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So far that's two senators announcing their retirements after the 2022 elections — Republicans Rob Portman (Ohio) and Pat Toomey (Pa.) — compared to zero House members. — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats Weigh Whether Iowa Should Stay First In Line For 2024 Election https://t.co/bEx9spM41c — PolitiTweet.org

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Outgoing President Donald Trump's 34% approval rating, per Gallup, matches that of President George W. Bush in 2009. For Bush, though it was actually an improvement. Bottomed out in Gallup #s at 25% in November 2008, just a point higher than Richard Nixon when he resigned. — PolitiTweet.org

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Inauguration Day and shift in Senate majority from R to D will see big shift in presidential succession. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) set to become president pro tempore, #3 in line after VP and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. — PolitiTweet.org

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John Roberts would be the first chief justice to preside over two presidential impeachment trials. And the first to preside in the trial of a president they swore into office. — PolitiTweet.org

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Departing Labor Secretary Elaine Chao is the rare Cabinet secretary to have served every day in a two-term administration. In her prior role as President George W. Bush's labor secretary, from Jan. 20, 2001, to Jan. 20, 2009. — PolitiTweet.org

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Yet another House Floor contretemps in need of coverage by roaming @cspan cameras. https://t.co/Q4Yzq3vuFQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Different times. David Perdue (R-Ga.) got to the Senate as a political giant-slayer of sorts. The outsider former business executive beat three sitting congressmen in the 2014 GOP primary, then romped in general election over the daughter of former Sen. Sam Nunn (D). — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JayCaruso: I obtained a copy of the memo @Liz_Cheney sent to her Republican colleagues in the House conference, and it's a repudiation… — PolitiTweet.org

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Ironic that Sen.-elect Roger Marshall (Kan.) got to Congress in the first place, in 2016, by beating a House Freedom Caucus member, then-Rep. Tim Huelskamp, in the GOP primary. Marshall was deemed the more "establishment" and "moderate" candidate. https://t.co/mgGRAnNaqN — PolitiTweet.org

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President-elect Joe Biden names Jessica Hertz as administration staff secretary. Underappreciated post, controlling all paper flow to the president. Previously in the job: SCOTUS Justice Brett Kavanaugh, @RepSeanMaloney of NY (DCCC chair), Clinton WH Chief of Staff John Podesta. — PolitiTweet.org

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U.S. stock futures rose Monday after President Trump signed a Covid-19 aid bill that he had criticized last week. https://t.co/imzsT0mbBf via @WSJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Statement by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) praising Trump for signing COVID-19 aid/spending bill makes no mention of $2,000 stimulus checks rather than $600, voter fraud investigation, or action on Section 230. — PolitiTweet.org

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New York and Alabama appear in a neck-and-neck fight for the 435th congressional seat. https://t.co/xpbynEYiVU — PolitiTweet.org

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Follows Joe Biden asking Kamala Harris to be his running mate via video. https://t.co/CrgWte51wG — PolitiTweet.org

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So, with Rep. Deb Haaland (D) interior secretary pick by Biden, there will be total turnover in New Mexico's three-member House delegation in early 2021. Assuming she's confirmed, of course. — PolitiTweet.org

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President-elect Joe Biden's energy secretary pick, Jennifer Granholm, moved to the U.S. from Canada at age four. And DHS secretary-designate Alejandro Mayorkas arrived at age 1 from Cuba. Yet neither can be in the presidential line of succession. — PolitiTweet.org

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Retiring Rep. Paul Mitchell (I-Mich.) spent $6.6 million of his own money to make it to Congress, where he stayed only four years. Half came in an unsuccessful 2014 bid, losing in the GOP primary, and then winning in 2016, in a different district. https://t.co/Nv12LnVW6Y — PolitiTweet.org

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Odd couple of Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) demanding $1,200 stimulus checks so government stays funded. @DavidMDrucker Wednesday explored Hawley's populist-conservative approach and potential niche for 2024 GOP nomination fight. https://t.co/XZyluSlSBn — PolitiTweet.org

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Statement by Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) about signing onto Texas election amicus brief to SCOTUS seems a bit defensive. "I didn’t come to this decision lightly or flippantly, and I didn’t make this decision based on emotion or even frustration with the election outcome." — PolitiTweet.org

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Senators arguing before the Supreme Court are rare, but not unprecedented. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) did so in March 1994, trying to persuade the Court to let him sue the Navy to stop the planned closing of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. https://t.co/belE3Drp5R — PolitiTweet.org

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Diplomatic relations between Israel and Morocco are a long time in coming. In mid-1977, four months before Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's trip to Israel, Moroccan King Hassan II hosted talks between Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan & Egyptian Deputy PM Hassan El-Touhamy. — PolitiTweet.org

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Watching again, it's clear Paul McCartney got a bad rap over his supposedly flippant response to John Lennon's death, 40 years ago tonight. PM is clearly in shock, and just processing the tragedy. People grieve in different ways. https://t.co/TeVyTIcW0f — PolitiTweet.org

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Waiver from 7-year cooling-off period from active duty, for Defense Secretary-designate Lloyd Austin, gives the House a rare say in the Senate confirmation process. — PolitiTweet.org

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Late Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), after winning his Senate seat in 1976, beat back a notable group of GOP challengers. — 1982, Prince George's County Exec. Larry Hogan Sr. — 1988, Diplomat, future WH candidate Alan Keyes. — 1994, Ex-Tennessee Sen. Bill Brock, who had moved to MD. — PolitiTweet.org

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And here's a link about CDC's Dr. Nancy Messonnier being the sister of former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. (Paragraph 7) https://t.co/7ZF0Kcg8AU — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Paul Cook (R-Calif.) resigns from the House on Monday, per clerk. Cook, first elected to the House in 2012, won a seat on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors. — PolitiTweet.org

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-- On 01/19/1981, President Jimmy Carter granted a pardon to folk singer Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary), who a decade earlier had pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a morals charge involving a 14-year-old girl. https://t.co/plhLWpIe0r — PolitiTweet.org

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Less-remembered last-day-as-president pardons. -- On 01/19/1989, President Ronald Reagan pardoned New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for convictions connected with illegal contributions to President Richard Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign. https://t.co/zVDC49fgYF — PolitiTweet.org

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FWIW, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is now the 1,985th senator ever. Should hit 2,000 by January 2025, when senators elected in 2024 take office. Possibly earlier. — PolitiTweet.org