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RT @allymutnick: Some fun Census stats on 2010-2020: >> McKenzie County, North Dakota (!) was the fastest growing US county, up 131% >> T… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Redistrict: Per Census: Hispanics are 18.7% of the U.S. population, *higher* than the 18.6% from the Census's most recent population es… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Acosta: White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients: “In the past week, Florida has had more Covid cases than all 30 states w… — PolitiTweet.org

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“This order will help the Congress recruit and retain the outstanding and diverse talent that we need, as it also helps ensure parity between employees of the House of Representatives and other employees of the Federal Government,” she said — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi announces that Hill staff can now be paid more than members. “It is my privilege to announce an important new reform for our institution: raising the maximum annual rate of pay for staff to $199,300.” (Members’ pay remains the same) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kylieatwood: The Biden natl security team is holding calls & mtgs today w/ what sources describe as a growing sense of urgency about th… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @OrenCNN: The Taliban has the momentum in Afghanistan, to say the least. Kabul could be surrounded within 30-90 days. @barbarastarrcnn @… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarshallCohen: HUGE ruling: Federal judge says Dominion's defamation lawsuits CAN PROCEED against Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani & Mike L… — PolitiTweet.org

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The testimony was 3-3.5 hours long Source also says Pak testified that he thought he was going to get fired because he thought Trump didn’t like him and thought he wasn’t working hard enough — PolitiTweet.org

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Pak also said it was not unreasonable for Trump to have concerns about election fraud in GA given the volume of allegations the department received, the source said. Pak also told committee he had confidence in his replacement and acknowledged he served at pleasure of President — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @hillhulse: Democrats will have to successfully execute a tricky legislative two step to pass their two big bills. It's been done before… — PolitiTweet.org

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Source familiar with the testimony also told me that Pak said to investigators he had planned on resigning on Jan. 20. But he caught wind that Trump was considering firing him, so he moved up his resignation date. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Phil_Mattingly: Pres. Biden, asked by @jeffmason1 if he was worried about the debt ceiling, says: "No." "They're not gonna let the U.… — PolitiTweet.org

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Byung "BJay" Pak, the former US attorney who abruptly left in the aftermath of leaked audio showing Trump pressuring Georgia’s secretary of state to find the votes to overturn Biden’s win, is done with his closed-door interview before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I’m told — PolitiTweet.org

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More pressure on Pelosi from a moderate Democrat. Pelosi has repeatedly indicated she won’t put the Senate infrastructure bill on the floor until reconcilation passes that chamber. Could delay House action on infrastructure bill into late September/October — PolitiTweet.org

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House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth told me he expects House to go first on reconciliation package bc revenue measures are supposed to originate in the House (though there are ways around that). Pelosi/Schumer have set Sept. 15 deadlines for their chairs to have proposal drafted — PolitiTweet.org

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Hochul says she and Cuomo "have not been close" and says "no one" will describe her work environment as "toxic" when her term is done — PolitiTweet.org

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"It's far too premature to have those conversations," incoming NY governor, Kathy Hochul, says when asked if she would consider a pardon to Cuomo if he faces criminal charges in the state. — PolitiTweet.org

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The US House should be able to access some of Donald Trump's tax records through a subpoena to his accounting firm Mazars USA, a federal judge in Washington, DC, ruled on Wednesday, reports ⁦@kpolantz⁩ https://t.co/BCuU1vm43I — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @seungminkim: "We are frustrated over the slow pace of confirmations particularly for non-controversial nominees," @PressSec says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Despite the calls from moderate Democrats, Pelosi making clear to her members she won’t move more quickly on the bipartisan infrastructure bill that just passed Senate. Reiterates call for Senate to pass larger reconciliation bill first — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer doesn’t seem to rule out using reconcilation for debt limit increase but suggests doing it outside the process “gives you more flexibility.” Going the reconcilation route would open them up to vote-a-rama - but they could pass in Senate along straight party lines — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if he were concerned about a potential primary, Schumer repeated: "I've always worked hard for New York and it's always worked out" — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Schumer after his press conference about Ocasio-Cortez not ruling out a primary challenge against him "I've always worked hard for New York, and it's always worked out," Schumer told me. — PolitiTweet.org

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“Every part of Biden’s proposal will be there in a big, robust way,” Schumer said when asked about lowering price tag. “There are some members in our caucus who want less, there are some members in our caucus who want more. We’re going to come together to meet that goal.” — PolitiTweet.org

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“I’m glad he stepped down,” Schumer says of Cuomo — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer refuses to say if he’s willing to lower the price tag below $3.5T on reconciliation. Says some members want more and some want less. Predicts Dems to come together — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer says he met with committee chairs last night and gave them a deadline to turn over their proposals on the reconciliation bill. Says they will have weekly meetings with their committee members during recess to get the big bill together by September — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KaraScannell: SDNY prosecutors suspected Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg lied when he testified @ hush money payments & considered char… — PolitiTweet.org

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Freshman Sen. Bill Hagerty, the Tennessee Republican who slowed down final passage of the infrastructure bill by a few days, told @MichaelRWarren that Trump “gave me a buzz” and was encouraging about his stand. — PolitiTweet.org