#Senate

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Salencita

So last night, when most of our state and even legislators were starting their long weekend, the Senate GOP held a Rules Committee hearing. They want to intervene as a

Amanda Litman

amandalitman

During the DNCC I flagged how *so many* of our national leaders got their start in local office (which is one of many reasons to invest in @runforsomething.) This is

Tomi T Ahonen Standing With Ukraine

tomiahonen

Quick sanity check on the actual election result. Not the bullshit nonsense that was poisoning election coverage. The ACTUAL resultit was a WAVE election! Turnout is even higher than Obama

Judd Legum

JuddLegum

1. If you read the news, you might be under the impression that the GOP has retained control of the SenateTHAT IS NOT TRUEControl will be decided by two run-off

Ari Berman

AriBerman

Joe Manchin represents a state that is 1/22 the population of California & 92% white yet he can singlehandedly block policies supported by 70-80% of Americans. This is why the

Dan Feltes

DanFeltesNH

I’ve worked on the last three state budgets, advocated on the prior four. In my view, the House Republican budget being heard before the Senate Finance committee today is more

southpaw

nycsouthpaw

A story from the memory hole: In 2013, Republicans threw a huge fit over "court packing" when Obama tried to simply fill three existing vacancies on the eleven-member DC Circuit.

Bill Scher

billscher

Trump has a dilemmaA pre-E-Day vote locks in a judge, but it'll be humiliating if the votes aren't thereIn the lame duck, you may lose AZ, harder to get 50

unseen1

unseen1_unseen

As we get close to the announcement of Trump's pick for the SCOTUS, there are a couple things that one should keep in mind. The biggest being that the Justice

Elie Mystal

ElieNYC

So, here's the thing about the votes @SenSchumer just explained. Both @SenSusanCollins and @lisamurkowski *said* that we shouldn't proceed with a nominee before the election. It was meaningless & cost

Chester A. Arthur

ZacAKAMadu

My main takeaway from the New York Times' #TaraReade story is that serious journalists exhaustively tried to see if there was a way to corroborate her allegations, that Ms. Reade

The New York Times

nytimes

A friend said Tara Reade told her the details of the allegation at the time, and another friend and a brother of Reade’s said she told them over the years

Andy Glockner

AndyGlockner

The media continues to horserace impeachment as if there's legitimacy to both sides. It's maddening. All you see if "Could this backfire on the Democrats?" rather than "What consequences should

American Sangh

Indosphere

Action Alert for Hindu Americans. 14 US Senators signed a letter to condemn India as a Country of Particular Concern on Religious Freedom. 3 of these Senators are VERY vulnerable

Guy Benson

guypbenson

I respect David, but disagree w/ his conclusion. There is *zero* comparison between the GOP exercising clear constitutional prerogative, while adhering to strong historical norms/precedent...and Dems’ deeply radical threatened power

Undercover Huber

JohnWHuber

Tweet is false/misleading, as usualTHREADhttps://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1252617751044259841 The Senate Intel Committee didn’t find a well constructed basis for the Putin preference for TrumpIt found the ICA presented a “well-constructed intelligen