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Scott Wong
@scottwongDC
Senior congressional reporter @NBCNews 🦚 | Alum of The Hill, Politico, Arizona Republic and The Daily Bruin | @UCLA | Bay Area born and raised #DubNation
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    Scott Wong
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    Apr 10, 2020
    SOME HAPPY NEWS: Baby Evan entered the world at 5:51 p.m. April 8, weighing 7 lbs. 3 oz. We are head over heels in love with him! While it’s been a stressful time, I’m happy to report both he and his mama are healthy and doing great. We are counting our blessings this morning.
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    Scott Wong
    @scottwongDC
    Dec 23, 2020
    Schumer backs @AOC and @RashidaTlaib amendment for $2K checks
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    Chuck Schumer
    Senate Democrats
    @SenSchumer
    Dec 23, 2020
    I’m in. Whaddya say, Mitch? Let’s not get bogged down with ideological offsets and unrelated items and just DO THIS! The American people deserve it. @senatemajldr
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    Scott Wong
    @scottwongDC
    Oct 2, 2020
    PELOSI tests NEGATIVE for Covid, her spokesman says
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    Scott Wong
    @scottwongDC
    Nov 15, 2022
    SCOOP: @RepMTG's worst fears could soon be coming true. DON BACON (R-Neb.) tells @NBCNews he's willing to work with DEMS to elect a moderate Speaker if 218 Republicans can't agree on a candidate. @RepDonBacon w/@KyleAlexStewart @jonallendc
    Conservatives warn Kevin McCarthy: You don't have the votes for speaker
    From nbcnews.com
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    Scott Wong
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    May 14, 2021
    Another verbal altercation just happened in the House: MTG’s spokesman Nick Dyer told @RepSwalwell: “Biden says you can take off your mask” Swalwell confronted Dyer, got in his face and according to Dyer, said: “You don’t tell me what to fucking do!”
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    Scott Wong
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    Feb 4, 2021
    Lawmakers will share their personal stories of the Jan. 6 attack on the House floor tonight. .@AOC will kick off the special order hour
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    Scott Wong
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    May 24, 2023
    NEWS: Aide slips @WhipKClark a note. She announces entire 213-member House Democratic Caucus now supports the discharge petition to lift debt ceiling with no strings attached. They need five GOP votes
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    Scott Wong
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    Mar 26, 2025
    NEW: After @TheAtlantic releases full Signal text chain, two @HASCRepublicans subcommittee chairmen react. @RepDonBacon, R-Neb., said: "The White House is in denial that this was not classified or sensitive data. They should just own up to it and preserve credibility."
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    Scott Wong
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    Jan 11, 2021
    NEW: 22 former GOP members of Congress call for the impeachment of President Trump, who they say "actively orchestrat[ed] an insurrection" against a co-equal branch of govt. Bono, Comstock, Dent, Jolly, Sen. Humphrey & more pogo.org/letter/2021/01…
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    Scott Wong
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    May 14, 2021
    Replying to @scottwongDC
    .@RepSwalwell responds: "No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn’t more explicit."
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    Rep. Eric Swalwell
    @RepSwalwell
    May 14, 2021
    I had a mask on as I stepped off the Floor. An aide with @mtgreenee yelled at me to take my mask off. No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn’t more explicit.
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    Scott Wong
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    Sep 24, 2021
    .@mtg and @RepDebDingell just got into screaming match on steps of Capitol after MTG heckled Democrats holding a press conf after passing legislation responding to Texas abortion law
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    Scott Wong
    @scottwongDC
    Apr 26, 2017
    Moderate Republican OH in the Capitol just now: "If I vote for this healthcare bill it will be the end of my career"
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    Scott Wong
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    May 22, 2020
    The lawyer for Tara Reade, the former Senate aide who has accused Joseph R. Biden Jr. of sexual assault, said Friday that he was no longer representing her, just two weeks after taking her on as a client.
    Tara Reade has accused Joseph R. Biden Jr. of sexual assault. The departure of her lawyer, who says he believes her allegation, comes as questions are being raised about her credibility as an expert witness.
    Tara Reade Is Dropped as Client by a Leading #MeToo Lawyer (Published 2020)
    From nytimes.com
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    Scott Wong
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    Jan 3, 2018
    Confirmed: Rosenstein is meeting with Ryan about Russia investigation, aide says
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    Scott Wong
    @scottwongDC
    Jan 3, 2018
    Rod Rosenstein just walked into hallway leading to Speaker’s office