Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

@MeetThePress @NBCNews @scottwongDC These bills were broken up into two for (1) jurisdictional reasons, i.e. different committees oversee different pieces of the overall effort, and (2) there's a different mix of senators from the working group backing the two bills. Not everyone is sponsoring both. 2/2 — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

@MeetThePress @NBCNews @scottwongDC That bill is more about protecting the vote and keeping records. It would beef up penalties, set guidance for USPS to handle mail-in ballots, reauthorize the EAC and require the preservation of election records. Some more details here: https://t.co/QpHGqoN9Fm 1/2 — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

@MeetThePress @NBCNews @scottwongDC ...try to minimize prospect of alternate or fake electors being counted. Last issue is the thorniest. Lots more details on how they address that and what's in the bill >> https://t.co/QpHGqoN9Fm This effort has been blessed by Schumer & McConnell, so it might actually pass. 2/2 — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

@MeetThePress @NBCNews @scottwongDC A major breakthrough after months of negotiating; the group finally has legislation. This bill would amend the 1887 Electoral Count Act to make clear a VP can't reject electors, raise the objection threshold from 1 & 1 to a fifth of House & Senate, modify transition act and... 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @MeetThePress: If it’s Thursday, it’s #TweetThePress! As the January 6 hearings continue tonight, many are asking how Congress can prev… — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Here’s how @BrianSchatz described the idea of legislating against coups: https://t.co/v8RTN7GlAK https://t.co/dGnRrP4WlY — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

@MeetThePress @NBCNews Expect the panel to paint a vivid picture of a president who watched a group of his supporters attack the Capitol, as part of an attempt to change the result of the 2020 election, and did nothing for hours to stop them. More from colleague @scottwongDC https://t.co/lMJgGIiY7U 2/2 — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

@MeetThePress @NBCNews Tonight's hearing will be all about the 187 minutes of inaction from the breach of the Capitol to then-President Trump's remarks asking the rioters to go home. What did he know? What did he do? What did he fail to do? The committee plans to reconstruct the minute-by-minute. 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

@MeetThePress @NBCNews Hey @MeetThePress team! Busy week on the Hill. I'm exited to be back to #TweetThePress and chat about it all with you. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

NEW: House passes legislation to enshrine a right to contraception in federal law The vote is 228-195 220 Democrats and 8 Republicans vote YES All 195 NO votes are Republicans 2 Republicans vote “present” https://t.co/IqIyBq5CUI — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

President Biden tests positive for Covid, per @PressSec. https://t.co/5NOn3oDrER — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

"It's my understanding he was watching television." Kinzinger tweets a mashup of testimony on Trump's activities during the attack on the Capitol, ahead of tonight's Jan. 6 hearing. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

The Democrats’ collapse with young voters is a wild card in the midterms. Biden’s approval with this group has tanked and they don’t seem convinced that maintaining a Democratic Congress will do much for them. But polls show they dislike Republicans even more. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

How badly are Democrats bombing with young voters right now? New Quinnipiac poll says Ds lead Rs in the general congressional vote by just 7 points among Americans under 35. And 18% (!) are undecided. By contrast, in 2018 Ds won voters under 30 by well over 30 points. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @RepNancyMace: If gay couples want to be as happily or miserably married as straight couples, more power to them. Trust me, I've tried i… — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @woodruffbets: Scoop: On a call earlier this week, Pelosi urged Sec. Blinken to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terror. She also… — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @nytpolitics: Donald Trump called a top Republican in the State Legislature in Wisconsin in recent days to lobby for a measure that woul… — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

.@RepZoeLofgren & @RepLizCheney respond to Senate election bill: “The Select Committee has been considering legislative recommendations based on its findings concerning [1/6] attack and will share those soon. These will include a bipartisan approach to the Electoral Count Act.” https://t.co/hXVoGw0O6P — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

.@RepJeffries tells me Senate election bill is “a meaningful step in the right direction.” He wants 1/6 cmte’s recs too. “Certainly their work has exposed the need for us to act in Congress to prevent the type of attempted theft…being undertaken by Donald Trump and his cronies.” — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @MattLaslo: “I smell a rat,” @RepRaskin tells me of the missing Secret Service text messages — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @NBCPolitics: The Jan. 6 cmte. will present new witnesses and evidence in Thursday’s hearing about what former President Trump was doing… — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @maggieNYT: NEWS: The Democratic group American Bridge has filed suit against the FEC for not taking action against Trump as he behaves… — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @TomNamako: This race has it all, from @sahilkapur: https://t.co/ijvAFW1OA2 via @nbcnews — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Rep. Raskin: “My friend from Texas, Mr. Roy, advances the so-called insurrectionist view of the 2nd Amendment—that the 2A’s purpose is to give the people the right to overthrow or fight our government or fight the police or to threaten armed resistance.” https://t.co/UiOz7yUiGX — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

“A federal appeals court panel immediately allowed a Georgia law that bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy to go into effect on Wednesday, ending a yearslong battle over one of the country’s most restrictive laws.” https://t.co/E7PChjHFpG — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @thenewsoncnbc: Secret Service agents were told to save their text messages before the agency erased data and replaced their old cellpho… — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Fetterman has been using viral internet posts, enlisting "Snooki" to belittle Oz as a NJ guy. Team Oz notes Fetterman recently visited Jersey Shore & should appear in PA. Fetterman camp counters: "John just visited — Dr. Oz still basically lives there." https://t.co/AeDFXDCBYT — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

New on PA Senate: @DrOz counters carpetbagger attacks from a sidelined—but very online—@JohnFetterman, whose campaign says he'll return to the campaign trail "very very soon." Oz says he's trying to "hide." Theme of the race lately: ties to Pennsylvania. https://t.co/AeDFXDCBYT — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @MeetThePress: COMING UP: If it's Wednesday, President Biden tries to jumpstart a stalled climate agenda. - @mikememoli - @sahilkapur… — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

President Biden's approval rating hits a new low in two separate polls of U.S. adults released today 31% in a Quinnipiac poll: https://t.co/f18yeN4Ky2 36% in a NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll: https://t.co/XihS9GMkTS — PolitiTweet.org