Sahil Kapur

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Kevin McCarthy, walking off the House floor, ignores multiple questions about the latest Jan. 6 subpoenas. — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes, @kyrstensinema has been a cosponsor of the bill for months. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@POTUS responds to Senate vote: "To protect the right to choose, voters need to elect more pro-choice senators this November, and return a pro-choice majority to the House. If they do, Congress can pass this bill in January, and put it on my desk, so I can sign it into law." https://t.co/5cqs0ef6At — PolitiTweet.org

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A revealing split screen today on where Democrats in the 50-50 Senate are effective (nominations) and ineffective (major bills). A 51-50 party line vote to confirm new a FTC commissioner, giving Dems a 3-2 majority; then a failed vote to codify legal abortion as Manchin defects. — PolitiTweet.org

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NEWS: 49-51, Senate fails to advance the Women's Health Protection Act, which would enshrine legal abortion nationwide, ahead of the SCOTUS ruling. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, the last senator to vote, sided with all 50 Republicans to block debate. https://t.co/QvBcWktiDn — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP Sen. Ron Johnson says abortion won’t be a big issue in his 2022 campaign. “It might be a little messy for some people, but abortion is not going away,” he says, per WSJ, adding that his constituents could drive to Illinois if they want an abortion. https://t.co/qY45rNxIjx — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate floor vibe is pretty dull for this abortion rights vote. Gallery is mostly empty except for reporters. Nobody protesting. A few little chats happening (Sinema is here talking to Warren then Thune). Hardly any senators in seats. Nobody in a rush, still 40 senators to vote. — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate votes 51-50 to confirm Alvaro Bedoya to be a Federal Trade Commissioner. VP Harris breaks the tie. NOW: Abortion bill vote. — PolitiTweet.org

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House members are on the Senate side just off the floor chanting “my body, my decision!” ahead of the abortion rights vote in the Senate. (Note: removed my earlier tweet which didn’t ID them as lawmakers!) https://t.co/ZddxOJV75N — PolitiTweet.org

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Protesters are in the Capitol chanting “my body, my decision!” ahead of the abortion rights vote in the Senate. https://t.co/eelS3wjJAb — PolitiTweet.org

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Also: The Senate doesn't have 50 votes for the Women's Health Protection Act. It's dead with or without the existence of the filibuster. Also also: There are theoretically 52 votes (+ Manchin, Collins, Murkowski) for some limited codification of Roe/Casey. But no path around 60. — PolitiTweet.org

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It's widely misunderstood but the debt ceiling vote was not an "exception" to the filibuster made by rule change. It required 60 votes on the front end to enable — a convoluted mechanism for Republicans to quietly back down. Can't replicate on issues they don't want to pass. — PolitiTweet.org

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Katie Porter says her caucus has been slow to recognize the toll of inflation and cost of living, or to communicate it beyond "hollow rhetoric." "I had a colleague mention to me, ‘We’re not seeing it in the polls’ ... Well, you don’t know what to ask." https://t.co/yepDGQmz2e — PolitiTweet.org

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As expected, Sen. Joe Manchin says he'll vote to block debate today on the Women's Health Protection Act, siding with the 50 Republicans (via @kate_santaliz). This bill maxes out at 49 Senate votes. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania is tight, per new Fox poll. https://t.co/Z8KnUrvEcx https://t.co/y4ro7mPYWR — PolitiTweet.org

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New: Senate will vote today on a bill to enshrine abortion rights nationwide. It won’t pass. Currently has 49 votes (all Dems except Manchin), far short of the 60 needed to break a GOP filibuster. Democrats intend to use this issue in the 2022 election. https://t.co/QvBcWktiDn — PolitiTweet.org

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News: House votes 368-57 to pass a ~$40 billion Ukraine aid package. This now goes to the Senate, which has a clear path to pass a version of this legislation, now that Biden has agreed to de-link Covid relief funds to appease Senate Republicans. Official summary of the bill 👇 https://t.co/niZNew2anC — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jameshohmann: Rep. David McKinley (https://t.co/OXFEkHjm20.) lost his bid for a seventh term tonight because he voted for the bipartisa… — PolitiTweet.org

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Two votes stand out in this fight: Mooney (1) voted to block the counting of pro-Biden electoral votes, (2) voted against infrastructure law McKinley (1) voted to certify the 2020 election, (2) voted for the infrastructure law MOONEY defeats McKINLEY in WV, @NBCNews projects — PolitiTweet.org

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Two votes stand out in this fight: Mooney (1) voted to block the counting of pro-Biden electoral votes, (2) voted against infrastructure law McKinley (1) voted to certify the 2020 election, (2) voted voted for infrastructure law MOONEY defeats McKINLEY in WV, @NBCNews projects — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump-endorsed Alex Mooney defeats Manchin-backed David McKinley in a GOP-on-GOP primary between two sitting congressmen who were pitted against each other after West Virginia lost a House seat. https://t.co/9xd6zoLR8H — PolitiTweet.org

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Big news for Congress: House votes to adopt a resolution that recognizes Hill staffers’ right to unionize. The rule vote that led to this was 217-202, via @KyleAlexStewart. Text introduced by @RepAndyLevin: https://t.co/1wRcIEXGpI — PolitiTweet.org

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Donald Trump endorses Rep. Tom Massie for re-election to the House in Kentucky, which reminds me of this memorable Massie quote from 2017 👇 — PolitiTweet.org

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The US Chamber of Commerce endorses @RepCuellar, who is facing @JCisnerosTX in a Texas House Democratic primary runoff. https://t.co/BjZEr8ZLDK — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cspan: Q: "Are you comfortable with the protests that we saw outside the homes of Supreme Court justices over the weekend?" @SenSchume… — PolitiTweet.org

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“A five alarm fire.” “A giant step backwards” Schumer’s opening remarks at his weekly press conference are all about the looming Supreme Court ruling and the abortion bill vote tomorrow. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SenSchumer has used the phrase “MAGA Republicans” at least seven times to discuss what would Rs would do if Supreme Court overrules Roe/Casey. “Now the MAGA Republicans have taken over.” “The price of this MAGA attack on women’s right will fall on every woman in the country.” — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell doesn’t say whether he’d hold a vote to banning abortion. Asked to explain what he meant when he said a nationwide abortion ban is possible, McConnell says “the word possible refers to the Supreme Court’s decision” that would throw the issue back to legislative bodies. — PolitiTweet.org

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Mitch McConnell, asked if he’ll pursue a nationwide abortion ban, opens by saying there is “zero sentiment” among Senate Republicans to nuke or carve out the existing filibuster. “It’s safe to say there aren’t 60 votes there at the federal level” to ban abortion, he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked @SenRickScott to respond to @POTUS going after his 11-point plan. He stands by it. “I hope he puts it up on his website,” Scott says. “He has no idea how to fix anything.” He also invites Biden to debate him. “I hope he wants to do a debate with me,” Scott says. — PolitiTweet.org