Pennsylvania Senator-Elect John Fetterman has arrived at the Capitol for new member orientation wearing a suit and tie.
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00:00- In a sweet moment, Sen. Tim Kaine’s staff claps for him as he returns to his office for the first time since winning re-election in Virginia
00:00 - .@SenatorLeahy is back in the Capitol for the first time since his hip surgery to help provide Democrats the majority they need to complete work on the IRA. Note the Batman sticker on the wheelchair.
- .@senatemajldr McConnell says vote-by-mail is a "non-existent problem" during a press appearance in Kentucky. "I want to make it perfectly clear that whatever way a given state chooses to vote, those votes are going to be counted."
- Asked Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, as she left the floor after casting her vote against changing the Senate rules, what she thinks the next steps on voting rights are. “Have a nice night,” she said.
- Officer Eugene Goodman w/ newly sworn Senators @ossoff and @ReverendWarnock just off the Senate chamber
- A Senate staffer waiting for their boss at votes: “sometimes I feel like watching C-SPAN is like watching your dog at day care. Are they having fun? Are they making friends?”
- Sen. Rand Paul was absent through much of the last hour of presentation before the break. But when Schumer called the break, Paul beelined in without a mask on and handed a folded piece of paper to Trump attorney David Schoen.
- .@KamalaHarris questioned by @JulieNBCNews @alizaslav and me. “The American people want leaders that respect our democracy and our democratic process”
00:00 - Sen. Rand Paul confirms in a statement that a member of his staff was "brutally attacked in broad daylight" in DC this weekend. According to police reports obtained by ABC News, the staffer was stabbed with a knife multiple times on the 1300 block of H St. NE.
- This kid, lying on the cement 4 feet from the steps of the US Capitol and screaming “I just want to eat” is quite literally me.
- Literally moments after the House had final passage on a post office relief bill, @senatemajldr McConnell issued a statement stating " the Senate will absolutely not pass stand-alone legislation for the Postal Service while American families continue to go without more relief"
