WOAH: Redfield just told senators that wearing a face mask might be more protection against COVID than a vaccine.
Leigh Ann Caldwell
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Leigh Ann Caldwell
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Chief Washington Correspondent @pucknews. Mostly on the Hill. Frmly Washington Post, NBC News. [email protected]
- NEWS: Democrats will NOT vote present and will NOT vote to table. Sources say the caucus is unified. McCarthy’s actions on Jan 6, his trip to Mar a Lago, his attempt to discredit the Jan 6 Cmte, his reneging on debt limit deal and his actions this weekend are all the reasons
- .@SenatorRomney wants to preserve some of the damage of the Capitol from the insurrection as a reminder of what happened, his aide tells me.
- NEWS: @lisamurkowski says she is going to pick @MaryPeltola as her first choice on her ballot. “Yeah I am,” she says when asked by @ZachHughesNews
- The House Freedom Caucus with @RepScottPerry had a morning press conference scheduled about the FBI. It just got cancelled "due to a scheduling conflict." They say it will be rescheduled.
- The Capitol is mostly empty this morning but many remnants of yesterday remain. Four bullet holes in the glass of the doors that lead to the House Capitol steps
- NEW: Vindman told House investigators that a WH meeting AND nearly $400 million in security and military aid was “contingent” on Ukrainian officials carrying out multiple investigations, including into Burisma, the Bidens, the 2016 election and Crowd Strike. w/ @GeoffRBennett
00:00- The CDC wanted to recommend that anyone over 60 remain inside their homes whenever possible, but was told not to say that by Trump administration officials, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News
- House Dem and GOP leaders are holding respective dinners for new members. .@SpeakerPelosi told me it’s safe. “It’s very spaced,” she said and there is enhanced ventilation and the Capitol physician signed off.
- NEWS: Murkowski, entering the Capitol “on the way to talk to her colleagues,” said she supports @JeffFlake proposal for a one week delay and an investigation.
- This is a big distortion of reality: @LisaDNews: What are the chances of a government shutdown? McCarthy: I don't know. You'd have to ask Pres. Biden. Reminder: McCarthy can't pass a CR w/ GOP votes & he refuses to pass one with Dems. Biden has nothing to do w/ this.
