Senator Booker spoke thru basically the entire House session this week
HOUSE VOTES CANCELED UNTIL MONDAY
Kelly Phares
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Kelly Phares
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- After the House adjourned for the night, no Speaker elected & no members sworn in…@chiproytx downplays whether Americans care “Do you think anybody in America right now is like, oh my God, there's not a Speaker?…I think they're patient enough to wait out a day or two for us”
00:00 - NEW: @SpeakerJohnson on CBO score for his Israel aid package: “Only in Washington when you cut spending do they call it an increase in the deficit”
00:00 - Replying to @kellyfpharesAfter Bloomberg’s remarks wrapped, Sen. @BernieSanders national co-chair @ninaturner took the same stage in Houston to deliver remarks. Turner threw a veiled jab at the former NYC mayor saying: “No stop and frisk on Senator Bernie Sanders watch. That’s right.”
- ELON MUSK says he is attending today’s joint meeting of Congress as a guest on Prime Netanyahu’s
00:00 - NEW: @TulsiGabbard on if she's disappointed she won't be able to say anything in person to @HillaryClinton tmrw at the Most Powerful Women's Summit says "she had something to say about me and I would have been very happy to have that conversation directly face to face with her"
00:00 - NEW: Fox News poll shows @BernieSanders overtaking @JoeBiden with an 8 pt jump since Jan. @MikeBloomberg in 3rd up 6 pts Sanders 31% (+8) Biden 18% (-8) Bloomberg 16% (+6) Buttigieg 12% (+5) Warren 10% (-4) Klobuchar 5% (+2) Feb. 23-26, 2020 MOE ± 4%
- .@RepRaskin was asked after the hearing if the cmte has evidence corroborating Hutchinson’s second-hand account Raskin sounded like he hadn’t seen corroborating evidence: “Speaking as one member of the committee, the evidence I've seen is the evidence that you've seen”Here's the thing. The committee has Secret Service testimony that would seemingly corroborate or dispute what Cassidy Hutchinson said today, but it wasn't played. Unclear why.
- .@VP arrives on Capitol Hill to break the tie to begin debate on the Inflation Reduction Act Harris says she’s feeling “optimistic”
- House E&C Committee will hold a hearing on baby formula shortages on MAY 25
- NEW: Vice President-elect @KamalaHarris on Capitol Hill today tells me she’s been “very” involved in the the process of selecting Biden Cabinet positions
- The Senate Foreign Relations cmte just voted unanimously (22-0) to favorably report Sen Rubio’s nomination to be Secretary of State the floor Chairman Risch says Rubio will get a floor vote tonight and will likely be confirmed
- .@RepBrianMast, a US Army Veteran, in the Capitol Rotunda this morning chatting with National Guard troops Mast tells me the fact that we’re at this point is “really beyond comprehension”. He adds that he’s “proud to see” the National Guard always doing what they’re asked to do
