Annie Grayer
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Capitol Hill Reporter @CNN. Forbes 30 under 30.
Joined July 2017
Democratic leadership laying down the gauntlet on Marjorie Taylor Greene: Steny Hoyer is expected to tell Kevin McCarthy he has 72 hours to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments or Democrats will bring the issue to the House floor, a source familiar tells me.
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On the House floor, Liz Cheney entered this into the record calling out Jim Banks for sending letters to government agencies claiming he is the ranking member of the 1/6 committee even though he is not on the committee.
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GOP Reps. Andrew Clyde of Georgia and Louie Gohmert of Texas have both been fined $5,000 for how they went through the metal detectors a senior Democratic aide confirmed to CNN. These fines are part of a new rule established this week.
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After his remarks at the labor solidarity dinner in Manchester, NH, @BernieSanders danced.
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NEW: David Shafer, one of the GA Rs who served as a fake elector on behalf of Trump after the 2020 election, told the 1/6 committee today that the Trump campaign directed the GA GOP in 2020 to put forward an alternate slate of electors after Donald Trump lost the state.
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The House just passed President Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package. Two Democrats voted against the bill. No Republicans voted for the bill.
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Wow. The judge in the John Eastman case says he agrees with the 1/6 Committee's arguments that Donald Trump and John Eastman may have been planning a crime as they sought to disrupt the certification of the 2020 election.
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Jan 6 committee chairman Bennie Thompson tells me that the committee has “started receiving” Trump White House visitor logs and records of former Vice President Mike Pence and that the docs are “very fruitful.”.
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren told me “YES,” 1/6 panel has found evidence that Donald Trump and members of his family have personally benefiting from donations that were advertised as going towards election fraud claims. Trump campaign raised approx $250 mil off election lies, committee says.
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NEW: Ginni Thomas met with Jan 6 committee IN PERSON. She did not answer my questions
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Wild exchange between Jamie Raskin and Andrew Clyde during rules committee meeting just now. Raskin asked Clyde if he still stood by his statement calling 1/6 "normal tourist visit" and read out Clyde's entire statement. Clyde: "I stand by that exact statement as I said it.”.
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Buried in the Dominion filing: Donald Trump dialed into Lou Dobbs’ show on 1/6 trying to get on air but Fox would not let him. 1/6 committee didn’t know Trump had made this call, according to a source familiar with the panel’s work.
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NEW: Jamie Raskin asks FBI Director Christopher Wray to put all of the non-classified info he & Oversight Chairman James Comer received from their FBI briefing about the FD 1023 at the center of alleged Biden bribery scheme in writing for everyone to see.
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Governor @DevalPatrick was supposed to have an event at Morehouse College tonight. An organizer with the college who planned the event told CNN that Patrick cancelled the event when he arrived and learned that he would not have an audience. (Note, two people came, not pictured)
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BREAKING: Jan 6 committee has in its possession more than 2 dozen texts between Mark Meadows and Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Story w/@ryanobles @ZcohenCNN @jamiegangel
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INBOX. Bernie Sanders has raised $1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in Vermont through merchandise, made from the now-iconic image of him and his mittens on Inauguration Day.
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The package includes direct aid to small businesses, $1,400 direct checks to Americans making less than $75,000 annually, an increase in the child tax credit, direct funding to state and local governments, funding for schools and more money for vaccine distribution.
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On NPR @BernieSanders was asked why he should stay in the presidential race: "you’re talking about an election without elections, what does that mean? That’s kind of unprecedented.”.
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When @BernieSanders began his event in Carson City, female topless anti-dairy industry protesters stormed the stage. After the women were taken off the stage, Sanders said, “this is Nevada, there's always a little bit of excitement at no extra cost.”.
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.@BernieSanders and his wife, Jane, took a walk around their neighborhood in Burlington, VT in the rain. Sen. Sanders told reporters he’d be back on the trail “soon,” that he feels “very good,” and that he is “trying to get back into” his habit of taking long walks.
