“Spare me the bullshit of mental illness,” says Sen. Murphy of the United States. “We’re not an outlier on mental illness, we’re an outlier on firearms”
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Burgess Everett
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Semafor congressional bureau chief, former Politico. Photo by @pennstatetom. firesidespeakers.com/speakers/burge…
- !!!! Sen. Murray, No. 3 Senate Democrat: "Any Senator who stands up and supports the power of force over the power of democracy has broken their oath of office. Senators Hawley and Cruz should resign.”
- Harris breaks tie. Covid aid bill advances 51-50
- A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Full email below
- Warren wants no sleep til Jan. 3: "Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer must use every minute of the end-of-year legislative session to confirm federal judges and key regulators—none of whom can be removed by the next President" time.com/collection/tim…
- Romney said he’d never seen that video before and had no idea how close he was to the rioters “I was very fortunate indeed”
- VP Harris breaks tie, 51-50, reconciliation advances over first vote
- Key Nebraska senator on winner take all change: "After deep consideration, it is clear to me that right now, 43 days from Election Day, is not the moment to make this change"
- Trump: “Nancy’s in a situation where it’s not easy to talk right now” Pelosi: “Please don’t characterize the strength that I bring to this meeting”
- Warren has been reading the Mueller report on the Senate floor, and into the congressional record, for about 20 minutes now
- Sen. Lee to NPR: "I literally find it difficult to imagine how my friend Marco [Rubio], who is smart, who listens carefully, who cares about these things, how he could emerge from that meeting at say that it was good. It was terrible. It was an unmitigated disaster.”
- Schumer says of stand-off over Senate organizing resolution: “all I can tell you is we’re not letting McConnell dictate how the Senate operates. He’s minority leader”
- Murkowski tells me she doesn't care about political retribution: “If I can't say what I believe that our president should stand for, then why should I ask Alaskans to stand with me?” She's the only senator who convicted Trump to face voters next year
