Liz Goodwin
@lizcgoodwin
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Covering Congress for the Washington Post. Previously @BostonGlobe @dailybeast @yahoonews signal: lizgoodwin.05 email: [email protected]
Washington, DC
Joined March 2009
RT @John_Hudson: NEW: Kristi Noem is living rent-free in a military home typically reserved for the U.S. Coast Guard’s top admiral, report….
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RT @JakeSherman: NEWS: SLF, Senate GOP super PAC, estimates it needs to spend tens of millions of dollars between now and the end of the ye….
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RT @MaeveReston: How Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren agreed on a sweeping housing package via @lizcgoodwin & @rachsieg .
washingtonpost.com
The Senate Banking Committee has unanimously passed a sweeping housing package, marking a rare bipartisan effort to address the nation’s housing crisis.
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RT @kadiagoba: It’s been a week since House Oversight subcommittee voted to subpoena the DOJ. But Chair Comer still hasn’t moved on it yet.….
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The chairman is physically required to sign each subpoena, but there is no deadline by which Rep. James Comer must issue the subpoenas, according to House rules.
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A look at how the housing crisis spurred rare bipartisan consensus in the senate
washingtonpost.com
The Senate Banking Committee has unanimously passed a sweeping housing package, marking a rare bipartisan effort to address the nation’s housing crisis.
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RT @pkcapitol: This might be the most on brand RonJohn anecdote. Everyone else is eating wings, talking golf, and he’s brandishing debt cha….
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After Tillis flipped to no on the tax bill, Republicans knew they needed to get either Murkowski or Rand Paul. Trump began courting Paul last Saturday over a round of golf & Rs were drafting a version of the bill he would vote for Tues am when Murk flipped
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In the president’s eagerness to score a win and extend tax cuts, he walked away from a key campaign promise on Medicaid. The GOP fears that will cost the party.
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RT @MariannaReports: Speaker Johnson says the Senate "went a little further" in changing Trump's agenda than was wanted, but their bill "is….
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RT @pkcapitol: "Nobody likes being in a lonely position.”. It's a really good time to read this @lizcgoodwin profile of @lisamurkowski foll….
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“It’s just a more lonely position. And nobody likes being in a lonely position,” she said in an interview last week to promote her new book, “Far From Home.”
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Rand Paul is one of the least movable senators . To get his vote they would almost certainly need to give him his debt ceiling ask. Trump has been clear he wants the debt ceiling issue off his plate for much longer than the 3 months Paul's plan would buy him.
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Lisa Murkowski had a long convo with John Thune on the Senate floor. Then Thune Crapo and Graham all left. 😬.
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Sounds like Dems aren’t likely to support Susan Collins amdt to fund rural hospitals w taxes on rich. Sen Schumer said it’s like a “bandaid on an amputation”.
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RT @pkcapitol: Things are sloooooow moving so far. They've knocked out 11 votes in 5 hours, 15-20 minutes. A 40~ roll-call-vote-a-rama wou….
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In his statement saying he won’t run for reelection, Tillis blasts ppl for ostracizing lawmakers who are willing to be more independent minded. “Too many elected officials are motivated by pure raw politics who really don't give a damn about the people they promised to represent”.
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RT @eilperin: Some metastatic cancer patients call NIH the 'National Institutes of Hope,' given the experimental therapies it develops. But….
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The purge of probationary federal workers included skilled lab personnel who would have finalized a customized cell immunotherapy for cancer patients.
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RT @Azi: One month ago, a request for more than 20,000 National Guard members to help I.C.E. via @marianne_levine @lizcgoodwin & @AlexHort….
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"ICE agents drove a phalanx of military vehicles in the Orange County suburb to arrest a person, though not for illegal immigration. They were seeking a resident’s son who had allegedly posted fliers alerting neighbors to the presence of ICE agents.".
wsj.com
After deportations fell short of President Trump’s campaign promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”
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Trump shouts out Fetterman on his LA National Guard comments: "Even Senator Fetterman said very strongly that this is horrible, what they're doing, and that the Democrats are making a big mistake by not talking about it, and I agree with that.".
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