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Last night in Nashua, NH @berniesanders talked about his critics of Medicare for All. He mentioned three groups: .1. Trump and Republicans.2. The health care industry.3. Establishment Democrats.Listen for which group got the loudest boo from the crowd
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Via @tedbarrettcnn on the Hill w/ @BernieSanders: when asked to explain how his absence from the Senate was consistent w/ his efforts to address the crisis, Sanders accused a reporter of standing too close to him:. "Stay away from me. There's CDC requirement. Please follow it.”.
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New via @kpolantz: The National Archives decided yesterday that it will turn over vice presidential records to the 1/6 Committee early next month, after Trump said he wanted to keep secret more than 100 of the documents.
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.@marwilliamson just made a surprise appearance at @BernieSanders’ rally in Austin, Texas to endorse the Vermont senator.
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“The committee is completely in solidarity” GOP Rep. Liz Cheney told me when I asked her if all 1/6 committee members believe that criminal contempt should be the next step (and quickly) for those who evade subpoena deadlines.
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Bernie Sanders just said he would accept the job of Labor Secretary if Joe Biden asked him on CNN: “If I had a portfolio that allowed me to stand up and fight for working families, would I do it? Yes I would.”.
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GOP Matt Gaetz on why he is going to Wyoming against Liz Cheney: .“I have a competing vision for Republicanism" ."I believe that we ought to embrace the spirit and style of President Trump.”."Most of the members of the GOP conference don't believe that Liz Cheney speaks for them".
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When @BernieSanders got on stage at his event being held in a rodeo arena in Mesquite, Texas: “you know I was thinking I have never been to a rodeo in my life, but I do work in Washington DC and I do hear a lot of bullsh*t, so bullsh*t is not anything I am unfamiliar with.”.
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“I mean this very sincerely, Joe Biden is a friend of mine, I've known Joe for a very long time” @BernieSanders said in MN, stopping the boos from the crowd. “Joe is a decent guy he's just wrong on the issues. He's just wrong with his vision for the future.”.
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This move from Hoyer suggests that Democratic leadership want to give McCarthy time to act on Greene independently before truly pursuing a resolution on the House floor.
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NEW: House lawmakers are scrambling to determine whether Patrick McHenry can participate in a Gang of 8 briefing on Israel. A source involved in the discussions said it is up to WH who can participate, but emphasized how untested the entire situation is given status of House.
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Mike Rogers of Alabama lunged at Matt Gaetz after Kevin McCarthy walked away from him.
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James Comer made a lot of claims after Kevin Morris interview. Morris then accused Comer of misleading & cherry-picking his testimony in letter I obtained: “Just release the full transcript. Why would you be reluctant or afraid to do that, other than it will disprove your spin?”
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Clay Higgins stands by his post where he called Haitian migrants “thugs” & “slapstick gangsters” even though he deleted it: “It’s not a big deal to me. It’s like something stuck to the bottom of my boot. Just scrape it off and move on with my life.”
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Dems have brought up multiple times how 2 of Jordan's FBI whistleblowers who testified to Congress have been paid, Nadler has raised this with DOJ:. Twitter images of two checks sent to the whistleblowers for $255,194 each. The checks list “holding the line: a gift” as the reason.
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New: Hunter Biden business associate Rob Walker said in closed door interview that "President Joe Biden-while in office or as a private citizen-was never involved" in any of his business dealings with Hunter Biden, according to Walker’s opening statement obtained first by CNN.
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CNN’s @jaketapper followed up with Lofgren on air just now, saying Trump family benefiting from “grift.” Lofgren said that for example Kimberly Guilfoyle was paid $60K to speak at the Jan 6 rally.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren told me “YES,” 1/6 panel has found evidence that Donald Trump and members of his family have personally benefiting from donations that were advertised as going towards election fraud claims. Trump campaign raised approx $250 mil off election lies, committee says.
