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Tillis: “What is his track record of working on tough issues and what’s he done for the western part of the state.”   Asked for his assessment whether Cawthorn had accomplished much in his first term, Tillis said, “Not a lot in my opinion.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Tillis adds: “I thought it was a silly statement and it’s not the first one.”   Is Cawthorn a problem? “At the end of the day, people in the district are going to have to vote for him and I would ask them to look at his record and ask what has he done since he’s been here.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Thom Tillis, GOP senator from NC, unloads on Madison Cawthorn after his comment about sex and drug parties. “I thought about the statement, if it’s true, then he’s got a lot of information to reveal.  If it’s not true, then he’s guilty of being untruthful.”  @tedbarrettcnn — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked him about his vote against Jackson for DC Circuit. “As I looked at the decision I made in the past, it was that our judicial philosophy was different, and that’s something I wanted to get into in more depth.” Says he’s still undecided — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @morgan_rimmer: Collins after 2nd meeting with KBJ: "She provided clarification on some of the issues, so it was a useful meeting and I’… — PolitiTweet.org

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Romney told me after he met with Jackson: “She’s a very impressive person. She’s intelligent … a lovely person as well and I think a great deal of her. But delving into differences on judicial philosophy and her approach to the law is something that I’m going to keep working on” — PolitiTweet.org

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Judge Jackson spending afternoon courting very small universe of potential “yes” votes on the GOP side. She is now meeting with Susan Collins, the second time they’ve met. And she just left Romney’s office. Romney said “her dedication to public service and her family are obvious” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZcohenCNN: Hagerty is 1 of 5 "pending" calls relayed to Trump by the WH switchboard operator at 7:16 PM on Jan. 6, per logs published b… — PolitiTweet.org

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Romney, as he met with Judge Jackson, says: “After I’ve made a decision as to what I'm going to do on this vote, you'll see it, but that's probably not until the day of the vote itself,” per @morgan_rimmer — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: The Biden White House won’t assert executive privilege over Jared Kushner’s scheduled testimony before the Jan. 6 commi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alizaslav: Schumer declined to explain why he’s not taking procedural steps to tee up a Senate vote on the Russia trade bill to overcom… — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Bill Hagerty declines to comment on why he reportedly tried to call Trump on the evening of Jan. 6. Says he didn’t speak to Trump that day. “I don’t have any comments on Jan. 6,” he told me — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Schumer why not just take procedural steps this week to overcome Rand Paul’s objection blocking quick passage of bill to revoke Russia’s trade status. (He instead has put nominations up this week.) He only would say that Cardin and Paul are having discussions on the issue — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer on Clarence Thomas: “I do think he should recuse himself…I think there should be some kind of code of ethics for Supreme Court justices.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @therecount: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sidesteps question from CNN’s @mkraju about reportedly declining two calls from Trum… — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer says he met with Romney last night to see if they can get a bipartisan deal on Covid aid — PolitiTweet.org

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Just asked McConnell why he didn’t take Trump’s two calls on Jan. 6 or if it would have been better in retrospect to speak with him ahead of the rally. He didn’t explain why he didn’t take the call when asked twice. Only said the last time he spoke with Trump was in December 2020 — PolitiTweet.org

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Paul says he will object. "There's a very easy compromise. We should define what serious human rights abuses are, otherwise we have a definition you can drive a truck through and you can sanction anybody in the world and it wouldn't be for serious human rights" abuses — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP Sen. Shelley Moore Capito told me “I have concerns” with Jackson nomination but said she hasn’t made a final decision. GOP Sen. Tim Scott declined to comment on the nomination. — PolitiTweet.org

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Just asked Sen. Richard Burr — the senior GOP senator from North Carolina — about the job performance of North Carolina Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn. “That’s for his constituents to figure out but clearly he's been an embarrassment at times.” — PolitiTweet.org

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In a sign that the bill to revoke Russia’s revoke trade status is still stuck, Schumer says he will go to the floor today and try to schedule a vote on the bill. But Rand Paul may object over his demands to make changes to bill’s sanctions language that he says is overly broad — PolitiTweet.org

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Josh Hawley tells reporters that Trump called him in the morning of Jan. 6 but they didn’t connect. He said he tried to call him back at WH that AM but couldn’t reach him.  He said they didn’t talk again til later in March on the day that Sen. Roy Blunt announced his retirement — PolitiTweet.org

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Thune added: "People have spouses. Spouses have their own lives. And I've always felt confident that Justice Thomas would act in an impartial way. ... I think (the bill) creates a lot of constraints on the Supreme Court that could be problematic long term." — PolitiTweet.org

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"I think I'm uncomfortable with the idea of becoming overly prescriptive -- particularly on the Supreme Court justices -- they generally have pretty good instincts on when to recuse and when not to," Thune said. — PolitiTweet.org

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In the wake of Ginni Thomas' texts to Mark Meadows about overturning the elections, Democrats are pushing for new legislation to impose a code of ethics on Supreme Court justices. Senate Minority Whip John Thune just told me such a bill "could be problematic" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnthonyAdragna: .@repdonyoung arrives in his beloved House one final time https://t.co/NoGO1ga37U — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: And for those keeping track at home, here are some of the things McCarthy has had to talk to his members about: orgy allegatio… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: Can confirm that House Republicans complained today about Cawthorn’s “orgy” & “cocaine” remarks. Specifically, members said… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jimsciutto: Breaking: Russia is beginning to withdraw some forces from around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, in what the US assesses is a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @UWJournEthics: We are honored to announce that Jessica Contrera (@mjcontrera) has won the 2022 #ShadidAward for her reporting on child… — PolitiTweet.org