Rebecca Kaplan

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

Coming next week: @SenatorTimScott will deliver the GOP response to the first @POTUS address to a joint session of Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Senate has passed the anti-Asian American hate crimes bill to expedite the DOJ review of potential COVID-19 related hate crimes by a vote of 94 to 1. It now heads to the House for passage. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NikolenDC: "We are ready to sit down and get to work," @SenCapito says as she unveils Senate GOP $568 billion infrastructure framework… — PolitiTweet.org

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Legislation to make Washington, DC the 51st state has officially gone farther than ever in Congress, passing the House by a vote of 216 yeas to 208 nays on party lines. But now it heads for the Senate, where it will likely stall. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SpeakerPelosi doesn't say whether she would support changes to the House bill on limiting qualified immunity. "It’s about weighing the equities," she says, saying it's one of many important issues. — PolitiTweet.org

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"We cannot not improve the situation and so yes, we couldn't be better served," she says of @KarenBassTweets — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked about the filibuster, @SpeakerPelosi says, "Mitch McConnell is still the problem. And I don’t get involved in any discussion on Senate rules, you know that, and I don’t welcome any discussion from them on House rules." — PolitiTweet.org

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But she waved off questions about GOP leadership receiving the new proposal - @GOPLeader does not have it. "Some Republicans have," she says. Don't you worry about that. One step at a time." — PolitiTweet.org

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On scope - the last GOP objection - she says, "If we can come to agreement on the first two, why would they object to the scope which is the find the truth of what happened on January 6th." — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SpeakerPelosi says she has moved toward GOP preferences on even partisan split and subpoena power for a 1/6 commission. "If the price of the confidence the public would have in this is to make it a little harder to get some things done, so be it," she says. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Grace_Segers: A bit of drama on the House floor after Rep. Mondaire Jones suggested that arguments against D.C. statehood were racist,… — PolitiTweet.org

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Also the new SALT caucus is moving ahead with their push to get the deduction cap repealed. In a letter to @SecYellen, @JoshGottheimer says the federal government can raise the revenue by going after "tax cheats" who underpay taxes owed, costing the fed gov $1 trillion a year. — PolitiTweet.org

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Slow signs of normalcy resuming: the Capitol will reopen to for visitors conducting official business on 4/26 and the House office buildings on 4/29. All tours are still prohibited, and the office of the attending physician is still recommending maximum teleworking for offices. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Grace_Segers: Lawmakers are looking to push forward with police reform after Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murdering George Fl… — PolitiTweet.org

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There's still another big GOP concern - wanting the commission to focus more broadly on political violence if it will also study the origins of the 1/6 attack. As of yesterday, a spokesperson for @GOPLeader said neither he nor his staff had seen the latest proposal. — PolitiTweet.org

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A source confirms @SpeakerPelosi told her leadership team Monday night that the latest offer to Republicans on the 1/6 commission includes an even partisan split among commissioners, 1 of the GOP complaints (first reported by CNN). — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @edokeefe: The most notable line from @POTUS Biden tonight on George Floyd: “It was a murder in the full light of day and it ripped the… — PolitiTweet.org

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.@TimScottSC: "There is no question in my mind that the jury reached the right verdict...To deny the progress we’ve made is just as damaging as not making progress at all. I urge people across this nation to peacefully make their voices heard." — PolitiTweet.org

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Per @krisvancleave, a @CapitolPolice spokesman now saying Capitol Police will *hold off* on putting up outer perimeter fencing. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bensiegel: .@RepBeatty on the Derek Chauvin verdict: “This is the first step ... but today we start to change the world.” — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SpeakerPelosi says she spoke to the Floyd family earlier this afternoon and told them, "thank you, god bless you for your grace and your dignity." — PolitiTweet.org

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"You can get a verdict but the sentencing must match the crime that he was convicted of. So now we have to focus on transforming policing in the United States," says @RepKarenBass. She's leading efforts to get the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act passed by the Senate. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alanhe: And the video of the CBC huddling as the verdict came down https://t.co/zaGkQUiofu — PolitiTweet.org

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.@CapitolPolice will re-install portions of the outer perimeter fence around the Capitol in the wake of the Chauvin verdict. All roads will remain open and the complex will remain open as well. They will "reassess the fence installation as the situation evolves." https://t.co/BJi6fWWZEj — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alanhe: The CBC huddled in the Rayburn room watching the verdict come down https://t.co/jAisNWOlRJ — PolitiTweet.org

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A Minnesota jury has found Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts: second degree murder, third degree murder and second degree manslaughter. — PolitiTweet.org

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The House has voted 216 yeas to 210 nays to table the resolution, which means it has defeated. This is a big victory for Democratic leadership, who could afford to lose just 2 members on this vote. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bresreports: /3 @SpeakerPelosi & @LeaderHoyer are standing by the chamber doors greeting members as they come in. Very closely monitor… — PolitiTweet.org

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.@GOPLeader has offered his resolution to censure @MaxineWaters for her words in Minneapolis. The House is now voting to table the resolution, which would kill it. — PolitiTweet.org

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A source familiar says the acting @CapitolPolice chief has proposed restoring some of the fencing around the Capitol ahead of potential unrest around the Chauvin verdict and the @POTUS joint address to Congress next week. The Capitol Police board must approve (1st in Politico) — PolitiTweet.org