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On Veterans Day, @berniesanders released his plan to help veterans. It will:. -provide at least $62 billion in new funding to the VA. -fill the nearly 50,000 vacancies at the VA during his first year in office. -expand access to VA mental health and suicide prevention services.
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At an event in Berlin, NH, @BernieSanders was asked why he doesn’t call out other Democratic candidates for adopting policy positions he ran on in 2016. “why don't I call out people who have adopted my ideas? I'm not going to call them out. I'm proud of them.”.
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.@AOC tells me she views the $3.5 trillion budget resolution as "absolutely a progressive victory.".
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NEW: Bernie Sanders responds to Hillary Clinton's accusation that his delayed endorsement hurt her candidacy: "I'm sorry that Hillary Clinton is rerunning 2016"
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The list of who is pleading the 5th Amendment to the 1/6 committee that we know of so far:. Jeffrey Clark: more than 100 times . Alex Jones: “almost 100 times” . John Eastman: 146 times. Roger Stone: to every question asked.
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The House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act, which would enshrine protections for same-sex marriage into federal law. The final vote was bipartisan: 267-157, with 47 Republicans joining Democrats in voting for the legislation. It’s now sent to the Senate.
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Rep. Liz Cheney said the 9/11 style commission being developed to investigate 1/6 "has to include what went on in terms of questioning the outcome of the election." . Said that Trump pushing "this idea that the election had been stolen" was "a dangerous claim. It wasn't true.”.
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Hoyer tells @mkraju that the House is going to recess as Kevin McCarthy speaks for over 3 hours on the floor delaying the vote. Says the House will come back at 8am tomorrow. “He wants to do it in the dead of night. We are going to do it in the day.”.
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.@BernieSanders gives his wife, Jane, a kiss on the forehead as the pair lead a group of supporters to the Liberty and Justice dinner in Des Moines.
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This came after Raskin asked Clyde initially if he stood by his initial statements and Clyde said he wanted Raskin to read his whole statement. Raskin came prepared and read the whole quote out loud.
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Larry David on @BernieSanders: . “I feel he should drop out,” Mr. David said. “Because he’s too far behind. He can’t get the nomination. And I think, you know, it’s no time to fool around here. Everybody’s got to support Biden.”
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House Oversight Ranking Member Jamie Raskin has sent a letter to the Director of Secret Service asking for the visitor logs to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and Pence’s Indiana residence in light of classified documents found there.
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"I love it" Meadows said to a member of Congress in a text on his personal phone when the member said the possibility of appointing alternate electors in certain states was “highly controversial.". This is a text Meadows turned over to the cmte before he decided to not cooperate.
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NEW: Some inside GOP are frustrated w/House GOP’s first impeachment inquiry hearing:. “You want witnesses that make your case. Picking witnesses that refute House Republicans arguments for impeachment is mind blowing. This is an unmitigated disaster.”. w/@MZanona.
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MI Secretary of State responds to Trump lawsuit: “a cursory review of Plaintiffs’ filings demonstrates that their vague legal claims and nonexistent facts hold no water and should be dismissed.”.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders told me and @GaryGrumbach as he was entering his Senate office that his tense onstage discussion with Sen. Elizabeth Warren immediately following the debate last night was “about the weather.”.
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The latest from @BernieSanders on the delayed Iowa results while at a town hall in Derry, NH: “I assume that one of these years, that vote count will be completed. But as of 70% of the count, we are winning the popular vote.” (1/2).
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Clyde’s full quote that Raskin read during the rules committee hearing:
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.@berniesanders’ latest attack on billionaires, tonight in South Carolina. Sanders asks “what do I mean when I say the current political system is corrupt?” His answer: billionaires can run for president and would be “taken seriously even if you were the dumbest person on Earth.”
