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Asked him about calls from Uvalde witnesses yesterday to go much further, and he said: “We all know how horrible this was, and how horrible all of these incidents are. And sometimes, people talk about the art of the possible and you can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good” — PolitiTweet.org

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“Some people will not want to touch this with a 10 foot pole because they're concerned about the politics of it,” Cornyn said of GOP pushback. “But I think this is a time where hopefully we can transcend that personal political interest and do what we think will save lives.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Durbin says he has been told the House is "ready to move" on a bill to enhance security for SCOTUS justices. House Dems have planned to change the bill to protect staff and clerks as well. "The word came back that they're ready to move on the bill,” per @morgan_rimmer. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. John Cornyn, chief GOP negotiator, told me “no” he doesn’t expect a deal this week on guns. “But having said that we're making good progress.” Cornyn said he is optimistic a deal can be on the floor by the end of the month. — PolitiTweet.org

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What to expect tonight ⁃New video from depositions (Trump officials, family) and attempt to connect violence to Trump ⁃Trump's pressure campaign and inaction ⁃Witnesses: Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards and documentarian Nick Quested https://t.co/lvULOWAtRD — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmartNYT: New, from This Will Not Pass 👇👇👇 — PolitiTweet.org

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Blake Masters, Trump-backed candidate in Arizona GOP Senate primary: "Don't we suspect that like one-third of the people outside of the Capitol complex on January 6 were actual FBI agents hanging out. ... We got to get to the bottom of this," per audio https://t.co/WM41MvOI2A https://t.co/3t6IbBK6Az — PolitiTweet.org

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Dick Durbin today called on House to move quickly on bill to bolster security for SCOTUS justices. "If they want to make some change or addition to it, I welcome it, but please do it on a timely basis.” House Ds want to add clerks and staff to bill, which passed Senate last month — PolitiTweet.org

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Mother of victim who was shot in Buffalo grocery store. “As I clean his wounds I can feel pieces of that bullet in his back. Shrapnel will be left inside of his body for the rest of his life.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jaketapper: "Roske indicated that he believed the Justice that he intended to kill would side with Second Amendment decisions that woul… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kristin__wilson: The House voted 228-199 to approve Title 1 of the gun bill, which would raise the age for gun purchases from 18-21. Te… — PolitiTweet.org

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223-204, House passes sweeping restrictions on high-powered guns, with five Republicans voting for it. The five: Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Rep. Chris Jacobs. It has no chance in Senate. https://t.co/jrjWGuqOQc — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, one of the key negotiators on guns, briefed the House’s bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus today on the state of the talks, according to a person familiar with the matter. The source said the group’s members liked what they heard. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheLeadCNN: Parents who lost their 10-year-old daughter in the Uvalde massacre make an emotional plea to Congress: "Today, we stand for… — PolitiTweet.org

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Harrowing testimony: 11-year-old from Uvalde: "I grabbed blood and I put it all over me." Mother of murdered fourth-grader: "I left my daughter in school, and that decision will haunt me for the rest of my life." Doctor: "The mothers' cries, I will never get out of my head." https://t.co/Pl0I2OkUc7 — PolitiTweet.org

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"We have evidence that when you do comprehensive services, including 24-hour psychiatric crisis services, that you actually take people out of jail and you take people out of the emergency room," Stabenow told me. "So this would be a $7 billion cost to open those up" across US — PolitiTweet.org

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It would set baseline quality standards at mental health care facilities. The proposal would cost about $7 billion, and negotiators are looking at offsetting the costs with spending cuts. It would expand on the pilot program that was created in 2014. — PolitiTweet.org

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As part of the gun talks, Senate negotiators are discussing expanding a 10-state pilot program to fund mental health care facilities in all 50 states, according to GOP and Democratic senators in the talks. That is modeled after a bill drafted by Blunt and Stabenow — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer and Manchin meet again to revive stalled reconciliation bill. "We're getting into some degree of detail, but we got a ways to go," Schumer said, per @alizaslav — PolitiTweet.org

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Some GOP senators are continuing to express skepticism over provisions in the emerging guns proposal to incentivize states to develop red flag laws.   "The states have that choice," Steve Daines told me. "I wouldn't do anything on the federal level to incentivize that choice.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. John Cornyn, the chief GOP negotiator on guns, said he was able to catch some clips of the testimony at House Oversight today. Asked about witnesses' calls to do more than what's being proposed, he told us: "I understand that, we want to do something that will save lives." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarshallCohen: Some stunning new Jan. 6 trutherism from Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), who is leading a GOP probe of security failures related… — PolitiTweet.org

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Masters said Jan. 6 rioters treated unfairly by DOJ, and said Facebook/Twitter/Google tilted election to Biden. Said he hoped Thiel would spend more even though he couldn't legally ask him. And: "When you keep Marjorie Taylor Greene off Twitter, that's election interference." — PolitiTweet.org

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Cornyn gave a general overview on gun talks during lunch, according to several Republican senators in room. One GOP said several senators spoke up against the effort, suggesting it’s going further than what is needed and predicted about half the conference would oppose any deal — PolitiTweet.org

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From three years ago: — PolitiTweet.org

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David Vitter, the former Louisiana senator, making the rounds in the Senate — PolitiTweet.org

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Durbin on whether a guns deal will go far enough. "I'm sure it won't," he says, though he indicates he's willing to support it. Asked about his opposition to renewing a ban on semi-automatic weapons, McConnell says: "We're trying to get an outcome" https://t.co/7s2n5dzkQB — PolitiTweet.org

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After meeting, senators express optimism guns deal will be reached. Timing uncertain.“No one’s talked about timetables,” Manchin says. Cornyn: “I think it’s reasonable to expect in the next couple of weeks, maybe this work period, .. that’s an aspirational goal,” per @alizaslav — PolitiTweet.org

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New — In audio, #azsen GOP candidate Blake Masters floats that Jan. 6 might have been false flag set up by FBI. “Don't we suspect that like one-third of the people outside of the Capitol complex on January 6 were actual FBI agents hanging out?” w/@arogDC https://t.co/WiVTnADeje — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kpolantz: DOJ's update on 1/6 cases today, via @HolmesLybrand: -840 arrested, 255 of whom are charged w assaulting/impeding police -16… — PolitiTweet.org