
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House GOP conference to vote tomorrow on ratifying committee chairs:
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McCarthy can keep Schiff and Swalwell from Intel on his own.
But he'll need near total unity from GOP to keep Omar off/remove her from Foreign Affairs, and he's already got some Republicans signaling they won't remove Dems from committees and others skeptical.
Spartz won't support McCarthy in denying Dems committee seats "without due process." Says, “As I spoke against it on the House floor two years ago, I will not support this charade" and "McCarthy needs to stop “bread and circuses” in Congress and start governing for a change.”
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Arizona Democratic Party executive board censures Sinema:
“While we take no pleasure in this announcement, the ADP Executive Board has decided to formally censure Senator Sinema as a result of her failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy.”
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