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Covering Congress for @NBCNews | @ElliottSchoolGW alum | kate.santaliz @nbcuni .com

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New: 1/3 of Ukraine is currently covered in landmines HALO Trust, a humanitarian organization working to demine the world, is training Ukrainian civilians how to safely demine their land and urging the US to help aid its mission W/ @JulieNBCNews
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Leader Schumer presents Vice President Harris with the golden gavel after she broke the record by casting the most tie-breaking votes in the Senate in U.S. history
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News: VP Harris has just made history by breaking the record for most tie-breaking votes by a VP in US history. The tie-breaking vote on a procedural motion was her 32nd, which has now broken the record long-held by VP John C. Calhoun, who broke 31 ties between 1825-1832.
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Congressman George Santos’ congressional Twitter account has been suspended again. This is the third time it has been suspended today.
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American Legion National Commander Daniel Seehafer wrote a letter to Senate leadership today urging Schumer and McConnell to find a solution Tuberville’s blockade “Our allies and adversaries are watching closely; inaction risks innumerable consequences.”
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McConnell introducing Sinema ahead of her speech at the University of Louisville calls her the “most effective first-term Senator” he’s seen in his time
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NEWS: Leader McConnell returns to the Senate after being hospitalized last month
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Constituents of Congressman George Santos traveled to Capitol Hill to demand his resignation and deliver a petition to Speaker McCarthy calling for a vote to expel Santos from Congress
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2 years
NEWS: A deal has been struck to prevent the lay offs of dozens of Senate cafeteria workers. The funding deal will prevent those workers from losing their jobs on Friday, multiple Senators tell NBC News
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Senate vibe check from Fetterman: “If anyone finds a banana stuck up Rand Paul’s tail pipe, it wasn’t me”
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NEW: Sen Britt’s SOTU response wasn’t the first time she told the anecdote about sex trafficking victim Karla Jancinto Romero Britt has referenced Romero’s story at least 5 times this year to criticize Biden’s border policies, an NBC News analysis shows
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Speaker Pelosi, choking up, says “it’s a sad day for all of us” speaking of Senator Feinstein’s passing
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Santos tells reporters he will NOT resign after GOP officials in Nassau called for his immediate resignation
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Asked Santos if he was wearing anything bought with campaign funds - including the Ferragamo shoes he was wearing “No, nothing.” Santos said looking down at his clothes. “These shoes are six years old.”
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1 year
Congressman George Santos enjoying a night out at Hill Country… @KaitlynFrancis7
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“We’re going to make progress, we’re going to shock you,” McCarthy says walking into the Capitol
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We spoke with Eula Rochard, who describes herself as the “RuPaul” of Brazil, and was friends with Santos while he was living in Brazil. Eula told us that she met Santos when he was “coming up in the drag world” and was a mentor to him. 🧵 w/ Olympia Sonnier
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The most recent obsession from the media claiming that I am a drag Queen or “performed” as a drag Queen is categorically false. The media continues to make outrageous claims about my life while I am working to deliver results. I will not be distracted nor fazed by this.
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I asked Santos when the public will get answers from him: “When I will respond to the press, it’s going to be comprehensive. Not now, not like this.” Asked if a congressman who has come under controversy should be out at a karaoke bar taking selfies, his staff interjected
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Congressman George Santos enjoying a night out at Hill Country… @KaitlynFrancis7
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Stolen funds raised for a disabled veteran’s service dog, and immigration docs showing his mother was not in New York as he claimed on 9/11, are just the latest developments embroiling George Santos. @lizbrownkaiser and I mapped out the controversy
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Eula described Santos as having an “outgrown sense of grandeur” and said that “he lied all the time.” She said that Santos was “never the type of drag queen who could hold down the show,” and that he never actually worked at the drag club because he “couldn’t cut it.”
