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McConnell defending his Second Amendment record as the gun bill he backs comes under fire from the right. Says Democrats “came our way” in guns package. And says “I spent my career supporting, defending and expanding” 2A, noting he “spent years” confirming conservative judges — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SCOTUSblog: The Supreme Court has added another opinion day this week. The court will issue opinions on both Thursday and Friday at 10… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: NEWS: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise announced during a closed door conference mee… — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi has been critical of a gas tax holiday, arguing that oil companies could pocket the savings and not pass it onto the consumers. Today Biden will call for one, joining many vulnerable Dems who have been pushing the idea for months — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump critical of McCarthy move to boycott 1/6 committee after Pelosi blocked two of his picks. “I think it would have been good if we had representation.” On whether he’d back McCarthy as speaker: “Well, I don’t want to comment on that now,” he tells @JakeSherman @PunchbowlNews — PolitiTweet.org

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Raffensperger on threats to his family: "My wife started getting attacks, and hers came in as sexualized attacks, which were disgusting. People broke into my daughter in law's home. My son has -- passed. She is a widow. She has two kids. We are very concerned about her safety" https://t.co/ymxktrAsZO — PolitiTweet.org

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Joe Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, told me this evening he’s “a little skeptical” of the gas tax holiday that Joe Biden plans to embrace, saying “there’s no guarantee” it will reduce gas prices. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNN: CNN’s @mkraju presses Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) about his involvement in pushing “fake” Trump electors after the January 6 commit… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZcohenCNN: House Minority Leader Rep. McCarthy did not exactly answer @mkraju’s question here … — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Johnson if he’d ask his aides to ID person who gave them fake names: “We didn’t know -- literally don't – it was staff to staff – somebody from the House, some staff intern said … the Vice President needs this or whatever. I wasn't involved. I don't know what they said” https://t.co/oyzEOkFFs8 — PolitiTweet.org

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Majority of Senate GOP Conference voted against taking up bill. These are the YES votes: McConnell, Joni Ernst, Todd Young, Shelley Moore Capito, Lisa Murkowski, Roy Blunt, Richard Burr, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, John Cornyn, Lindsey Graham, Rob Portman, Romney, Thom Tillis — PolitiTweet.org

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Mo Brooks is out of Congress after he loses his primary bid to Katie Britt, who was backed by McConnell allies and Shelby — and won a late endorsement from Trump after Brooks was floundering in the pools. She’s a virtual lock to win #alsen in November. https://t.co/XklvhDoeQg — PolitiTweet.org

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64-34, Senate votes to take up newly unveiled guns package — the clearest sign yet that the measure is expected to have enough support to break a filibuster and move to a final vote as soon as this week — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Johnson if he wanted to know who sent it and would try to find out, and he said, “No. No, because there's no conspiracy here. This is a complete non-story, guys. Complete non-story.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Caught up with Ron Johnson again and asked him why he offered something to Pence’s office without vetting the information. “We got handed an envelope that was supposed to go to the Vice President, I didn’t know.” Says it came from a House office. Doesn’t know which one. https://t.co/CAoKAPwcIN — PolitiTweet.org

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John Thune, No. 2 Republican, tells @tedbarrettcnn he is a NO on gun bill, breaking from McConnell and Cornyn — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarthy also wouldn’t say if he would support the Senate’s guns deal, saying he hasn’t seen it yet. And he also wouldn’t commit to overhauling the Electoral Count Act if he’s speaker next year. — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarhy also didn’t address Trump’s apparent frustration over his decision not to appoint members to the committee after Pelosi blocked two of his picks. He said he spoke to Trump yesterday. “They are focused on an issue the public is not focused on,” he said of Dems and Jan. 6. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked McCarthy if he believes Trump was right to pressure state officials and Pence to overturn the election results, and he defended Trump. “The president always has a right to question an election,” he said before trying to liken it it to Dems who have questioned past elections — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked why, Murphy said: “The committee is constantly receiving new information and in fact... And so we want to make sure that we not only gather all the facts, but that we have an opportunity to lay them out for the American people.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Stephanie Murphy told me the Jan. 6 hearing schedule is in flux after testimony expected on Thursday “The next hearing will be on Thursday and it will be about the pressure campaign on the DOJ officials and then the hearing schedule from that point will be a bit fluid, I think.” — PolitiTweet.org

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“I will now put this life-saving legislation on the Senate floor for a vote, with an initial procedural vote as soon as tonight and, following that, we will move to final passage as quickly as possible,” Schumer said — PolitiTweet.org

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Details of the final agreement here. 80-pages of bill text: https://t.co/LiUd9XATAE https://t.co/8fS5Xf5uaF — PolitiTweet.org

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“Yes, of course,” McConnell tells @tedbarrettcnn on if he would support the final gun bill. He held a conference call with the 10 Rs who backed the framework today. “McConnell went over the bill item by item and, I think, all who spoke were satisfied,” Romney said — PolitiTweet.org

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Johnson: “I had no involvement in an alternate slate of electors. I had no idea this’d even be delivered to us, got delivered staff to staff. My chief of staff did the right thing, contacted the Vice President's staff. They said they didn't want it so we didn't deliver it.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked who tried to give him the alternate slate of electors, Johnson said: “I have no idea.” Johnson argued he had “no involvement” in the effort to provide fake electors to overturn Biden’s win and downplayed the situation as “a non-story.” He said whole thing lasted a few mins — PolitiTweet.org

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New - Ron Johnson told us he has “no idea” who tried to get him to share fake electors from MI and WI to Pence on Jan. 6. Says he was aware of ask on Jan. 6 AM. “I was aware that we got this package and that somebody wanted us to deliver it so we reached out” to Pence’s office. https://t.co/bjJswKb28n — PolitiTweet.org

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Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone for has resisted providing public testimony, believing that he has sufficiently cooperated with the committee by sitting for a closed-door interview along with his deputy Pat Philbin, source tells @evanperez — PolitiTweet.org

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Moss testified today that many of the threats were racist and “a lot” were “wishing death upon me.” Top DOJ officials, including Barr, told the committee there was no merit to Trump’s GA fraud claims — and repeatedly told him that. Trump didn’t listen and said this at a GA rally: — PolitiTweet.org

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Chris Murphy told me that “our goal is to have a vote this week” on guns bill, even though the bill text has yet to be released. He said that the plan is still to release the text tonight but “I can’t tell exactly when.” Would require consent from all 100 sens to speed process — PolitiTweet.org