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After Biden called on Congress to act, Pelosi says House will move this week to avert rail strike. “This week, the House will consider legislation adopting the Tentative Agreement reached in September after months of hard-fought negotiations.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if Trump should condemn Nick Fuentes, Marco Rubio told me: “I hope he will. Because I know (Trump) is not an anti-Semite. I can tell you that for a fact that Trump is not but this guy (Fuentes) is evil. And that guy is a nasty, disgusting person. (Fuentes) is an ass clown.” — PolitiTweet.org

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“We cannot tolerate antisemitism, period,” said Steve Daines. Rick Scott: “There’s no room in the Republican Party for White supremacy, antisemitism.” Asked whether Trump should condemn them, Scott said: “I think Republicans should all condemn White supremacy and anti-Semitism.” — PolitiTweet.org

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“It’s bad – there’s no question about it,” Sen. John Cornyn told me, adding he “never heard of” Fuentes. Ernst said said she thinks “It’s ridiculous.”  Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she thinks “it’s ridiculous you would do something with someone who espouses those views.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate GOP Whip John Thune told us Trump dining with Fuentes was “a bad idea on every level.”   “Well, that's just a bad idea on every level. I don't know who's advising him on his staff, but I hope that whoever that person was got fired,” he said — PolitiTweet.org

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John Thune skeptical that debt limit will be increased in lame-duck. 10 GOP votes would be needed now but the Senate GOP whip doesn’t see that happening. “I think this is probably a next year exercise,” he told us, meaning it would fall on House GOP and Senate Ds to avoid default — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jdawsey1: Imagine Trump's lawyers may not love the final line of his latest Truth Social post. "When will you invade the other Presiden… — PolitiTweet.org

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Durbin told us of McCarthy threat to impeach Mayorkas. “I don't take that seriously. I hope the American people don't. Mayorkas has one of the hardest jobs in government and is doing his best at it. .. I expect a lot of this heated rhetoric as they prepare to vote for speaker.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer, the first Jewish Senate majority leader: “For a former president to sit down and have dinner with a high profile anti-Semite is disgusting and dangerous. To give an anti-Semite even the smallest platform much less than audience over dinner is pure evil.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Sinema, Tester, Hassan and Kelly write to Biden admin: “We have expressed concern with DHS’ preparations for the end of Title 42, especially as the situation has deteriorated at times.” https://t.co/KIFGVtYH0e — PolitiTweet.org

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Congress was out in October and has been in session one week in November, but returns this week on a scramble to finish major issues before year's end: - Funding government - Same-sex marriage bill - Defense bill - Electoral Count Act changes Plus Dem leadership elections https://t.co/Xd286UJfG1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Criticism here from a GOP senator, who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: As Congress returns to Washington, McCarthy's quest for 218 is expected to pick up steam. Some critics were unimpressed by h… — PolitiTweet.org

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Dems are outspending Republicans on air so far in #gasen runoff — $37.4 million to $20.2 million, per @DavidWright_7 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: Kellyanne Conway is meeting with 1/6 committee today. Spotted by pooler @GabeFerris https://t.co/UzSuxghowk — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NatashaBertrand: The BBC said one of its journalists was beaten by Chinese police after being detained while covering a protest in Shan… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maggieNYT: Former President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday night had dinner with Nick Fuentes, an outspoken antisemite and racist who is on… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmart: 👀 Asked about AOC on @CNNSotu, Hakeem invokes Gottheimer - and adds a “good friend” “Well, I have great respect for Representa… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KevinBohn: Leading House Democrat Intelligence Chair @adamschiff breaks w/Biden administration over its endorsement of immunity for Sau… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: “Authorities received numerous 911 calls starting at 11:57 p.m. and responded to the scene at Club Q, said Colorado Spr… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rachaelmbade: Former @SpeakerRyan — who spent much of his speakership dodging Qs abt Trump scandals — is letting it rip on Trump in an… — PolitiTweet.org

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Hakeem Jeffries says he has a “much warmer” relationship with Steve Scalise and hasn’t spoken recently with McCarthy. “He does seem to be struggling to get to 218. Let’s see what happens on Jan. 3,” he says on @CNNSotu of McCarthy — PolitiTweet.org

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Hakeem Jeffries says on @CNNSotu to @jaketapper “the right thing to do” is to raise the debt limit in the lame-duck before it becomes more difficult to deal with in the GOP House majority next year. But they’d need 10 Rs in the Senate to do that, and it’s not clear they have that — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @InsidePolitics: A special counsel for Trump as he launches a third presidential bid. Plus, Nancy Pelosi ends a historic run while Kevin… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jeremyherb: Garland is appointing Jack Smith as special counsel. He's a longtime DOJ prosecutor who in 2018 became chief prosecutor for… — PolitiTweet.org

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Some early GOP reaction to the naming of a special counsel overseeing ongoing Trump probes - Cornyn says there should be a special counsel to look at Hunter Biden - Cruz says Biden's DOJ is being used to "attack his political opponents" - MTG calls for Garland's impeachment — PolitiTweet.org

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Special counsel Jack Smith on Trump probes: "The pace of the investigations will not pause or flag under my watch. I will exercise independent judgement and will move the investigations forward expeditiously and thoroughly to whatever outcome the facts and the law dictate.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Garland promises that the appointment to oversee Trump probes on Jan. 6 and Mar-a-Lago documents "will not slow" the investigations — PolitiTweet.org

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Garland appoints career prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel, citing Trump's "announcement that he is a candidate for president" and Biden's "stated intention" to run. "I have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint a special counsel." — PolitiTweet.org

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Clyburn looks to stay at Dem leadership table as the No. 4, a position Pelosi created and where he served from 2011-2018 https://t.co/XPmIxYAgNc — PolitiTweet.org