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Congressman George Santos will attend the pro-Trump rally in NY today
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EXCLUSIVE: The January 6 committee plans to issue at least three criminal charges against Trump, including obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the government, and inciting or assisting an insurrection W/ @alivitali @haleytalbotnbc
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TX Sens. Cornyn & Cruz dodged questions about their state denying Kate Cox an abortion despite a fatal fetal diagnosis and health risks "I’m not a state official...I'm happy to comment on things I'm responsible for" Cornyn told me
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McCarthy told me that the House is NOT going to adjourn today. “We’ll have another vote today”
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Texas Senator John Cornyn on Kate Cox and whether he supports AG Paxton “Well I’m a federal official…I’m not going to comment on what state officials are doing. I’m happy to comment on anything I’m responsible for.”
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When Santos came back to Brazil in 2008, Eula told us he tried to compete for the Rio de Janeiro drag title and lost. Santos was also “trying to throw his money around” according to Eula, issuing checks that didn’t have funds.
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George Santos’ constituents delivered a petition to his office calling for his resignation. Santos wouldn’t come out of his office and had a staffer receive it instead. The petition has 1,500 signatures.
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15 votes later…it’s offical
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Santos says that after his tense exchange with Senator Romney on the House floor, Senator Sinema told him to “hang in there buddy.” He adds that she was “very polite, very kind hearted.”
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Chairman Bennie Thompson told reporters that the Jan 6 committee reissued a subpoena for Rep. Mo Brooks today. Thompson said the original subpoena had expired while Brooks was on the campaign trail, but it’s “the same document.”
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Durbin indicates supplemental will likely get pushed to the new year and calls the January schedule “a mess” “A lot of deadlines that we face in the first few weeks of next year…and we don't have a great record when it comes to that”
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Tuberville has now cancelled this presser minutes after announcing It’s not clear why yet
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NEW: Tuberville will be making a big announcement regarding his hold on military promotions during a press conference early this afternoon
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Santos told me that he didn’t lie about his mother dying in 9/11. “No, I did not” he told me when I asked if he lied. Immigration documents show that his mother was not in New York on 9/11.
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SCOOP: The J6 committee believes it has sufficient evidence for criminal referrals against Trump lawyer John Eastman, and will likely unveil these referrals during today’s meeting, including criminal referrals for Trump we reported yesterday W/ @alivitali & @haleytalbotnbc
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Senator Cornyn (R-TX) says he doesn’t expect Trump to be the GOP nominee for 2024, but if he is, Cornyn says he’ll support him
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Leader Schumer greets Senator Warnock at the Capitol
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Majority Leader Schumer reacts to the passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein: “It’s a very, very sad day and I’ll be speaking on the floor shortly” he told me.
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NEW: Senator Manchin says that he is a NO on the WHPA
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Speaker McCarthy told reporters he will NOT support a defense supplemental “The senators are not paying attention to how the system works,” McCarthy said. “The idea that they think they're going to go around it is not going to work.”
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Santos told me that he will address the press “in his own time.” For the past several weeks, he has told reporters he will talk “soon.” Asked to specify what “soon” means and when he will finally address the allegations against him, Santos told me again, that he will “soon.”
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"She couldn't provide an abortion. She couldn't do any of the things that she was trained to do because of the restrictions in Texas. As a result, it landed me in the ICU with sepsis." Story w/ @alivitali reflecting on one year without Roe
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NEWS: Menendez will not run for reelection as a Democrat but hopes that his “exoneration” will allow him to run as an Independent in June Menendez released a 9-minute long campaign video, but took it down moments ago.
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Mo Brooks tells reporters that he had multiple conversations directly with Trump about presidential pardons. Brooks said that ultimately he and Trump thought it would be best to “let it play out” and not issue pardons “preemptively”
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NEWS: Santos filed a statement of candidacy with the FEC today, indicating his intent to run for re-election in 2024
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NY Reps. Torres and Goldman join the presser. “Of the 535 members in Congress, there's no one who poses a greater threat to the integrity of the institution.”
