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Thompson told me he didn’t hear commiteee investigators ask Ginni Thomas about her communications with her husband, Clarence Thomas, but he cautioned he was only at the interview for about an hour. “Not while I was there,” he said when asked if their interactions came up — PolitiTweet.org

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Bennie Thompson says that Ginni Thomas reiterated her belief to the Jan. 6 committee today that the 2020 election was stolen, despite no evidence to back up that claim. “She said that,” he said, per @AnnieGrayerCNN. — PolitiTweet.org

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72-25, Senate passes stop-gap bill to keep government funded until Dec. 16 — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate leaders are discussing scrapping the two-week work period in October and only coming back on Oct. 11 for a non-voting day to take up the annual defense bill, per sources. That would allow senators to stay home and campaign and allow take up defense bill in the lame-duck — PolitiTweet.org

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This means likely no vote til after the midterms — if at all — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DaniellaMicaela: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer tells me “probably no vote this week” on legislation restricting lawmakers from trad… — PolitiTweet.org

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John Thune, No. 2 Republican, on the Senate bill to overhaul the Electoral Count Act vs. the House bill. “The Senate bill is the version. There is not going to be a conference, there’s not going to be a negotiations. If this gets done, it’s going to be the Senate version.“ — PolitiTweet.org

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“That’s not going to happen,” Thune says about Schumer’s plan to bring the Senate back in October a few weeks before the midterms. He says if he does bring the Senate back, Schumer will be “missing a number of his members.” Thune also predicts the CR will pass Senate today — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: NEW: Ginni Thomas met with Jan 6 committee IN PERSON. She did not answer my questions https://t.co/5z6pypr0S9 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NewDay: "Power lines down everywhere... the street lights are out... it's difficult to get around."@randikayeCNN walks through the debr… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NatashaBertrand: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters today that the Kremlin will host a ceremony tomorrow to sign “agreement… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: After it was hit by Hurricane Ian, President Biden overnight approved a major disaster declaration for the state of Flo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kpolantz: Donald Trump is riding out Hurricane Ian at Mar-a-Lago. Why? Because he had a lawsuit deposition scheduled for Friday (and… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mikeseidel: We were in the eye wall of Cat. 4 #Hurricane #Ian for over 5 hours and the back side was the worst. I haven't experienced a… — PolitiTweet.org

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Bennie Thompson says he doubts that the Jan. 6 hearing will be rescheduled for next week and they are still working on a date. Says committee will intvw Ginni Thomas “sometime this week,” per @AnnieGrayerCNN — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ella_nilsen: Hurricane Ian storm surges already setting new records for highest water levels ever observed in multiple Southwest Florid… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MashaFroliak: During our monthslong reporting for the @nytimes in Ukraine investigating apparent war crimes in Bucha @yousuralhlou and… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @pkcapitol: Under the box sits Harry S Truman, whose statue gets unveiled Thursday in the Rotunda. He’s replacing Hamilton, who despite… — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell added: "The three big national issues that we're going to be addressing here that people are most concerned about, nationally, are the ones that I mentioned: inflation, crime, and open borders. That's clearly where we're going to be putting the focus." — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked McConnell if GOP was downplaying the importance of abortion issue in midterms, and he said: : "I think that issue is playing out in different ways in different states. .. I think every one of our candidates may have a different answer to that depending upon where they are." — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer declines to continue say outright if he'll endorse Kyrsten Sinema in a 2024 reelection bid. "Senator Sinema has done a good job on a whole lot of different issues,” he said when asked today — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @npenzenstadler: JUST IN: — Survivors of the mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July Parade have sued Smith & Wesson, online g… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NatashaBertrand: US officials believe that the likelihood that Putin will use a tactical nuclear weapon in his struggling war in Ukrain… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kylieatwood: The US is sharing info w European allies regarding the "apparent acts of sabotage” on the Nord Stream pipelines, @StateDep… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @morgan_rimmer: Senate schedule still up in the air: after Schumer tells reporters that the Senate schedule has not changed, McConnell s… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @samstein: The White House won't concede that Biden misspoke when he asked if the recently deceased Rep. Walorski was in attendance toda… — PolitiTweet.org

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At lunch, Schumer didn’t tell his caucus if they would return in October, per Hirono and Duckworth. October session is on the calendar but many senators expect that to be scrapped so they can campaign ahead of midterms — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZcohenCNN: GA State Elections Board revealed today it has asked the FBI to participate in ongoing criminal probe of voting system breac… — PolitiTweet.org

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Expecation Senate will pass stop-gap bill to keep government funded on Thursday. They are still working on a time agreement. Rand Paul told me he doesn’t plan to ask for an amendment vote. Senate could potentially leave tomorrow until after midterms. October session in question — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @anniekarni: A revealing comment about how Trump views race. Trump met the parents of his girlfriend Kara Young, who is biracial, and jo… — PolitiTweet.org