Manu Raju

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RT @jeffzeleny: President Biden has given his commander-in-chief's approval to deploy US troops to eastern Europe in the coming days, @barb… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ryanobles: News—> First time we’ve seen a member of the 1/6 Select Committee go this far in describing Trump’s actions as it relates… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bresreports: This story raises a very interesting question on a donation to a group run by a potential witness in a congressional inves… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: NEW: Trump has offered to endorse Vernon Jones in a House race if he agrees to exit the GOP primary for governor — an effort i… — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump whacks Lindsey Graham — who was among his most loyal defenders -- for saying it’s “inappropriate” to pardon the Jan. 6 rioters. Says he’s a RINO. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jonathanvswan: NEW: Leaked notes from a White House Situation Room meeting the day before Kabul fell shed new light on just how unprepa… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ryanobles: The 1/6 Select Committee is still in the process of taking in thousands of pages of documents from the National Archives of… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kristin__wilson: The House is voting on a bill to name an Atlanta post office after the late Congressman John Lewis. The vote is near… — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer says they look forward to Ben Ray Lujan's "quick return" to the Senate after the New Mexico Democrat suffered a stroke. He didn't specify timeline, but he said it won't affect the 50-50 Senate. "The Senate will be able to carry forward with its business." — PolitiTweet.org

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Steny Hoyer, the House majority leader, announces he has covid. “This afternoon, I tested positive for COVID-19, and I am experiencing mild symptoms. Thankfully, I am fully vaccinated and already received my booster shot.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaker Pelosi and Reps. Beatty and Adams: “The continued bomb threats against HBCUs are hate crimes that must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. This third round of bomb threats … demands a swift response from federal and state law enforcement agencies.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MattEganCNN: NEW: America's national debt just hit another sobering milestone: $30 trillion. https://t.co/ZQVIKTAUQ7 #debt — PolitiTweet.org

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Lujan is just 49; his office says he is expected to make a full recovery after suffering a stroke — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell spoke with Biden about SCOTUS today. “He emphasized the importance of a nominee who believes in judicial independence and will resist all efforts by politicians to bully the Court or to change the structure of the judicial system,” McConnell spox says — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked McConnell about Trump's vow to pardon Jan. 6 rioters if he's elected again, and McConnell says election was decided on Dec. 14 when states certified. "My view is I would not be in favor of shortening any of the sentences for any of the people who pleaded guilty of crimes" https://t.co/VJbfQ5JsF6 — PolitiTweet.org

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Grassley says he told Biden he wants a justice “who is going to interpret the law and not make law. That’s my job.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Durbin said Biden asked the two senators to submit recommendations for candidate but did not discuss any specific names. — PolitiTweet.org

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Returning from the WH, Durbin told a group of us that Biden “is in the process of choosing someone" and "wants to work with both sides and hopes we can finish 40 days after the nomination is sent up,” which Biden said was an “average range” of confirmation. — PolitiTweet.org

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“None of the trials have been finished yet, but 165 have pleaded guilty to criminal behavior. My view is I would not be in favor of shortening any of the sentences for any of the people who pleaded guilty to crimes.” — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell: “What we saw here on January the 6th was an effort to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another, which had never happened before in our country. 165 people have pleaded guilty to criminal behavior….” — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked McConnell about Trump suggesting pardons to people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 and whether he thinks Trump has the moral authority to be President again.   “The election of 2020 was decided December the 14th of 2020 when the Electoral College certified the winner…” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: “I’m serious when I say I want advice and consent on who the nominee should be,” Biden says during meeting with Grassle… — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell says at GOP lunch there were a “variety of different points of view” within the Republican conference about how to deter Russia. McConnell says his view is that sanctions imposed after an invasion are “less effective” than those imposed before. Issue unresolved in talks — PolitiTweet.org

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And Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the committee who is meeting with Biden, told me: "All we're concerned about their qualifications and their independence, their temperament. We ain’t worried about whether they’re man or woman, or black or white or pink." — PolitiTweet.org

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Murkowksi: “He made that statement as a candidate. And he has, he has remained committed to that commitment." Asked if she could support any of the nominees on the short list, Murkowski said: "I am looking at the shortlist and some days it gets a little bit longer. Who knows?" — PolitiTweet.org

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More GOP reaction on Biden’s plans to name first Black woman justice. Sen. Rounds: “He limits their ability to be identified clearly as the best possible candidate… Other people think well, 'They're being nominated only because [of that], and not because of their competencies.'" — PolitiTweet.org

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“And if Mr. Manchin chooses to side with corporate America in this issue, that's his business. But for me, and I think millions of Americans, we have got to fight for the needs of working families,” Sanders told me. — PolitiTweet.org

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Bernie Sanders suggests Manchin siding with “corporate America” after he said BBB is “dead.”   “When you have a proposal that has the overwhelming support of the American people, and it's addressing the long neglected crises facing working people, we cannot allow that to die.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Leaving McConnell’s office, GOP senators say they talked SCOTUS strategy.   “I think you’re not going to find Republicans getting in the gutter like the Democrats did with Kavanaugh,” Grassley said. Graham: “I just think we all don't want to do the Kavanaugh thing.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ckmarie: Bipartisan talks to update the Electoral Count Act are underway, but drafting legislation and finalizing a bill will take week… — PolitiTweet.org