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Democrat introduces resolution to expel GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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NEW: @BernieSanders released a plan to legalize marijuana, expunge pot related convictions, and take steps to shape the legal sales industry. Story from @GregJKrieg, @ryanobles and me.
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A woman in Vista, CA told @BernieSanders that she was a survivor of the Las Vegas mass shooting, and the recent shootings gave her severe PTSD, but she couldn’t afford to see a therapist. Sanders: “Why should she not be able to call up somebody and go in and get some help today?”.
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During a town hall in Carson City, Nevada today, a deeply personal moment happened between @BernieSanders and a veteran who has stage four Huntington’s disease and is $139,000 in debt. I was at the event and shared what I saw with @donlemon on @CNNTonight, making my TV debut
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The @BernieSanders campaign raised $2.7 million from nearly 150,000 donations today – making it the best debate day of the entire campaign, per @cascamike.
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"Cardi B is deeply concerned about what's happening in the country. She knows what it's like to live in poverty and struggle, and it would be great for her to bring that experience to politics" @BernieSanders told TMZ in an interview posted Tuesday
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New: Republicans on House Ethics have canceled their meeting tomorrow with Dems that was expected to address the long-awaited report on Matt Gaetz. The GOP members huddled privately Thursday night. Those lawmakers declined to comment as they left the meeting.W/@sarahnferris.
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1/6 committee sought to piece together a near minute by minute account of Trump’s movements actions and phone calls that day. Not knowing about this call underscores some of the gaps in knowledge that still exist based on certain roadblocks the committee faced.
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NEW: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made several unproven claims Tuesday while announcing the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. We fact checked them. W/@MarshallCohen @ddale8 .
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NEW: 1/6 committee interviewed on Monday the driver of Donald Trump’s presidential vehicle from day of the attack, multiple sources tell me @ZcohenCNN @WhitneyWReports @evanperez. Committee had not interviewed driver before who was eye witness to Cassidy Hutchinson testimony.
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Ahead of speaker vote: . FIRM NO:.Don Bacon.Mike Lawler.Mike Kelly.Carlos Gimenez.Mario Diaz Balart. LEANING NO:.Ken Buck.Victoria Spartz.Steve Womack.Marianette Miller-Meeks. UNDECIDED/NOT SAYING:. Young Kim.John Rutherford.Juan Ciscomani.Tom Kean Jr. ABSENT:.Gus Bilirakis.
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As the conversation at the forum progressed, Sanders paused at one point to say, “just tonight in this church we have had more serious discussion about the issues that impact the American people in the half hour we been up here than I have had in 10 debates.” (5/5).
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NEW: Bennie Thompson says the select committee investigating 1/6 will likely send out subpoenas to companies and individuals who have not complied with their records request “within a week”.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for a motion to adjourn already, a move she has repeatedly use to mess with the floor schedule, which means that the expected noon vote on the Covid relief bill will be pushed back by at least 45 minutes.
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SCOOP: DHS inspector general met with all 9 members of the Jan 6 committee today about Secret Service erasing text messages from the day of the riot and the day before. W/@ryanobles @ZcohenCNN
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.@BernieSanders on his $18 million Q2 fundraising total, where teachers were the profession that contributed the most & Walmart was the largest employer of those who donated: “I am enormously proud and humbled to receive so much support from the working class of this country.”.
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Liz Cheney said the 1/6 committee has received approximately 800,000 pages from the Secret Service in response to a subpoena. Her take: “the text messages themselves, in many cases, are gone. There are other forms of communication like teams messages and emails”.
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But Clyde then repeatedly rejected Raskin’s premise that the people who attacked the Capitol on January 6 were terrorists and not tourists. “That statement did not say that those people were tourists” Clyde said. “Read the statement.”.
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One claim Trump’s team is making in the MI case is that poll challengers weren’t given access to observe/challenge the process. This is a photo I took on 11/2 at the Detroit absentee counting board of poll challengers entering the facility. Many were wearing MI GOP identification
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.@BernieSanders held a town hall earlier to discuss his plan to eliminate medical debt. One woman, who struggles to pay medical bills bc her son has Type 1 Diabetes and her daughter has Rheumatoid Arthritis told Sanders, “there's no way out for us. I mean other than you Bernie.”.