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McCarthy just now dodging questions from reporters again on the J6 footage while leaving the Capitol
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Speaker McCarthy, who has thus far been very accessible to press, hasn’t answered questions on giving Jan 6 video to Tucker Carlson. After telling @mkraju & me ~230pm that he'd be right back to talk, he just left the Cap via an alt door, avoiding press outside his office
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Senator Durbin tells me he’ll be voting NO on the resolution to block the DC crime bill - splitting with Leader Schumer
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Schumer after the passage of reconciliation: “This is my lucky blue suit” “I had a feeling I’d be wearing it today”
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Protestors inside the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing with Secretaries Blinken and Austin are being escorted out of the room. Code Pink protestors are shouting “ceasefire now!”
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TORRES: “His only reason for remaining in public office is to maintain leverage for plea bargain in the event of criminal prosecution. His only purpose is to be a punch line for comedians.”
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The group, Concerned Citizens of NY-03, was created just a few weeks ago. They say they have only one goal, “have George Santos removed from squatting in our seat.”
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NEW: Republican strategists are shifting away from “pro-life” messaging on abortion, according to several senators who attended a closed-door presentation on abortion polling this week Reporting w/ @JulieNBCNews @brennanleach @lizbrownkaiser
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George Santos denied the authenticity of the leaked Facebook post reported by the Patch yesterday. “I have a black father and a Jewish ancestry. Let's have a genuine conversation. It's not real,” Santos told me this morning. (FB post below)
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NEW: Ethics Committee expects DOJ to come to a resolution on George Santos before the committee’s investigation wraps up The committee’s investigation is taking longer than expected and a source tells NBC the investigation into Santos isn’t over
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Tune into @LindseyReiser this morning and 3-5PM for the latest coverage on the March on Washington and voting rights in DC
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Senator Cruz tells me that he will NOT support the Gun Safety Bill. He says the bill negotiated by his Texas counterpart, Cornyn, follows “the wrong approach”
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. @SenatorRomney : “I vote no already!”
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Former Rep. George Santos is returning to Capitol Hill tonight for the first time since his expulsion to attend President Biden’s State of the Union address, one source familiar told me Confirming @kadiagoba
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Reacting to the NYT article stating that he aided the coal industry, earning himself millions, Sen. Manchin tells me that "everything that we've done has been complying with whatever regulations, ethical and everything" since he has been in public office
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SCOOP: Reproductive Freedom for All, F.K.A. NARAL Pro-Choice America, is endorsing Congressman Ruben Gallego in AZ-SEN after backing Senator Kyrsten Sinema in her last election “The only candidate in this race we can trust…is Gallego.”
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Santos is now refusing to answer questions. “I have a constitutional right to not answer questions,” he told me.
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Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in @JulieNBCNews
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“Of course,” McConnell says when asked if he has the votes for leader
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NEW: Tuberville will be making a big announcement regarding his hold on military promotions during a press conference early this afternoon
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Asked why he’s not attending tonight, Santos told reporters that he “just doesn’t have the time.” Instead, he says he’ll be working on constituent services tonight.
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Congressman George Santos will not be attending the new member orientation at the White House tonight. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Monday that all new members of Congress are invited.
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“The speaker is going to have to decide where he wants to be in this chapter of history,” Senator Tillis told reporters this morning. “If Putin wins, Republicans will lose.”
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**Correcting: five times over the last year
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McCarthy arrives at the Capitol for the 2nd day of voting on speaker “We’re making progress,” he told reporters
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Speaker Pelosi walks to the House floor where she’s expected to make an announcement about her future plans
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NEW: Sens. Shaheen and Ernst are introducing legislation to tackle the national child care shortage through a DoD-led pilot program that would help child care providers near military installations train and recruit staff members
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Congressman George Santos will not be attending the new member orientation at the White House tonight. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Monday that all new members of Congress are invited.
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ICYMI: Sens Blackburn & Duckworth are introducing new legislation today that pushes for aspiring cosmetologists to take a domestic violence prevention training course to obtain their licenses Read more below w/ @JulieNBCNews
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Senator Cruz rides shotgun with the “People’s Convoy” truckers
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After being bitten by a fox outside of the Senate Russell building, @RepBera is okay and started his rabies prophylaxis - a series of five shots - last night “Bizarrest day on the Hill” Bera said
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GOP Rep. Mo Brooks sent an email on January 11, 2021 requesting pardons for “Every Congressman and Senator who voted to reject the electoral college vote submissions of Arizona and Pennsylvania”
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Rubio tells me he hasn’t spoken with Trump, or anyone in his campaign about being VP “Anybody who would be offered that should be honored, but I’ve never spoken to anybody in the Trump world about it,” he said.
