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Biden says that U.S. has not "not yet verified" that some Russian troops are returning to home bases. He says Russian military is still in a "threatening position." And again calls on all Americans in Ukraine to "leave now" "If Russia attacks Ukraine, it will be a war of choice" — PolitiTweet.org

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Another sign that bipartisan sanctions bill is stalled. Rather than a binding piece of legislation to slap Russia with sanctions, Senate leaders now talking about issuing a statement on Russia/Ukraine situation. — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell on Feb. 18 deadline to avoid government shutdown. “As is often the case, we’ll process a few amendments before doing the short term CR. I think it’ll all be worked out. There’s no danger of a government shutdown.” — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell added: “The best way for this to stop is for the President to quit sending up these kinds of nominees.” The GOP move to boycott the committee vote stalls the Fed nominees — including Jay Powell, whom McConnell and other Rs support — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked McConnell how he reconciles GOP rhetoric against inflation with stalling Fed nominees. “These are highly controversial nominees – extremely controversial – who repeatedly expressed the view that the Fed should be involved in things that are not the Fed’s responsibility” — PolitiTweet.org

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50-46, Senate confirms Robert Califf to head FDA -- a sharp drop off from 89-4 tally from 2016 when he was nominated to the same post. Because of Sen. Lujan's absence, and since he would have voted for the nomination, Sen. Rounds said he would "pair" his vote and voted "present" — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin pushes back as vulnerable Dems call for a gas tax holiday to ease prices at pump. "Our trust funds are broke… want to break them more?" He added: "It doesn’t make sense." Warnock, Kelly, Hassan and Cortez-Masto all back a bill to suspend gas tax https://t.co/HfpyuOZERW — PolitiTweet.org

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Sherrod Brown says Dems still moving ahead with markup. “Senator Toomey needs to do his job and show up. He can vote no, that's fine, on some of these nominees or all of them if he wants, but we've got — they need to do their job and we need to move forward,” per @morgan_rimmer — PolitiTweet.org

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Toomey: "I told Senator Brown that if he wishes he can proceed with five of the six nominees that he had intended to have a vote on. Republicans will attend, we will vote actually, a significant majority of them will pass with Republican support...or he can choose to have none." — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Pat Toomey, ranking Republican on Senate Banking, told reporters that he wants Chairman Sherrod Brown to move forward with the other five nominees on the schedule today -- but not Raskin. If Brown moves ahead with Raskin's nomination, Toomey warned the GOP would boycott — PolitiTweet.org

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While Republicans support the renomination of Jay Powell to serve as Fed chairman, they are opposed to one nominee in particular -- Sarah Raskin -- and are demanding she answer more of their questions. — PolitiTweet.org

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Republicans are threatening to boycott an afternoon committee vote to advance a slate of nominees to the Federal Reserve, a move that would deny the committee a quorum and effectively blocks the nominations from advancing to the Senate floor. — PolitiTweet.org

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30th House Dem who is not running for re-elect — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CraigCaplan: McConnell announced from Senate floor: "Later today, I'll meet with Chairman Jerome Powell, whom President Biden wisely re… — PolitiTweet.org

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Cornyn says WH counsel called him. "They've asked for thoughts, and what I told them is, that's the President's prerogative...But I'm not going to make suggestions who he might nominate. I'm going to hold my cards close and decide how to vote after the hearing." — PolitiTweet.org

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Cornyn to us on Biden saying he'd pick a Black woman to court. "I think that was a mistake. I think it also has the risk of tagging that eventual nominee as somebody was picked because of race and gender, not because of their merit. That was a disservice..to the eventual nominee" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MattEganCNN: Markets are hanging on nearly every headlines out of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Dow futures pop & oil drops after Russia a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @snlyngaas: New —> US accuses Russian intelligence agencies FSB and SVR of working hand-in-glove with 5 Russian-language media outlets t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNN: Russia says it's withdrawing some troops following drills around Ukraine, though other military exercises will continue https://t.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmhansler: NEW: The US State Department is urging American citizens to depart Belarus immediately due to "unusual and concerning Russia… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheLeadCNN: Special Counsel Durham: Clinton campaign lawyer used internet data to smear Trump @evanperez reports https://t.co/TQnmlzSOlp — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden’s FDA nominee barely gets the votes to advance. He was confirmed 89-4 when Obama chose him for the same post in 2016 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SchneiderCNN: Navy nuclear engineer pleads guilty to conspiracy count in scheme to sell U.S. Naval secrets to foreign country - CNNPoli… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alizaslav: Sen. Manchin changed his vote to no after first accidentally voting yes to advance the nomination of Robert Califf to lead t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alexanderbolton: Manchin has walked back comment on not supporting second Biden SCOTUS nominee right before midterm election. While @… — PolitiTweet.org

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This resolution would be non-binding — as binding sanctions legislation stalls — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin later he says he “misspoke” and was referring to a confirmation vote right before (a week or two) a presidential election. Not midterm election. Initial question was about midterm election — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin: “I'm not going to be hypocritical on that. If it would come a week or two weeks before -- like it did with our last Supreme Court nominee -- I think that's the time that it should go to the next election." — PolitiTweet.org

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On filling current SCOTUS vacancy caused by Breyer retirement, Manchin again praised the nominees on the shortlist and indicated he had no concerns about the timeframe envisioned by Democratic leaders. Says WH hasn’t called him yet, showing they’re not concerned about his vote — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin told me he’d oppose filling a SCOTUS vacancy if one were to arise shortly before ‘22 election. Said he’d be opposed if it happened on similar time frame as when RBG died, and then ACB was confirmed about a week before election "I'm not going to be hypocritical on that.” — PolitiTweet.org