Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Escalation in political warfare as far-right lawmakers push the limits and don't get punished by GOP leaders. Steve King got axed but not Gosar/MTG. Pelosi took matters into her own hands. Now Republicans cite dissimilar Dem rhetoric to float retaliation. https://t.co/DRCTZic98B — PolitiTweet.org

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New: Republicans hint at retribution after Dem-led House throws Rep. Gosar off committees McCarthy: "the new standard will continue to be applied in the future" He says Gosar/MTG will get committee seats in a GOP-led House and some Dems may not be safe. https://t.co/DRCTZic98B — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ByronTau: How your phone became a spy: Five people who work in marketing or advertising have separately described to me being approach… — PolitiTweet.org

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Joe Pesci should play him in My Cousin Vinny the sequel — PolitiTweet.org

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News —> CBO says it’ll post a full cost estimate for Build Back Better “this afternoon.” That could pave the way for a House vote, if Dems are satisfied with it. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GKButterfield: Congressman Butterfield Announces his Retirement https://t.co/y11dxGOgA3 — PolitiTweet.org

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Kevin McCarthy suggests that Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene should expect to be on committees if Republicans take the House majority. “They’ll have committees,” he says. “They may have other committee assignments. They may have better committee assignments.” — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SpeakerPelosi says the House might vote TODAY on passage of the Build Back Better Act. She says a final vote will “hopefully will take place later this afternoon.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi updates Democrats on Build Back Better. House floor debate begins this morning, they've received "most" of the information they need from Senate on "privilege scrub," now waiting on more CBO estimates before votes on the rule, manager's amendment and full passage. https://t.co/o7RrMSfKAI — PolitiTweet.org

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Put “BBB timing” in the category of things Manchin will opine about without drawing a red line. Distinguishing mere preference from dealbreaker is where a lot of Manchinology goes awry (and in fairness this can be a full-time job). — PolitiTweet.org

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@LPDonovan raises an interesting question: how often does a chamber flip toward prez's party? there's Bush '02 after Jeffords 50-50 flip. can't think of another example — PolitiTweet.org

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Are inflated expectations bad for Democrats from a base standpoint? Yes. That’s fairly evident in polls showing dropoffs in Biden approval with core groups who voted for him in 2020. Is that worse for Dems than needing McConnell’s seal of approval to do anything? Seems unlikely. — PolitiTweet.org

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The bipartisan infrastructure law came to be because McConnell’s choice was to eat or be eaten. Dems had the power to do a more liberal roads-and-transit bill via reconciliation, and he came to the table to score some GOP wins. If MM were majority leader, the incentive changes. — PolitiTweet.org

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This take seems a bit overcooked. Without the two Georgia flips there’s no $1.9 trillion ARP, potentially no infrastructure law, no shot at Build Back Better and every administrative and judicial nominee needs McConnell’s OK to get a vote. Not sure that’s better for Democrats! — PolitiTweet.org

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223-207, House votes to censure Rep. Paul Gosar. Speaker Pelosi summons him to the well of the House for the reading of the resolution. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Louie Gohmert takes the floor and says he doesn't understand why the House is doing this. He "tried to freeze frame" the Gosar video and "didn't see the violence" everyone's talking about. https://t.co/A5orN5b5X0 — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP Rep. Chip Roy dismisses the Gosar censure and committee removal as Democrats' attempt at "chilling debate and discussion" and "censoring members." "When Republicans are back in the majority, where is that going to end?" he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: .@Liz_Cheney is hitting back at @tedcruz after he went on Fox News last night & accused her of “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” s… — PolitiTweet.org

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And Hamilton wasn’t censured. The House didn’t have the votes. — PolitiTweet.org

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GOSAR: "If I must join Alexander Hamilton, the first person attempted to be censured by this House, so be it. It is done." CICILLINE: "Mr. Gosar, you are no Alexander Hamilton." — PolitiTweet.org

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I think Paul Gosar just compared himself to Alexander Hamilton. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@RepGosar is up now, defending himself. "I do not espouse violence toward anyone. I never have. It was not my purpose to make anyone upset." He says he took the AOC video down "not because it was a threat but because some thought it was." https://t.co/fZXffmgbxt — PolitiTweet.org

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.@AOC, speaking now, says this Paul Gosar vote is “not as complex” as Kevin McCarthy suggests. “It’s pretty cut and dry,” she says, describing it as about “a member of Congress threatening the life of another” and whether lawmakers think that’s acceptable. https://t.co/xuhok0Gri8 — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarthy doesn’t explicitly threaten payback but he alludes to it, warning that throwing Gosar off a House committee for his rhetoric will set a “Pelosi precedent” where Democrats (he has alluded to Ilhan Omar and Maxine Waters) will need a majority vote to keep committee seats. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana) says he doesn’t want to expand the SALT deduction at all in Build Back Better. He says he’s “not a big fan” of the idea. “Because I think it gives tax breaks to the wrong people.” — PolitiTweet.org

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.@Sen_JoeManchin walks into a crowded senators-only elevator. “Mr. President,” @MittRomney greets him, nodding. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KenDilanianNBC: Breaking: Q-Anon Shaman gets 41 months in prison — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PoliticsReid: Bureau of Labor Statistics says it underestimated June-Sept job growth by 626,000 jobs, the largest underestimate in BLS… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenTuberville: Yes, and sometimes you fumble on the goal line. — PolitiTweet.org

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