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McConnell: “It is no secret that we have lost ground in suburban areas. We pretty much own rural and small town America, and I think this is a sensible solution to the problem before us, which is school safety and mental health.. — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP YES votes: — PolitiTweet.org

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NEWS: 65-33, Senate passes gun package, sending to the House for final approval tomorrow — PolitiTweet.org

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British filmmaker Alex Holder says on CNN that the Jan. 6 panel wanted raw footage of Ivanka Trump’s interview for his doc to examine whether there was any “inconsistency.” “There is a clearly a difference in the position she gave to me and the position she gave to the committee” — PolitiTweet.org

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Bennie Thompson told a group of us about Ginny Thomas: “We look forward to her testimony before the committee" though he would not say if a date had been set — PolitiTweet.org

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After several GOP lawmakers said they did not ask for pardons despite testimony before the Jan. 6 committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson said: “We can prove what we shared today.” Also asked if they made progress in securing Cipollone’s testimony, he said: “No.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Welcome to Washington @JohnnyDavis #OnWisconsin — PolitiTweet.org

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Newly elected Mayra Flores won’t answer questions in the halls about the guns package and whether she will vote for it tomorrow. Her aide continually interjected and said he “would set something up.” — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP Rep. Mo Brooks told reporters that he had multiple conversations with Trump about issuing Jan. 6 pardons to GOP lawmakers, but Trump ultimately decided against the idea, per @MZanona — PolitiTweet.org

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Johnson added: "Our involvement was so minimal. We couldn't even remember who even contacted us. It looks like it was Congressman Kelly's office." "I spent probably no more than two minutes, writing a couple texts and then talking to my chief staff," he added — PolitiTweet.org

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“I did not talk to Congressman Kelly," Johnson said. "I never said I did. I said we believed it came from them. Okay, but it is John Solomon's reporting that’s doing that.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Ron Johnson told us that he still believes the info about fake electors on Jan. 6 initially came from Rep. Mike Kelly's office, even though Kelly's office denies this. But Johnson also said he doesn't know for sure it came from Kelly's office, basing it on Solomon reporting — PolitiTweet.org

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Thune said predicts the guns bill will pass the Senate tonight. “I think it wraps tonight,” he told us Rand Paul, who has demanded amendment votes, also conceded that Dems would effectively run out the clock and force the vote tonight. House passage tomorrow — PolitiTweet.org

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"He just told me it is your job to seize machines and you are not doing your job," top DOJ official testifies of a Trump demand - Former WH officials testify about some House Rs seeking pardons. - Trump tried to install loyalist atop DOJ - DOJ officials threatened to resign https://t.co/0JSFuKwBFf — PolitiTweet.org

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The speaker’s husband, Paul Pelosi, has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury and driving with .08% blood alcohol level, per Napa County DA. It’s a misdemeanor charge https://t.co/ewHxkrlzPI — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: Rep. MO BROOKS is defending his request for Jan 6-related pardons in a statement, citing "a concern Democrats would abuse the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maggieNYT: Sidney Powell confirmed during the testimony played at the hearing that Trump asked her to be special counsel, finally confi… — PolitiTweet.org

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Cheney foreshadowing future hearings: “As you can tell, these efforts were not some minor or ad hoc enterprise, concocted overnight. Each required planning and coordination. Some required significant funding. All of them were overseen by President Trump.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: NEW: Mike Kelly denying this. From his spox: Johnson’s “statements about Representative Kelly are patently false. Mr. Kelly h… — PolitiTweet.org

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Testimony shows that Gaetz was asking for a pardon. Herschmann and Cassidy Hutchinson said Gaetz requested pardon. Marjorie Taylor Greene asked WH counsel office for pardon and Scott Perry asked for a pardon too, per Hutchinson. And then this email from Mo Brooks: https://t.co/vUORTE9TEG — PolitiTweet.org

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No final House vote tonight on guns package, per Hoyer’s office, as Senate still trying to finalize a time agreement for final vote. House passage expected tomorrow — PolitiTweet.org

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"They found out they were the alternate slate of electors, not only for Wisconsin but also for Michigan, which is still odd. … I had no involvement in the creation of an alternate slate of electors, and I had no foreknowledge that it was going to be delivered to our office” — PolitiTweet.org

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Ron Johnson, says in a radio interview, about his aide’s text exchange with Pence’s aide on Jan. 6 morning, on fake electors from WI and MI: “We found out now this came from Pennsylvania Congressman Mike Kelly's office, we couldn't remember who delivered this to us, OK?"” — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if he personally favored holding Perry in contempt, Thompson said: “Well, I would leave it up to the committee.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Bennie Thompson just told me that they haven’t decided yet how far to go to secure the testimony of Rep. Scott Perry before 1/6 committee “Well, you know, we've asked him to come. We will make a decision at some point on the next step,” Thompson said. — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP Rep. Scott Perry texts Mark Meadows to get the WH to elevate Jeff Clark within DOJ to dispatch the FBI to pursue their fraud claims, even though top Justice officials said had no merit https://t.co/LCQ2glDD3Q — PolitiTweet.org

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“Did you find any of them credible?” Kinzinger asks. “No.“ — PolitiTweet.org

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Rich Donoghue, the former acting deputy AG, notes how he went through each of Trump’s election fraud allegations including “a driver who claimed to move a trailer of ballots from NY to Pa. “We knew it wasn’t true,” he said. — PolitiTweet.org

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A direct quote from Trump, who wanted DOJ’s acting deputy AG to just declare “that the election was corrupt” and to “leave the rest to me and the” GOP congressmen, per sworn testimony https://t.co/oAR7NxFo24 — PolitiTweet.org

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DOJ declined “because we did not think they were appropriate based on the facts and the law as we understood it,” Rosen testifies — PolitiTweet.org