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RT @ryanobles: NEW: 1/6 Chair @BennieGThompson tells us that the attorney for fmr DOJ official Jeffery Clark (who set to be referred for Cr… — PolitiTweet.org

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House progressives plan to ratchet up calls to strip Lauren Boebert from her committee spots bc of her comments on Ilhan Omar — and will soon go public with a letter to that effect, per two sources Dem leaders have not made a decision yet on how to proceed. — PolitiTweet.org

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New York Gov. Hochul is in the Capitol meeting with Dems in the NY delegation, including Rep. Tom Suozzi, who announced a primary bid against her this week. — PolitiTweet.org

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Perhaps not surprisingly, this was my kid asking this pointed question — PolitiTweet.org

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Because leaders have failed to reach an agreement on a bill to keep govt open past Friday, any one senator now has leverage to delay a final vote over any set of demands, meaning they can push final passage into early next week and cause a short shutdown https://t.co/hK1b2RPtbz — PolitiTweet.org

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And he said: "Yeah, I think the folks back home want to know how hard we're fighting for them, that the jobs back home are as important as keeping the federal government open. That's the hypocrisy up here. It just seems like we have rules for back home that don't apply here." — PolitiTweet.org

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"We'll see," he said. "There's a long time between now and Friday. But at a minimum, I think at a minimum it deserves a 50-person vote." At GOP lunch, a number of senators told Marshall and Lee that their goal won't be achieved if there's brief shutdown. So I asked him about that — PolitiTweet.org

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Marshall would be OK with a quick final passage vote if there's an amendment to that effect with a 51-vote threshold. But Ds are likely to insist on a 60-vote threshold. So would he object to a quick vote to pass the funding bill if the amendment were set at a 60-vote threshold? — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's what Sen. Roger Marshall (one of a handful of conservatives who are threatening a brief government shutdown) want before agreeing to a quick vote on the continuing resolution. He told us he wants language in CR that would prohibit OSHA from enforcing vaccine mandate. BUT — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked about Kavanaugh’s line of questioning, Collins tells @alizaslav: "I did not see his questioning or hear any of the arguments. I hope to later tonight play them so that I have firsthand knowledge of what the arguments were today, but I can't comment on what I didn't see." — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Roger Marshall confirms this. He says that he would be OK with an amendment vote to defund vaccine mandate to avoid a brief shutdown — but says it needs to be at 51-vote threshold. That would give it a chance at passage. Dems will insist on 60-vote threshold. — PolitiTweet.org

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But they want it to be set a 51-vote threshold for passage, not 60. — PolitiTweet.org

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At closed-door lunch, GOP senators are debating how to proceed over the stop-gap resolution — and there was “no agreement,” per Sen. Roy Blunt.  The conservatives who are threatening a brief shutdown, he said, would be OK with an amendment vote to defund the vaccine mandate. — PolitiTweet.org

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DeFazio the 19th House Dem to announce retirement — and he’s a frontliner, meaning a swing district — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: NEWS — the CDC has identified first case of Omicron in the US in California, per a source. — PolitiTweet.org

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Multiple GOP senators say they ultimately plan to vote to keep the government open, so even if there’s a brief shutdown over the weekend, it won’t last long. Conservatives are demanding CR defund vaccine mandate; unclear if they would be satisfied with just a vote on an amendment — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: Rep. Zoe Lofgren says on CNN that Jeffrey Clark sent a new letter to the 1/6 committee today ahead of the panel's meeti… — PolitiTweet.org

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Susan Collins during Kavanaugh’s 2018 confirmation proceedings: “We talked about whether he considered Roe to be settled law. He said that he agreed with what Justice Roberts said at his nomination hearing, in which he said that it was settled law.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Still no agreement on bill to fund the government, but Senate Appropriations Chairman Patrick Leahy just told reporters that they are still talking about extending funding into late January/early February. Money dries up after 11:59p Friday — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: Top officials are considering requiring everyone who enters US get tested day before their flight & having all, includi… — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi to caucus, talking Boebert. “So, this is hard because these people are doing it for the publicity. There's a judgment that has to be made about how we contribute to their fundraising and their publicity on how obnoxious and disgusting they can be,” per attendee — PolitiTweet.org

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To avoid a shutdown, all 100 senators will need to agree to schedule a vote before 11:59p Friday. If one objects, there could be a brief shutdown over the weekend. There’s still wide belief among members that a shutdown will be avoided — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP Rep. Don Bacon told me that if McCarthy's private conversations with MTG don't get her to back off attacks against Rs, "you're gonna see a groundswell in the conference say, ‘Hey, stop it.’... At some point though, there will be a public -- more public flogging." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kpolantz: “My God What did I just do?” Sobbing Capitol rioter describes assault of Officer Michael Fanone, feeling he was being called… — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarthy addressed the conference but didn’t call out MTG, Boebert, Mace and others by name. Big focus was on discussing issues they believe will help their chances next year “He doesn’t want to pour fuel on that fire,” one GOP lawmaker said of McCarthy. — PolitiTweet.org

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This AM behind closed doors, Rep. Tom Emmer, who chairs NRCC, told his conference they don’t have to like each other and are not a family. Instead, he said they’re a “team” and, making a hockey analogy, he said when they’re on the ice, they should focus on winning, per members — PolitiTweet.org

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Pushing everything closer to Friday deadline — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @IsaacDovere: hard to overstate the level of confusion, anger and fear among the Biden campaign after learning that Trump had been COVID… — PolitiTweet.org

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“Have you ever seen a team where they should be winning, and you'll just look on the sidelines and then coach is yelling at a player, players yell at the coach and it doesn't show they're on track to win," said Rep. Brett Guthrie, a Kentucky Republican. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Yeah, I do," Rep. Fred Upton said when asked whether he thought the most recent eruption over Boebert and Greene hurts their chances at taking back the majority. "It's uncalled for." — PolitiTweet.org