Paul Kane

Paul Kane @pkcapitol

RT @BryanLowry3: While some of cable channels aggressively promoting Greitens are unaware, there's a lot of bad blood between Hawley and Gr… — PolitiTweet.org

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@DaviSusan "It's not on the top of my mind. You know, what's top of my mind is, how are we going to get people shots in arms, how are we going to get hospital funding ... the speculation stuff isn't even, you know, it's not something that I think about." Missed this good @lukebroadwater QA. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden's first 50 days were party-line, Democratic-only votes for $1.9 trillion covid rescue bill. That all changes now, as @Sen_JoeManchin demands regular order & bipartisanship. Liberals won't like it, but it's only way to get toward filibuster reform. https://t.co/Iz53FK41bH — PolitiTweet.org

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The 2012 @SenJeffMerkley talking filibuster proposal created a period of "extended debate" if the majority didn't get 60 votes, as long as minority held floor. Once they stopped speaking, 51 votes would end debate. Manchin is saying he doesn't support that (for now anyway). — PolitiTweet.org

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Good job by @burgessev pinning Manchin down on what he meant by "talking filibuster". “It must be a process to get to that 60-vote threshold," JM tells Burg. That's not what talking filibuster advocates like Merkley want. They'd end debate with 51. https://t.co/QFRozutU0V — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @igorbobic: Having survived many pivots to video, and then pivots away from video, today is gutting. Hire my stellar colleagues. Unioniz… — PolitiTweet.org

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@danpfeiffer @jmartNYT I agree on strategic thinking of campaigns as Sunday shows don't have the same impact. (Truth bomb: I skip 'em most weekends.) But maybe the 2 are intertwined: Rather than longer Q&As, it's a bunch of 8-min interviews + media panels, yielding less info & worse ratings. — PolitiTweet.org

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@manyspaceships Guilty as charged. — PolitiTweet.org

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@danpfeiffer @jmartNYT ".... elected United States senator in 2004 and served in the Illinois state senate for eight years prior. This morning Barack Obama joins us for the full hour ...." How many presidentials sat for a full hour with any Sunday show/network show in 2020? Town halls don't count. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jmartNYT "... today, for the full hour ..." An entire generation of younger journalists, campaign staff & congressional aides have no clue what I'm talking about. The concept will just sound insane to them. — PolitiTweet.org

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As Erica notes, Senate finally sent House the $1.9tr covid rescue bill, 70 hours after passing it Saturday. This delay was bizarre. Last March, Senate passed $2tr Cares Act at 11:17 pm on 3/25, House passed it early 3/27. Signed into law that evening. Less than 48 hours. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ericawerner CC: @kristin__wilson - she's strong feelings about what should be the DEAD OF NIGHT versus the DARK OF NIGHT. — PolitiTweet.org

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@cjbarkley @KevinMaddenDC https://t.co/qYyGyDOcRP — PolitiTweet.org

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@KevinMaddenDC This is what I call a public service announcement. Thanks, my friend. I'm watching/listening. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nathanlgonzales: According to one @InsideElections Baseline metric, an average GOP candidate has a 15-point advantage over an average D… — PolitiTweet.org

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Rs will likely hold Alabama, Missouri & Ohio seats, but those GOP replacements will likely be much more Trumpy than current occupants (Shelby, Blunt, Portman). Last month I wrote about how Toomey & Portman retiring signaled a brain drain. Now Blunt. https://t.co/ir9XlEkXBU — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattsgorman We will fight this fight in person some day rather than in public. The only Royals I care about are tanking in the AL Central. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattsgorman Please tell me you’re talking about NBA AS-game warmups. Not the royal whatever thing. — PolitiTweet.org

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The covid rescue package lobbying scorecard that you need to read, via @ToryNewmyer Winners: restaurants, concert venue/theaters, plane manufacturers. Losers: Gyms, senior living facilities. https://t.co/WWl6oefVm6 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @OKnox: Biden is on track to win confirmation for every initial choice for the 15 traditional Cabinet departments — a feat that was last… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GlennKesslerWP: Biden is on track to win confirmation for every initial choice for the 15 traditional Cabinet departments — a feat that… — PolitiTweet.org

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Sunday @PKCapitol: Biden is finding slow & steady is winning race to confirm his cabinet. Despite Tanden setback & sluggish pace, he's on track to confirm 1st choices for all 15 traditional cabinet posts. With more bipartisan support than Trump's picks. https://t.co/h62Zkhnwzm — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @seungminkim: .@pkcapitol and me earlier this week on Murkowski: “A vote for Haaland could suggest that she will stand against the relie… — PolitiTweet.org

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As SM(P)K wrote: "A vote against Haaland could lead her to support the coronavirus relief bill if Democrats are willing to accommodate Murkowski ... A vote for Haaland could suggest that she will stand against the relief package." She went yes on H Th'day, no on covid today. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Senate convened at 9 am Friday & stayed in session, with an 11-hour semi-pause as leaders negotiated with Manchin. 27-plus hours later, it lands exactly where we knew it would: 50 Dem ayes, 49 R nays. (Sullivan traveled home to Alaska for family reasons, so no VP). — PolitiTweet.org

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There it is @Sen_JoeManchin trying to renegotiate the unemployment deal has forced this single vote to last longer than @SenRonJohnson’s forcing clerks to read the bill last night. More than 21 hours combined. Unreal. — PolitiTweet.org

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Johnson forced clerks to go 10 hours 43 minutes, 9 seconds to read covid bill. If this vote stays open another 8 minutes, this single roll call will take longer than the idiotic reading of the bill. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CraigCaplan: 9:13pm: Senate just set a new record for its longest vote. Minimum wage increase amdt vote on $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill b… — PolitiTweet.org

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@seungminkim @kristin__wilson Takes one to know two. — PolitiTweet.org