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Signers: Cruz Johnson Lankford Daines Kennedy Blackburn Braun Lummis Marshall Hagerty Tuberville Joining Hawley, that makes at least 12 GOP senators set to vote against accepting Biden's Electoral College win — PolitiTweet.org
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Cruz leads senators in joint statement: "we intend to vote on January 6 to reject the electors from disputed states as not ‘regularly given’ and ‘lawfully certified’ (the statutory requisite), unless and until that emergency 10-day audit is completed." — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @AlexThomp: Murkowski doesn’t pull her punches on Hawley, telling @burgessev : “I think it’s awful. I am going to support my oath to the… — PolitiTweet.org
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“I won't tell other folks what to do,” said Hawley, who hasn’t decided how many states to challenge. “I don't have the power to overturn anything. My objective in this is, as I've said repeatedly, is this is my one opportunity in this process to stand and be heard.” — PolitiTweet.org
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Thune, the whip, says Congress has no legal authority to do much other than count the votes. He said Republicans are not whipping against Hawley, even though he and McConnell oppose Thune said the GOP leadership is letting members “vote their conscience.” — PolitiTweet.org
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Toomey (R-Pa.), who opposes challenging the election, said he would address the issue “pretty thoroughly next week.” “Ask me that on Jan. 6. There’s a lot to think about,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the most senior GOP senator. — PolitiTweet.org
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Senate Rs think a handful of other senators will join Hawley. Johnson supports, Braun and Blackburn are undecided “It’s a protest vote only. Because in my opinion there’s zero chance that anything will come from it,” Braun argued. Rubio and Ernst didn’t want to comment — PolitiTweet.org
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“It seems to me this is an exercise in futility,” Cornyn said. “There are probably 70 million people who would rather see Trump elected. So I think it may not be very popular [in the GOP]. But sometimes you’ve got to do unpopular things because it’s the right thing to do” — PolitiTweet.org
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Mitt Romney called Hawley’s move “disappointing and destructive. And borrowing from Ben Sasse it’s ambition pointing a gun at the head of democracy.” “I’m going to vote to certify the election,” said Wicker. “I don’t think it’s a good idea and I don’t understand his reasoning” — PolitiTweet.org
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Senate Republicans unload on Trump and Hawley-led effort to challenge Biden’s election certification “I think it’s awful. I am going to support my oath to the Constitution. That’s the loyalty test here,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). https://t.co/gxWLKd4gyH — PolitiTweet.org
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Gardner, Graham, Jones, Loeffler, Perdue and Sasse missed the vote. Jones and Perdue had covid exposures. Perdue and Loeffler face Georgia voters on Tuesday. — PolitiTweet.org
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Senate overrides Trump's NDAA veto, 81-13. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Thune on Trump going after him and saying he’ll support a primary challenger: “finally, an attack tweet. What took him so long? It’s fine it’s the way he communicates. I’m not sure what I did to be deserving of all that.l — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @SenatePress: That 30 hours turned into 30 seconds, the veto override vote is happening NOW. — PolitiTweet.org
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Asked if he’s trying to overturn the election, Sen. Hawley says: “I don’t have any power to overturn anything” “This is my one opportunity in this process to stand and be heard...and to speak up on behalf of my constituents” — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Cornyn says he wants to better explain his vote at later time but calls challenging election in Congress an “exercise in futility” — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Burr says he will oppose efforts on Jan. 6 to not certify Biden’s electoral win — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @kyledcheney: GOHMERT brief has been filed. In it, he indicates that over 140 members of the House intend to object to Biden's president… — PolitiTweet.org
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Romney: “That comprehensive vaccination plans have not been developed at the federal level and sent to the states as models is as incomprehensible as it is inexcusable.” — PolitiTweet.org
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The Senate is done for the day. It will vote at 1 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 1 on breaking the filibuster for overriding the president's veto of the NDAA. It will likely finish this off on Jan. 2. And the new Congress comes in on Jan. 3. — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @politicoalex: More: Per Pat Toomey spokesman, Toomey spoke out on the call against the Hawley move: “Senator Toomey made his views on S… — PolitiTweet.org
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Perdue came in close contact with someone who had covid, per campaign "Both Senator Perdue and his wife tested negative today, but following his doctor's recommendations and in accordance with CDC guidelines, they will quarantine." — PolitiTweet.org
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Hawley said yesterday before votes: "I haven’t talked to my colleagues. I mean I alerted leadership before I made the announcement, as I promised them I would do. But this is a travel day so I haven’t visited with everybody else." — PolitiTweet.org
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McConnell held a conference call with Senate Republicans this morning in which he pressed Hawley multiple times to… https://t.co/c6eZl4yZr4
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RT @AlexThomp: Warren is anti-Zoom calls, preferring to pace endlessly on telephone calls. “That’s what I hate about Zoom. You’ve got to pl… — PolitiTweet.org
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Rep. Keller and 7 Pa. GOP House members says they "cannot agree to support electors chosen based upon an inaccurate total vote count" — PolitiTweet.org
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McConnell said "socialism for rich people" four times in his speech attacking the House's $2,000 checks today. Bernie was incredulous: "The majority leader helped lead this body to pass Trump's tax bill" https://t.co/lJLIw1V9H5 @QuintForgey — PolitiTweet.org
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Hawley fundraising off of Jan. 6 https://t.co/eUOc41jBOR — PolitiTweet.org
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Bernie says Koch, Adelson benefitted from the Trump tax cat bill "Want to talk about socialism for the rich? Sen. McConnell had no problem giving a $104 million tax refund to Amazon over the past three years" — PolitiTweet.org
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Bernie: "I am delighted to hear the majority leader talk about socialism for the rich" "The majority leader helped lead this body to pass Trump's tax bill. You want to talk about socialism for the rich Mr. Majority Leader!?!?" — PolitiTweet.org
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Schumer asks for Senate to bring up the $2,000 checks bill from the House McConnell objects — PolitiTweet.org
