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19 Nov, 7 tweets, 4 min read
House Democratic leadership for 117th Congress continue today.3rd term #CA31 Rep Pete Aguilar defeated 3rd full term #IL02 Rep Robin Kelly 148-82 for Caucus Vice Chair,succeeding Katherine Clark who was elected yesterday as Asst Speaker.Aguilar lost to Clark for the post in 2018.
Incoming House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Pete Aguilar (CA) following his leadership election: "Under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi and the Biden-Harris Administration, House Democrats will work together..."
House Democratic Caucus reelected 3 DPCC co-chairs for 117th Congress, 4th term Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-#PA08), 3rd term Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-#MI12), 3rd term Rep. Ted Lieu (D-#CA33) and elected 1st term Rep. Joe Neguse (D-#CO02) in the new 4th DPCC co-chair post.
House Democrats Caucus elected 1st term TX Rep Colin Allred as leadership rep, post reserved for mbrs who have served 5 terms or less.He defeated 3rd term MI Rep Brenda Lawrence & 1st term CO Rep. Jason Crow:
1st Round: Allred: 46, Crow: 43, Lawrence: 42
Final: Allred 69, Crow 58
House member-elect #NY15 Democrat Ritchie Torres was elected by incoming House Democratic freshman members of Congress to "Crescendo" leadership post.
House member-elect #NY17 Democrat Mondaire Jones
was unanimously elected today by incoming House Democratic freshman class for 117th Congress as Freshman Representative to House Democratic Leadership.
Georgia Democratic Congresswoman-Elect Nikema Williams, who will succeed the late Congressman John Lewis in #GA05, was elected today as House Democrats Freshman Class President for 117th Congress.

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19 Nov
Retiring 5th term #GA07 GOP Rep. Rob Woodall from House floor: "The best votes I took as a young freshman member were not the ones that John Boehner jammed through with all the Republicans voting Yes and all the Democrats voting No."
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Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) from House floor: "I rise this morning in defense for Governor Gavin Newsom (D) who recently defied his own idiotic COVID edicts as he partied at one of the few restaurants that's not yet been forced out of business."
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House just voted to go to conference w/Senate on #FY21NDAA bill by voice vote,requested by House Armed Services Chair Smith.Lawmakers will negotiate differences btwn the 2 versions.Both defense bills contain language WH opposes to rename military bases named for Confederate ldrs.
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"I rise to give my final speech on the Senate floor with a heart of gratitude. Serving and fighting for Arizona as a US Senator has been an opportunity of a lifetime."-Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) delivers her Senate farewell address.
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Pelosi in accepting Democrats nomination for House Speaker: “As we go forward with liberty and justice for all, we must do so, listening to the American people, listening to each other with respect, acting to unify – Joe Biden is a unifier, so that will make it easier for us.”
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Pelosi: “They are in our thoughts and in our prayers.”
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McConnell opened his Senate floor remarks noting Grassley missing his 1st Senate vote since 1993 because of COVID-19 exposure: "Yesterday, something extremely rare happened here in this chamber, something so unusual that only a few of us current Senators had ever seen it before."
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