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A source familiar with the effort confirms a letter is circulating among conservative leaders in support of Mick Mulvaney.

The letter says those who’ve signed believe he "has been the most successful Chief of Staff in this administration."
Signatories to date include Family Research Council chief Tony Perkins, Jenny Beth Martin of Tea Party Patriots, activist Ginni Thomas, former Ohio gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell and Club for Growth president David McIntosh.
The letter says those who’ve signed it are “proud to support the role" Mulvaney continues to play, and it calls on the president to make him permanent in the chief of staff position.
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House Dem resolution:

1) Directs the committees "to continue" their ongoing investigations.

2) Sets up 90 min rounds of questioning to be controlled by chairman and ranking member at open hearings *before* members get their 5 minutes. And staffers may ask Q's...

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6) The Intel Cmte's report may be transmitted to Judiciary and made public.
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In a briefing with reporters, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said the vote the House will take on Thursday is "not an impeachment resolution."

@RebeccaRKaplan reports the Democrats will rely on the ruling of the DC District Court that an impeachment inquiry is already underway.
@RebeccaRKaplan "This is about process to when we move out of the investigatory phase, which we’ve been in, into a phase where we have public hearings," Hoyer said.

"That's what it is. No more, no less.”
"The Republican position that we needed some resolution to authorize an impeachment, the court found to be without merit," Hoyer told reporters.
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Trump's lawyers' argument -- that he can't be pursued by prosecutors now because the Constitution provides for impeachment -- is curious.

Spiro Agnew was prosecuted while he was VP, for bribery and tax evasion committed before he took office.

Was that case unconstitutional... ?
Walter Dellinger wrote about this last December ...

washingtonpost.com/opinions/shoul…
In 1973, the Justice Department simultaneously argued that Agnew *could* be prosecuted, but Nixon couldn't ... well, because ... actually being president is different than being vice president.

(Agnew did argue he *was* immune, but he resigned and pleaded guilty anyway.)
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Mick Mulvaney claims holding the G7 at Trump's Doral resort will be cheaper than other sites. It doesn't matter. Holding the conference there enriches Trump, and the White House knows it.
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Mick Mulvaney, conservative hero powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/… via @powerlineUS
I think the Post means that Mulvaney is acting aggressively to make sure the administration implements the deregulatory agenda President Trump says he favors.
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