Caitlin Huey-Burns

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Clyburn told me he hopes for a vote on that around Labor Day, and if that's blocked by filibuster "there is going to be one hell of a price to be paid in next year's elections." https://t.co/i9hirbyvln — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

A q I've had covering voting rights + the filibuster: Given what's happening in state legislatures, why didn't Dems focus on bringing up the John Lewis Voting Rights Act first? It would restore VRA mandate that states w discrimination history get federal approval to change laws — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Biden said he could take executive action on ghost guns. Here's a great @60Minutes piece on what those are, and how they have "become a weapon of choice for criminals, manufactured by gangs and used in mass shootings": https://t.co/dMP8FxE0xd — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Indeed, Bo Knows News: @BoKnowsNews highlights the newsiest bits from today's presser: — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Good question: Addressing root causes of migration doesn't change what's happening over night, doesn't solve what's happening right now at the border — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Biden quickly pivoted away from a question about executive action on guns to infrastructure, saying that's the next major initiative. — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Our reporting on why voting rights activists have been so focused on the filibuster, and why those calling to abolish it think voting rights is the issue to do it with (and why Biden can't do much by EO): https://t.co/i9hirbyvln — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

RT @mviser: You said you are going to run for reelection — Biden: “I said that is my EXPECTATION." So is that a yes? Biden: "Look, I do… — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

NEWS from @nancycordes: — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Biden says YES, he agrees w Obama the filibuster is a relic of Jim Crow. Great @kaitlancollins follow: Then why not abolish? "Successful electoral politics is the art of the possible. Let's figure out how we can get this done...Let's deal with the abuse of the filibuster first." — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

News from @nancycordes question: Biden says he plans on running for re-election in 2024. — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

The great @nancycordes asked Biden if he's concerned about the party losing seats if they don't pass voting rights legislation: "What I'm worried about is how unAmerican this whole initiative is." — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Biden says he commits to full media access to border facilities but says he doesn't know when that will be. — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Biden says one of the reasons he hasn't gone down to the border is "I don't want to become the issue" with bringing secret service and getting in the way. — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Some filibuster news in that long answer from Biden: "If we have to, if there is complete lockdown and chaos as a consequence of the filibuster we are going to have to go beyond what I'm talking about." (He has advocated for a "talking filibuster") — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

From DHS Sec Mayorkas statement March 16th: "We are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border than we have in the last 20 years." https://t.co/461kN1UNzC — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Asked about his policies driving migrant surge at border, Biden says: I should be flattered because people think I'm a nice guy and that's why they are coming, adds: "nothing has changed" and says this spike happens every year. But: DHS said more on border than in past 20 years — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Asked how far he is willing to go to push his priorities through Congress, Biden doesn't address the filibuster. Instead says: "My Republican colleagues are going to have to determine whether or not they want to work together...or to continue the politics of division." — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Biden holding his first press conference since taking office. You can watch here: https://t.co/gBI3CmncBV — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Manchin on S1/voting rights bill: "Pushing through legislation of this magnitude on a partisan basis may garner short-term benefits, but will inevitably only exacerbate the distrust that millions of Americans harbor against the U.S. government." — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

RT @kabir_here: Summary: Biden cue lowers Dem self-reported vaccine resistance Biden and Trump cues increase expressed willingness among co… — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

RT @stevenportnoy: It’s true, Biden has waited longer than any president in the past 100 years to hold a formal press conference. For the… — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

RT @jdawsey1: NEW: As NY struggled, Cuomo family & others close to gov received special access to covid tests, as well as quick results & s… — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

RT @tperry518: Back in 2019, @VP Harris (who supported a mandatory buyback of assault weapons) told me if Congress wouldn’t act a Harris Ad… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tperry518: NEW: @VP Kamala Harris to lead Administration’s Efforts to Stem Migration at Border. With @edokeefe and @camiloreports htt… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cbsmireya: Interesting. This is a position POTUS held during the Obama Administration. He was tasked with slowing the flow of unaccompa… — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

I wonder if the Republican argument against "federal takeover" of state run elections would be more compelling if the former Republican president hadn't intervened in multiple state run elections... — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Since Georgia voting changes have been brought up at this S1 hearing, here's a great @stphnfwlr piece on where things currently stand. Important to note that elimination of no-excuse absentee and elimination of Sunday voting is not in final bill: https://t.co/jDvshKTHAd — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

Schumer says S1 is highest priority. But currently Joe Manchin is the only Senate Democrat who has *not* signed on to co-sponsor the bill. His support for it this session is unclear at this point. Last week he said he hadn't seen it. — PolitiTweet.org

Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns

McConnell says after 2016 and 2020 "both sides" took turns "refusing to accept the results when their side lost." Big Difference: Clinton conceded the following morning; Trump is still falsely claiming the election was stolen. — PolitiTweet.org