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RT @MZanona: NEW w/ @mkraju: Republicans are criticizing Biden for failing to get the virus under control — even as they fight his pandemic… — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell if he’s still confident there won’t be a shutdown, and he told me: “Yes. We’re not going to do that.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Mike Lee says on Senate floor he wants a vote on his amendment to defund Biden's business vaccine mandate, by a simple majority, to allow passage of the stop-gap measure to keep government open by end of the day Friday. (There's a chance it could pass if it's a 51-vote threshold) — PolitiTweet.org

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Marshall added: "This is a temporary – This is a temporary thing. We understand the clock is gonna roll out on this, probably by Monday, and we end up at the same place." Remains to be seen if they can work out an agreement to get a quick vote to avoid a brief shutdown — PolitiTweet.org

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Roger Marshall, who is threatening a shutdown over vaccine mandate: "I think that the jobs in Kansas outweigh these federal jobs that will be shut down." Asked again about federal jobs: "Of course I'm concerned about them but I'm more concerned about 20-30%" of KS jobs lost — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Lee continues to refuse to answer questions about whether he would object to quick passage of the CR and force a brief government shutdown over their effort to defund Biden vaccine mandates. His aides say he’s about to speak on the floor — PolitiTweet.org

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Inhofe says the dispute with Rubio over an amendment vote holding up the defense authorization bill has not yet been resolved — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi recalls an episode where she told Trump to take a hardline on China’s human rights record. And he told her that Xi said to him that “the Uighurs like being in those camps.” — PolitiTweet.org

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“Something I think they need a session in the birds and the bees,” Pelosi says of abortion rights opponents — PolitiTweet.org

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Susan Collins on whether she still believes Kavanaugh views Roe as “settled law:” “I think we all need to wait and see what the final decision is,” she tells @morgan_rimmer (Fixing word from previous tweet) — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin: “I've been very supportive of the mandate for federal government, for military, for all the people that work on government payroll. I've been less enthused about it in the private sector,” he told us. So would he back amendment? “We’re all working” — PolitiTweet.org

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Susan Collins on whether she still believes Roe is “settled law:” “I think we all need to wait and see what the final decision is,” she tells @morgan_rimmer — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if he would object to a vote to pass the stop-gap if the amendment vote was set at a 60-vote threshold, Marshall said: “That’s where I’m at today.” He did not rule out changing his view tomorrow. — PolitiTweet.org

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New - Manchin doesn’t rule out supporting amendment to DEFUND vaccine mandate on businesses. This is why Republican Sens. Marshall and Lee are demanding a 51-vote threshold. Says he backs mandate on feds but tells us he’s “less enthused” with business mandate — PolitiTweet.org

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Roger Marshall tells group of us that “shutting down the government is worth saving the jobs in Kansas.” Any one senator can cause a brief government shutdown. Says at the moment he would object to an amendment vote at a 60-vote threshold to defund vaccine mandate. Wants it at 51 — PolitiTweet.org

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“We’re not going to shut the government down,” McConnell says on Fox. “That makes no sense for anyone. Almost no one on either side thinks it’s a good idea.” (They need consent from all 100 senators to get a final vote scheduled.) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: TSA confirms the mask mandate will be extended through March 18, 2022. It was set to expire in mid-January. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DaniellaMicaela: Congress could be barreling toward another government shutdown at midnight on Friday if Republicans and Democrats don'… — PolitiTweet.org

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Hill Dems announce bill to fund government til Feb. 18; still needs to pass both chambers by tomorrow at 11:59p https://t.co/w4IV9H9mSM — PolitiTweet.org

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Hill leaders still don’t have a deal on stop-gap measure to keep agencies funded til early next year. Their hope is to get a deal and introduce it today, pass it out of the House as soon as today. But all 100 senators will have to agree to schedule a quick vote to avoid shutdown — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JasJWright: NEWS: Vice President Kamala Harris’ chief spokesperson and senior advisor Symone Sanders is leaving the Biden administratio… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheLeadCNN: Justice Kavanaugh's views on precedent today sound very different than his views in 2018 - when he needed Sen. Susan Collin… — PolitiTweet.org

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9-0, the House select committee has voted to send contempt referral of Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark to the full House. But he will be given an opportunity to appear in front of the committee on Saturday for a new deposition to plead the 5th as his lawyer said he would — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s part of the statement: https://t.co/M3BMPx3GJE — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Don Bacon, who represents a swing district, to me on GOP infighting: "Right now all the polling is great for us but this undermines that effort of taking back the speaker's gavel. We should not be shooting ourselves in the foot with infighting." https://t.co/LaSClvzgrQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Rep. Nancy Mace about Marjorie Taylor Greene talking to Trump about her, and she said:"If you can't stand on your own two feet and you got to run to the principal's office to tattletale, I mean, come on, right? I mean, it's sad." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KevinBohn: Debate adviser Cleveland Clinic also reacted to Trump news: “Based on what we know about the virus and the safety measures w… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KevinBohn: Just in: The debates commission just issued this: “The procedures put in place months before the debates by the CPD and its… — PolitiTweet.org

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From Collins spox: “Senator Collins supports the abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade and affirmed by Planned Parenthood v. Casey. She didn’t listen to the oral arguments and intends to wait for the Court’s decision before commenting.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Mike Lee would not say if he would object to a vote on the continuing resolution before the Friday deadline to avoid a government shutdown. "We'll see," he told me. Asked if an amendment vote would be sufficient for him, an aide said he wouldn't take questions in the hallways — PolitiTweet.org