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At Politics & Eggs, @BernieSanders read out headlines about wealthy donors supporting @PeteButtigieg. But ended by saying, “I like Pete Buttigieg. Nice guy. But we’re in a moment where billionaires not only control the economy, but the entire political process.”.
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BREAKING: Trump Jr texted Mark Meadows before 2020 election was called already sharing ideas about how to subvert the Electoral College process and keep his father in power . “We have multiple paths We control them all”. @ryanobles @ZcohenCNN
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When Raskin tried another way by asking Clyde to respond to police officers taking issue with "an internet meme that the people here were just tourists,".Clyde: "I’m not responsible for an internet meme, okay?” "You want to make this another January 6 hearing, but it’s not.".
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The @BernieSanders campaign confirms to me that @AOC will endorse Sen. Sanders at his rally on Saturday, as first reported by @washingtonpost. @GregJKrieg reports that @IlhanMN and @RashidaTlaib will also endorse Sen. Sanders.
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I'm told House staffers are in the process of drafting a letter to send to the Senate urging them to convict Trump for inciting the violent attack against the Capitol. “No one should have to experience something like this in their place of work” one staffer told me.
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.@BernieSanders visited a polling place in Manchester to say hello to supporters, as voting is underway in New Hampshire.
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NEW: source tells me that House Democrats have the votes to pass an assault weapons ban if it came to the floor. Expectation is vote would be bipartisan. This would never pass the Senate, and is not part of the bipartisan agreement, but it shows where House Dems are heading.
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Pelosi officially announces that four weeks of paid family and medical leave are being added back into Democrats social spending bill.
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Source tells me: Scalise and Jordan just met. Jordan asked for Scalise’s help in the Speaker race. Scalise wouldn’t commit. Not being a team player.
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.@BernieSanders and his wife, Jane, leave the NH state house, after filing his candidacy with the Secretary of State, and head to rally with supporters on the lawn in front of the state house.
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NEW: the @BernieSanders campaign is making “caucus concerts” a thing. Right before the Iowa caucuses Sanders will hold a concert with @boniver on 1/31 and with @vampireweekend on 2/1.
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Per @Reuters this is the note Jim Jordan was holding as he left his meeting with the GOP members who aren’t backing him. One of the notes reads “what is the real reason”
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NEW: 1/6 committee has subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis and Boris Epshteyn. All Trump allies involved in efforts to challenge/overturn 2020 presidential election.
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.@BernieSanders said he and @ewarren spoke on the phone "a few hours ago.". "What Senator Warren told me is that she is assessing her campaign. She has not made any decisions as of this point. Says he will "respect the time and the space that she needs to make her decision.".
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NEW: the 1/6 committee has officially subpoenaed Kimberly Guilfoyle after she walked out on a voluntary interview. Guilfoyle is a former Trump campaign aide and the fiancé of Donald Trump Jr. Story w/ @ryanobles .
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NEW: None of the 3 whistleblowers Jim Jordan's committee has interviewed so far appear to have their claims validated by gov. entities that grant federal whistleblower protections, a series of interviews and review of transcripts show. W/@alaynatreene.
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Kinzinger told CNN that committee believes that Tony Ornato was personally involved in efforts to discredit the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson while he was still at the agency, and said unnamed Secret Service officials and others simply adopted his side of the story.
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Rep. @AOC tells me that she will be using the three week recess members have from voting in Congress in part to prepare the Green New Deal for “re-rollout,” working to get new cosponsors and coalition partners on the progressive environmental policy.
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Adam Kinzinger says on CNN he is glad the letter his family released disavowing him for his political views came out so Americans could see the real divides that exist in the GOP over Trump
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