Burgess Everett

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RT @JakeSherman: 🚨🚨NEW … @SpeakerPelosi has invited her fellow leaders to a meeting this afternoon to discuss finalizing govt funding and c… — PolitiTweet.org

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Story here https://t.co/doHYGeKbOn — PolitiTweet.org

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(This would not have been news 5 weeks ago) — PolitiTweet.org

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News: On Senate floor, McConnell recognizes Biden as president-elect, after praising Trump's "policy leadership" on vaccine development, energy and judges "Our country has officially a president-elect and a vice-president elect" Congratulates Biden " — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Chaplain Barry Black asks God to bless "President-elect Joe Biden" — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Chaplin Barry Black asks God to bless "President-elect Joe Biden" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @heatherscope: House Problem Solvers Caucus working tonight to try to marry two bipartisan proposals ($748 in COVID relief; $160 billion… — PolitiTweet.org

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One cool thing you can still do during coronavirus is yell at the TV while watching college basketball by yourself — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @IAmNickReynolds: Statement from Barrasso's office: "I was proud to join thousands of people in Wyoming in voting for President Trump. I… — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Republicans are finally starting to recognize Joe Biden as the next president of the United States — even if they waited until the very last minute. ⁦@marianne_levine⁩ ⁦@AndrewDesiderio⁩ https://t.co/yVMiFMmbmn — PolitiTweet.org

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Congress warms to Covid stimulus deal after bipartisan breakthrough Senate Majority Whip John Thune: “It's trending in the right direction." Minority Whip Dick Durbin: “it feels like legislating, it feels like why we were elected” ⁦@heatherscope⁩ https://t.co/IES6b1oEPc — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked why it’s a gotcha question he replied: “It’s what every senator is being asked. 3 weeks ago the transition occurred in terms of... access to the briefings & access to the money” “That all occurred three weeks ago. So nothing changed,” he added. “This is the Constitution” — PolitiTweet.org

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Portman: "The orderly transfer of power is a hallmark of our democracy, and although I supported President Trump, the Electoral College vote today makes clear that Joe Biden is now President-Elect.” — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP Sen. Barrasso calls topic of whether Biden is President-elect a “gotcha question” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kyledcheney: IT'S OVER: California cast its 55 electoral votes for Biden. He has gotten 306 to Donald Trump's 232. All that's left is… — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Majority Whip John Thune: “I understand there are people who feel strongly about the outcome of this election. But in the end at some point you have to face the music. And I think that once the electoral college settles the issue today it’s time for everybody to move on” — PolitiTweet.org

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The old “leave your party with four days left in the lame duck right before you retire” trick — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked about House Rs challenging election in Congress “Would be a bad mistake” “Comes a time when you have to realize that despite your best efforts, you’ve been unsuccessful ... You’ve got to have a winner and you’ve got to have a loser" Points to Boxer doing it and losing — PolitiTweet.org

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Is Biden president-elect? Cornyn: "I would say that subject to any other litigation that could occur between now and Jan. 20, the answer is yes” — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer calls GOP a "national embarrassment" for not recognizing Biden as president-elect. "For the past month they have given President Trump the space to promote wild conspiracy theories" — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer says he looks forward to reviewing the bipartisan group's deal, says Democrats are "100 percent committed" to getting a new law — PolitiTweet.org

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Notably, McConnell did NOT mention the bipartisan $748b legislation that's about to be unveiled by the group of senators — PolitiTweet.org

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"I can speak for the Republican side. We want to make a law, to agree where we can and help people who need it," he says of coronavirus aid. McConnell then sets up votes on a District judge for later in the week. — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell on covid relief: "It's time for this body to recognize that finger-pointing doesn't put food on the table for struggling families" — PolitiTweet.org

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There’s a Friday deadline for government funding. Will Bernie use it as leverage? “$1,200 direct payment to working class adults and $500 in payments for their kids,” Sanders said. “Congress is not going to go home until we do that. That’s what the American people want.” — PolitiTweet.org

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“What kind of negotiation is it when you go from $3.4 trillion to $188 billion in new money? That is not a negotiation. That is a collapse,” Sanders said by telephone on Monday afternoon. Wants stimulus checks and stronger UI https://t.co/D2vXnFUHaF — PolitiTweet.org

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New: Sen. Bernie Sanders is urging Democratic Leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi to reject "totally inadequate" $748 billion bipartisan coronavirus bill. He says in interview he's told Schumer to turn it down. Story TK — PolitiTweet.org

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@heatherscope And there are no stimulus checks in the bipartisan bill. So Bernie and Hawley will want that amendment vote they've been asking about. Next shutdown deadline: Friday. — PolitiTweet.org

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@heatherscope There's a $748b piece that will have the bipartisan support of 10 senators later today. It leaves out state and local + liability. The $160b piece has a short-term liability shield, and Manchin thus far is the only Democrat who supports that. — PolitiTweet.org

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A bipartisan group of senators finally hit paydirt in its long-running coronavirus relief negotiations. But it’s not clear what exactly Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi will do with it. https://t.co/IES6b1oEPc @heatherscope — PolitiTweet.org