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RT @NicRobertsonCNN: After over three decades of covering Russia, I leave in despair https://t.co/7hrK2RfYx4 https://t.co/uH0vmbKnoa — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Acyn: Tapper: Do you bear any responsibility for all the people who thought there was going to be widespread voter fraud given the fact… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @IsaacDovere: Biden, encapsulating the Dem problem, tells House Dems: “The American people just trying to stay above water don’t underst… — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaking to House Dems at their Philly retreat, Biden said the November midterms "might be the important off-year election" in modern history. He says if Dems lose the House and Senate: "The only thing I'll have then is the veto pen." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChristinaKTLA: My coworkers were covering one of the most dangerous traffic areas of LA when suddenly an accident happened! @GeneKangTV… — PolitiTweet.org

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After the House acts next week to revoke Russia's trade status, the Senate is expected to move as well. "We're working on an agreement that the Senate can pass quickly," a Schumer spokesman said. — PolitiTweet.org

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Russian forces have launched more than 800 missiles of “all stripes, wide varieties and sizes” since the beginning of their invasion of Ukraine, a senior US defense official told reporters Friday, per @EllieCKaufman — PolitiTweet.org

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@SloanGraeme 📷 — PolitiTweet.org

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Getting tied up by a senator yesterday. (Sen. Murkowski’s dog managed to get its leash wrapped around my legs.) “Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy,” she quipped. 📷 by the great @graeme.sloan @ United States Senate https://t.co/2VV1pGKf2N — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi says the House will move next week to revoke Russia’s trade status, sending a bill to the Senate. “When the House returns next week, we will take up legislation to formalize this revocation, and it is our hope that it will receive a strong, bipartisan vote,” she said — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @josephzeballos: Biden announces the US will bar all imports of seafood, vodka and diamonds from Russia — PolitiTweet.org

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“Russia will pay a severe price if it uses chemical weapons,” Biden says — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden says Pelosi had agreed to hold off on moving ahead to revoke Russia’s normal trade status until US got allies on board. “Putin must pay the price,” Biden says. Now that they are on board, Senate expected to change House bill to add provisions revoking trade status. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @pkcapitol: One thing about this leadership team that just stands out: 2 tiers, one very, very long tenured in Congress; the other, more… — PolitiTweet.org

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“We are clear that any intentional attack or targeting of civilians is a war crime. Period," Kamala Harris says in Romania. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kylieatwood: The intense diplomatic effort by a core team of Biden officials to raise global oil production amid surging prices from Ru… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AlfieConn: New: Russian ground forces are regrouping, as Ukraine's west is attacked for the first time - @TimListerCNN @GianlucaMezzo… — PolitiTweet.org

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A deal was reached on the Hill this week to revoke normal trade relations, but the WH intervened and told lawmakers to nix it. WH and Europeans now on same page. And the Senate is likely to amend the House bill that includes a ban on Russia energy to also revoke its trade status — PolitiTweet.org

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More than five months into the fiscal year, Congress approves a $1.5T bill to fund the government through September 30. With a 68-31 vote, the bill — which would also provide $14B in Ukraine aid — heads to Biden’s desk. After months of talks, the bill was released only yesterday — PolitiTweet.org

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The Senate has a deal to hold a vote tonight on final passage of the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package — a 2,700-page bill unveiled yesterday morning and that will head to President Joe Biden’s desk after a bipartisan supermajority votes to clear it — PolitiTweet.org

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Crapo, ranking on Finance, said he “probably wouldn't” support the House bill without stronger language on its trade status -- and made clear there would be an effort to amend it. The House bill, which also bans energy imports, just takes steps to review Russia’s WTO status — PolitiTweet.org

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Wyden, the Finance chairman, told me that he is engaging in talks with the top tax writers in Congress and the Biden administration about the matter. "I believe the Russians -- the inhumane behavior of Russia does not justify it get the fruits of the international community.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Bipartisan talks in Senate are taking shape to take more aggressive action on Russia's trade status -- after the White House got the House to nix revoking Russia’s and Belarus’ permanent normal trade relations with the US. There’s a push to amend House bill with tougher language — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alizaslav: The government funding vote has hit a snag as GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan has raised unspecified concerns with the Violence Agains… — PolitiTweet.org

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Rick Scott not blocking the omnibus spending package; says he will allow final vote to happen tonight — PolitiTweet.org

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Lindsey Graham on U.S. aircraft decision with Ukraine: "Putin has got to be happy today, knowing he backed us down," calling it "a dishonorable day for America" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @burgessev: Rick Scott asks to vote on Ukraine aid, Angry Jon Tester says this would cause a shut down "This is really, really, really… — PolitiTweet.org

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Any one senator can object and delay a vote on final passage of the omnibus bill — so that remains possible. But the view among Republican senators is that the omnibus will likely pass tonight. — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP senators emerged from their lunch and said they were confident there would be an agreement for a final vote tonight on the $1.5T omnibus with Ukraine aid — along with a handful of GOP amendment votes, which will fail. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rick Scott says he hasn’t decided whether to object to a final vote tonight — PolitiTweet.org