Burgess Everett

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Schumer's new thing is comparing the GOP to Herbert Hoover "Our Republican colleagues are beginning to echo Herbert Hoover and it could if they have their way ... it could lead to a Great Depression" — PolitiTweet.org

Burgess Everett @burgessev

McConnell on new coronavirus legislation prospects: “I’m in constant communication with the White House and if we decide to go forward we’ll go forward together” “We have not yet felt the urgency of acting immediately, that time could develop, but I don’t think it has yet.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@igorbobic false tell me about this club it sounds intriguing — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm not sure people are ready (I am sure not) for pop culture to reflect our socially crippled reality. I need an escape — PolitiTweet.org

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Too real https://t.co/WPkPas2tN5 — PolitiTweet.org

Burgess Everett @burgessev

Before Sen. Alexander quarantined because a staff member tested positive for COVID, he was lobbying congressional leaders to reverse themselves and accept the rapid testing machines on Capitol Hill... — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FenitN: D.C. Mayor Bowser said she has offered the city’s public health lab to help test members of Congress — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: Republicans are getting fed up with being locked down. “In some cases, there’s no evidence whatsoever that they eliminate the… — PolitiTweet.org

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Alexander was wearing a mask and was attending party meetings last week. His statement tonight is from his chief of staff — PolitiTweet.org

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now Alexander says one of his staffers tested positive so he’ll chair hearing remotely, will quarantine in Tennessee for 14 days. (He also quarantined when he first went back home in March, said he and his wife were living in different areas of the house). Staffer is OK, he says — PolitiTweet.org

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Fauci and HHS witness now appearing by video, Alexander says: “After consulting with Dr. Fauci, and in an abundance of caution for our witnesses, senators, and the staff, all four Administration witnesses will appear by videoconference due to these unusual circumstances.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Alexander says because of quarantines from COVID exposure, FDA’s Hahn and CDC’s Redfield will appear at committee hearing this week via video instead of in person. Alexander says WH chief of staff Meadows approved exception to admin policy. Fauci also will be at hearing — PolitiTweet.org

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@AdamKSnider I think he said he knew you when you used to look like you slept on a grate but I guess we will never know the truth — PolitiTweet.org

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James was asked whether he disagreed with Trump on anything given the president’s support of his candidacy. “Plenty, plenty of issues ... Everything from cutting Great Lakes funding to ‘shithole countries’ to speaking ill of the dead” ⁦@politicoalex⁩ https://t.co/phMJjiYSjx — PolitiTweet.org

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Graham announces Judiciary hearing: “Examining Liability During the COVID-19 Pandemic” — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: Sessions visited “four times just begging me to be attorney general." Sessions: "I never begged for the job of attorney general, not four times, not one time, not ever." — PolitiTweet.org

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Jeff Sessions is trying to win back his old Senate seat and move on from his rocky tenure as attorney general. But President Donald Trump won’t let it go: “Jeff was just very weak and very sad." https://t.co/nG9lXb2lfl — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mckaycoppins: I went on an airplane and wrote about it. My piece on the surreal experience of flying during a pandemic, and the false… — PolitiTweet.org

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@morningmoneyben I feel like people now use the iPhone reactions to wind the convo down. — PolitiTweet.org

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Think I'll wait to see what Trump says — PolitiTweet.org

Burgess Everett @burgessev

RT @nycsouthpaw: that famous frost we all know the significance of and can readily discuss — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JenniferJJacobs: NEWS: Pence flight to Iowa delayed an hour after a staffer tested positive for coronavirus, I’m told. Some aides disem… — PolitiTweet.org

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“You’re coming pretty close, though, to the presidential election,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the only Republican to oppose Kavanaugh. “That is something that you factor into these discussions about how we move forward.” — PolitiTweet.org

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“They’re not troubled by inconsistencies,” said Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.). “It would be completely inconsistent with everything that was said [in 2016]. But we knew when they were saying it they didn’t mean it. We knew that was a situational answer.” — PolitiTweet.org

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“We’re going to fill it” if there is one, said Sen. Barrasso. “With Justice Scalia ... people might not have thought he was the one, because he wasn’t the oldest at the time. You just never know.” Is there a point when it's too late? “There’s no cut off,” said Sen. Blunt, — PolitiTweet.org

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“If you thought the Kavanaugh hearing was contentious this would probably be that on steroids,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). “Nevertheless, if the president makes a nomination then it’s our responsibility to take it up.” https://t.co/DrCdmRgOK4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Sessions v. Tuberville runoff in July to take on Doug Jones in Alabama. Expect a lot more of this — PolitiTweet.org

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'We're going to fill it': Republicans ready for any Supreme Court vacancy that occurs this year despite denying Obama https://t.co/DrCdmRgOK4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Democratic senators Harris, Sanders and Markey propose $2,000 monthly payments to most Americans until coronavirus emergency ends https://t.co/2zQwneBbRE — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maggieNYT: NEW - Eric Ueland, the director of the WH Office of Legislative Affairs, is expected to be nominated for undersecretary for… — PolitiTweet.org