Paul Kane

Paul Kane @pkcapitol

Brothers Mullins writing must read: Brody has mined K Street for 2 decades & @lmullinsdc has written some of best profiles of any DC writer. Via @PunchbowlNews: "Anything these two touch turns to gold. This book will give a behind-the-scenes view of the evolution of lobbying." — PolitiTweet.org

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To be clear, Chip Roy is a rare House Freedom Caucus member who is opposed to what Brooks, Jordan & others plan for Wednesday. He believes states run elections & Congress cannot invalidate them. So he's trying to expose hypocrisy among his own GOP ranks. I — PolitiTweet.org

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What @chiproytx is doing is clever: He's forcing House Rs to vote on whether congressional elections in AZ, GA, MI, PA, WI were in fact clean & fraud free - before members from those 6 states can be sworn in. If their House races were clean, then so were presidential races. — PolitiTweet.org

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Young, having kicked a brutal covid case, goes off script and lectures House to work together. Here's what he told @libcasey 6 weeks ago about virus: “I’ve been shot, I’ve been rolled over, I’ve been hit in the head a hundred times, but I’ve never felt as bad as I did." — PolitiTweet.org

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Official tally from the clerk: 216 Pelosi 209 McCarthy 1 Duckworth 1 Jeffries She is officially: "duly elected speaker of the House of Representatives." — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi will be 1st speaker since Hastert to win 4th term. Before that, Tip won a 5th term in '85. 221 Ds present: * 216 voted Pelosi; * 1 for Duckworth (Jared Golden); * 1 for Jeffries (Conor Lamb); * 3 presents (Sherrill, Slotkin, Spanberger) All 209 Rs present voted McCarthy. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi will be 1st speaker to win 5th term since Tip O'Neil in 1985. 221 Ds present for speaker vote: * 216 voted for Pelosi; * 1 for Duckworth (Jared Golden); * 1 for Jeffries (Conor Lamb); * 3 voted present (Slotkin, Sherrill, Spanberger). All 209 Rs present have voted KM. — PolitiTweet.org

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Appears @SpeakerPelosi will land on 216 votes, with 5 Ds dissenting. That's below 218, normal magic number for full 435-seat House. She's 3rd speaker in last 25 years to win with less than 218 - Gingrich in '97, Boehner in '15. They had larger majorities & faced more defections — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CraigCaplan: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), who recovered from pneumonia after a long hospital stay, was on the House floor today and vot… — PolitiTweet.org

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If any of these members who missed quorum vote show up for speaker vote (from 2:30-ish to 6 pm-ish), adjusts the numbers accordingly for Pelosi's margin. — PolitiTweet.org

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2 Ds are missing for health reasons: DeSauliner, Hastings. 2 Rs were expected to be missing for covid reasons: Valadao, Salazar. 1 other R missing: Kevin Brady. Plus, there are 2 vacancies (NY22, LA5). 2/2 — PolitiTweet.org

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Whip count: 220 Ds & 208 Rs voted in quorum call, procedural vote to start new House session. *Vote reads 427 present, but Rodney Davis (R) was here, battling with Dem leaders on unrelated matter, forgot to vote. If no other Rs show, Pelosi might have 12 votes to spare. 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @feliciasonmez: Following today's swearing-in of the 117th Congress and the speaker vote in the House? Check out our live updates here:… — PolitiTweet.org

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To our Hill pool, @SenSusanCollins spikes ball on winning a 5th term, 1 more than her idol (Margaret Chase Smith) & 2 more than her rival (Snowe). "I'm going to go get sworn in to my 5th term, making history as the 1st Republican woman senator ever to be elected to a 5th term." — PolitiTweet.org

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Noem says she won't challenge Thune, but that doesn't matter. Trump (and friends will keep demanding a challenge. Her current national ambition is unrecognizable to anyone who knew her during 8 years in House, when she hid from national media. https://t.co/sWFYUWLKqT — PolitiTweet.org

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Thune, No. 2 in GOP leadership, and Schumer, top Dem, are biggest targets -- but toughest to knock off. Thune has been downright dismissive of Trump tweets of late, while Schumer is solicitous of AOC & her allies. Both have 8-figure war chests. https://t.co/sWFYUWLKqT — PolitiTweet.org

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Your 1st Sunday @PKCapitol of 2021: Follow Senate primaries as path to understanding each party & whether it's possible for compromise or more polarization. Especially calls for @KristiNoem to challenge Thune & @AOC to challenge @SenSchumer https://t.co/sWFYUWLKqT — PolitiTweet.org

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@Phil_Mattingly I mean, Clemson just looks physically outmatched by Buckeyes. Not too much different than how ND looked outmatched by ‘Bama. Thoughts @bresreports ? — PolitiTweet.org

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Senator @LindseyGrahamSC skipped today’s votes overriding Trump NDAA veto. Skipped Wednesday’s procedural vote. Just as he skipped Dec 11 NDAA votes. His spokesman would only say LG was in “SC” today. Won’t explain all these missed votes. Graham has been oddly evasive of late. — PolitiTweet.org

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@VolbeckWasRight @bresreports He’s their best coach since Holtz. Reality is, the gap between No 1 and No 4 in college football is very big. Little distance between No 4 and No 12. But huge gap every year from 1 to 4. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kristin__wilson: Your friendly reminder that you don’t have to quote tweet the bananapants things that are written here. Just leave the… — PolitiTweet.org

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So @bresreports @apalmerdc & @JakeSherman are launching Punchbowl News. I'm just gonna call it Punch, because if you do something Bres doesn't like, he's gonna Punch you in the face. Best of luck, my friends. https://t.co/qsnObdppy8 — PolitiTweet.org

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@kelsey_snell @bresreports We sung “Auld Lang Syne” at midnight. I popped into Senate chamber. Patty Murray & husband sat together in public gallery, ringing in new year as the only people in the Senate. Vote started 1:30 am, with senators coming from Landrieu’s house party a few blocks over E. Capitol. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RebeccaBuck: @pkcapitol The Blunt/Hawley dynamic here is too good — PolitiTweet.org

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With that, back to vacation. See you in 2021. — PolitiTweet.org

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What Hawley will have accomplished is put a big target on back of Senate Rs, similar to 2010-14 era. Lots of Rs up in '22 (Blunt, Portman, Grassley, Hoeven, Thune, Young, Lankford) now could face MAGA primary challenges unless they vote w/ Trump, against their own beliefs. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Duderunstrail I went toJan 2003 Eags-Bucs NFC title game, and they nearly had a riot on hand, because fans got crazed we missed the Jaws-Montgomery reenactment of that huge play. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ohioaj: Watching Belichick crushed is a thing of beauty — PolitiTweet.org

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Can’t imagine what it’s like for Bills fans tonight, as they are toying with Patriots & Belichick. 25 years of anguish and they’re utterly embarrassing the Pats in their home. #BillsMafia — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PoliticsReid: “One of the times I saw Mel Tormé...” — the most @DougHeye sentence ever spoken. — PolitiTweet.org