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Time flies when you're having fun. 45 years ago today in 1980, my dad dropped me off at the U.S. Capitol for my first job in the halls of Congress. There is no better place to work as a reporter. (Newsletter link in bio.)
Jamie Dupree
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Jamie Dupree
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I write 'Regular Order.' Covering Congress since 1986. The Trump DOJ called me a 'dope.' @UFJSchool HoF. Drinks at rb.gy/oa6qm Signal: jamiedupree.64
- Tina Smith D-MN on her talk to Mike Lee R-UT: "I think that he honestly, he seemed a little surprised to be confronted."Sen. Tina Smith D-MN just chased down Sen. Mike Lee R-UT, who tweeted multiple times in recent days that Democrats were to blame for the Minnesota shootings
- ๐จ๐จ The Jan. 6 security tapes have a big surprise. There is video of attorney Ken Chesebro & Trump campaign aide G. Michael Brown handing off fake GOP elector documents (from Wisconsin & Michigan) to aides of Rep. Mike Kelly R-PA - on Jan. 5. ๐งต
- I looked out the window on Thursday and saw someone sitting outside the U.S. Capitol with a big sign. It was a nice day, so I took a walk. And that's how I met Lew from Massachusetts. 1/
- All 6 Democrats on the Trump shooting task force showed up in Butler, PA for a site visit on Monday. 4 of the 7 GOP lawmakers on that House panel missed the trip.Why are the Democrats completely uninterested in the investigation of the Trump assassination attempt?
- This is just too easily fact checked. Nixon won Florida and Ohio in 1960 and lost.
No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost. I won them both, by a lot! #SupremeCourt - OPEN MIC. If you voted for Trump, did you really vote for him to spend time changing the museum exhibits at the Smithsonian about slavery?
- Sen. Tina Smith D-MN just chased down Sen. Mike Lee R-UT, who tweeted multiple times in recent days that Democrats were to blame for the Minnesota shootings
- The DOGE team is finally posting examples of where they have cut spending. This one claims $8 billion in savings (bottom figure) - but if you look at the fine print upper right, it's a contract that's instead valued at $8 million.
- Looks like Biden will go his entire term without a negative jobs month. The last time the economy lost jobs was in December 2020.
- Rep. Brittany Pettersen D-CO recently had a baby. She asked to be able to vote remotely by proxy and that was rejected by GOP leaders.I thought proxy voting wasnโt allowedโฆ
- California Democrats gathering on the House steps to denounce the treatment of Sen. Alex Padilla D-CA
