Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

President Biden’s job approval rating is underwater in Massachusetts, per a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll: 41% of registered voters approve, 48% disapprove. https://t.co/kYNyIye0bW — PolitiTweet.org

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Merrick Garland calls Justice Department’s Jan. 6 probe the ‘most wide ranging investigation in its history’ The AG talked to ⁦@NBCNightlyNews⁩: https://t.co/f4p75u68Lc — PolitiTweet.org

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Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate nominee @DrOz would vote for the Respect For Marriage Act, his campaign spokeswoman tells me in an email: “Dr. Mehmet Oz believes that same sex couples should have the same freedom to get married as straight couples.” — PolitiTweet.org

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New: Democrats meddle in a Michigan GOP primary, seeking to sink @RepMeijer and propel a Trump-backed candidate they think they can beat. Republicans are angry. Some Dems criticize the strategy. And DCCC Chair @RepSeanMaloney responds. w/ @zarichards: https://t.co/c9GGgb076H — PolitiTweet.org

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I asked @MittRomney whether he plans to vote for Republican @SenMikeLee or independent candidate @EvanMcMullin in Utah's Senate election this fall. "I'm a good friend with both of them and I'm not making any endorsements," he responded. — PolitiTweet.org

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I asked DCCC Chair Maloney to respond to criticism of new MI03 ad that appears to boost far-right candidate in GOP primary. “Well, the ad criticizes the far-right candidate,” he says, adding: Dem goal is 218 seats & the strategy “makes sense in this case.” His full response 👇 https://t.co/w1nrtAWiUL — PolitiTweet.org

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Irony of the "defund the police" clash in Washington is it invariably becomes about who's willing to support federal "funding" — rarely a contest that Republicans win; e.g. $350 billion in the ARP went to state and local governments, large chunks of which went to ... police. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jonallendc: Trump calls for more spending to increase police forces. That's an idea he got from Biden's 2020 campaign. — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer says there's a "yooge" demand for chips. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if he believes @POTUS should run for a second term as president, @SenSchumer says: "I have said if he runs, I'll support him." — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer: "Right now the three things we're focusing on in this work period" — i.e. before August recess — "are chips, reconciliation and the PACT Act." On reconciliation: "We had the full Byrd bath Thursday." Says they're waiting on a ruling. "We may have to make a few tweaks." — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SenSchumer has no announcements on potential Senate vote on the Respect For Marriage Act. "We care very much about the marriage equality act. We are working real hard to get 10 Republican senators. Between that and the illnesses, we're not there yet," he tells reporters today. — PolitiTweet.org

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Chuck Schumer reacts to the bipartisan election reform proposal: "I haven't read it yet. But I respect their efforts. We need to do something." He says @amyklobuchar, Rules Committee chair, will hold a hearing on this "very soon." "Hopefully we can move forward on a proposal." — PolitiTweet.org

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Respect For Marriage Act has a chicken-or-egg problem. Chuck Schumer wants Republicans to confirm enough votes to break a filibuster before he puts it on the floor, and plenty of GOP senators (McConnell included) don't want to take a stance until Schumer puts it on the floor. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Kenny1207sg @SenatorDurbin has to be thru the regular 60-vote process. not entirely clear to me what the holdup is on green card quotas tbh, except the desire to add more and more until support fades. @PabloReports may have a better read on this — PolitiTweet.org

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@ShadesOfBlueAn1 @Kenny1207sg @SenatorDurbin @PabloReports @kerritalbot @ReichlinMelnick @a_moriarty I've spent ~18 months asking. 1 of the 50 Senate Ds says immigration should not be in reconciliation at all and he's not open to persuasion by the whip or anybody else. they don't have the votes. I'm just the messenger! — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell is still a no-comment on the Respect For Marriage Act: “I'm not going to make an observation about that until the issue is actually brought up in the Senate.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Mitch McConnell just now on the Senate election reforms proposed by the bipartisan group: “I think they’re steps in the right direction.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CraigCaplan: McConnell on the "flap" over Speaker Pelosi's travel plans to Taiwan: "I think much more important than traveling to Taiwa… — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) takes issue with the term climate crisis. “The American people are facing a number of crises right now and it’s not the climate,” he says. https://t.co/uOlPc2dkRL — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maggieNYT: SCOOP: @lukebroadwater and I reviewed dozens of emails between Trump campaign officials and lawyers, including one in which… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RepMeijer: They went with CHIPS & Science when CHIPS & SALSA (Sustaining American Leadership in Scientific Affairs) was right there. ht… — PolitiTweet.org

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@marcelemoran Is it censorship if you didn't have a right to put your voice on the platform in the first place? i.e. if the NYT turns down an op-ed submission is that censorship? — PolitiTweet.org

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@Kenny1207sg @SenatorDurbin @PabloReports @kerritalbot @ReichlinMelnick @a_moriarty it isn't up to Durbin. the current bill is largely being dictated by Manchin, who says he's only currently willing to do drug pricing and ACA funding — PolitiTweet.org

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This isn't "censorship" any more than Twitter throwing Trump off the platform was "censorship." Private companies have the right to decide what speech and content they host on their platforms. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if immigration is at all part of reconciliation talks, @SenatorDurbin responds with a clear and unequivocal “no.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Don't expect Bernie Sanders to scuttle the drug pricing reconciliation bill even though he thinks it's weaker than it should be. I wrote in Feb. 2020 about Bernie's long and secret history as a pragmatic legislator, which contradicts his image as a purist. https://t.co/cB3HodHe6n — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnthonyAdragna: This strains credulity the "looking at it" line. THE BILL IS FOUR PAGES. https://t.co/OnsLO4tsBD — PolitiTweet.org

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CHIPS-plus legislation moves forward in the Senate by a vote of 64-32. It's in very good shape to pass. — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP Sen. Shelley Moore Capito won't say how she'd vote on the Respect For Marriage Act if it came up in the Senate. "I'm still looking at it," she tells me. "I haven't made a public statement on my decision." — PolitiTweet.org