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SCOOP: Trump eyes Sen. Marco Rubio as a potential VP pick The short list remains on the long side. But the Florida senator is gaining traction. @NBCNews with @Mdixon55 @jonallendc
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Senate Dems are holding a press conference to mark the one year anniversary of the Dobbs decision. “I've been fighting for abortion rights since I got here. So I can tell you this fight did not start with Roe and it did not end with Dobbs” @PattyMurray said
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Be real!
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SANTOS when asked what he discussed with Speaker McCarthy this morning: “Stop asking me questions you know you won’t be getting the answer to. Be real!!!”
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Senator Durbin says he had a “long conversation” with John Fetterman yesterday and believes he’s ready for the job. “It's true that he is going through a rehabilitation and he's making great progress, physically he feels he's 100%.”
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Schumer holds a presser following the passage of a stopgap funding bill averting a government shutdown “Hello late night friends!” Schumer said
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BREAKING: Senate passes two-step CR, punting spending fight and threat of a government shutdown til after the holidays. Vote was 87-11. w/ @kate_santaliz + assists from @frankthorp @GarrettHaake
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Almost 11 hours later, Judge Jackson leaves day 3 of her confirmation hearing
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The Senate just passed a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, 70-29. But it now faces an uncertain future in the House, as Speaker Johnson made clear last night that he wouldn’t bring the bill to the floor w/ @scottwongDC & @frankthorp
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After endorsing Trump last night, Cornyn tells reporters he wants the former president to pick Tim Scott for VP “I think that would be a really a good ticket…after a primary there needs to be a broader appeal than just to primary voters.”
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I have seen enough. To beat Biden, Republicans need to unite around a single candidate, and it’s clear that President Trump is Republican voters’ choice. Four more years of failed domestic policies like the Biden Border Crisis and record-high inflation, and failed foreign…
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Bipartisan group of border negotiators met earlier today, three sources tell @frankthorp & me Secretary Mayorkas was not in attendance
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. @JulieNBCNews asked what happens if the group loses funding from the US - the organization’s largest supporter “Well, I'm afraid at that point, Ukraine may crumble.” Cowan said. “And if we can't help Ukraine, stay alive, then it will die.”
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NYT article by @cflav @JulieATate
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"We’re talking basically my business actions 30, 40 years ago, until I was in public office full time 20 years ago" Manchin said.
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Wyoming Senator Lummis tells reporters that she’s supporting Barrasso if he chooses to run for leader “I want to help John Barrasso do whatever he wants to do”
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Senator Graham on if his questioning of Judge Jackson was in line: "I think I was very in line because she wouldn't answer my questions"
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News: Senator Lee says the impeachment articles for Secretary Mayorkas will come on Monday
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Sen. Stabenow tells us that Sinema was not at the Dem caucus meeting this morning. Dems continue to say there were no dissenting opinions during today’s meeting
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“The President saw part of it and said that he thought that she showed both grace and dignity. I agree.” Sen. Durbin says on Judge Jackson yesterday.
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“You had a Republican member who went way over the time allotted to him, ignored the rules of the committee, badgered the nominee, would not even let her answer the questions.” Sen. Leahy says on Graham’s intense line of of questioning towards Judge Jackson.
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NEW: Senator Vance will try to UC the House passed.stand-alone Israel aid bill with IRS offsets on the floor this morning
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@DougAndres Looks like a chicken to me…
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Aguilar tells me that next week’s Jan 6 hearing will still happen Thursday during prime time. Advisory will be sent TONIGHT
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@rachelvscott : “Is there any hope for this bill?” Senator Murphy: “No,” “Republicans have definitively sided with Donald Trump. They have decided they want to keep chaos at the border because it is a political winner for them.”
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