A) Graham: I completely concur with Attorney General Barr’s decision to appoint Mr. Durham as special counsel regarding matters related to the Department of Justice and FBI’s conduct in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
B) Graham: Based on hearings we held in the Senate Judiciary Committee, it is obvious the system failed and the FISA Court’s rebuke of the Department of Justice and FBI was more than warranted.
C) Graham: I have complete confidence that Mr. Durham is the right man at the right time to be appointed special counsel. I hope his work product will help restore confidence in the Department of Justice and FBI after the debacle called Crossfire Hurricane.
D) Graham: I hope my Democrat colleagues will show Special Counsel Durham the same respect they showed Special Counsel Mueller. This important investigation must be allowed to proceed free from political interference.

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2 Dec
1) There are differing views as to whether or not Congress may have to prepare a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at the end of next week. The government is funded through 11:59:59 pm et on December 11.
2) Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL), other Senate sources and administration sources have indicated they think it may be necessary to do an interim spending bill next week to avert a shutdown.
3) However, House Democratic sources have dismissed those ideas. Fox is told yes, there are many, many issues which must be resolved for the omnibus spending bill. But Fox was told “it’s almost as though some want to inject drama” into the process.
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1 Dec
1) Here's a breakdown of what's unfolding behind the scenes with coronavirus relief efforts. A coalition of bipartisan senators and some House members have cobbled together a $908 billion proposal
2) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have engineered a “private” coronavirus plan they shared with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) – but are not sharing the details.
3) McConnell has been working with the Trump Administration to craft a plan which can earn President Trump’s signature. That proposal, is believed to cost $332 billion – but has not been scored by the Congressional Budget Office. It's price is offset.
Read 24 tweets
1 Dec
1) Pelosi: The Secretary and I spoke today on the omnibus and I laid out the bipartisan progress that Chairman Shelby and Chairwoman Lowey have made. I relayed my hope that the Administration would support this bipartisan path.
2) Pelosi: On COVID relief, we acknowledged the recent positive developments on vaccine development and the belief that it is essential to significantly fund distribution efforts to get us from vaccine to vaccination.
3) Pelosi: Any COVID proposal must ensure that the vaccine is a free and accessible to everyone.
Read 4 tweets
1 Dec
A) Government funding ends on December 11 at 11:59:59 pm et. And it’s more than likely it will take until late next week to get a universal deal to sidestep a government shutdown and fund the government through September 30, 2021.
B) House and Senate appropriators agreed early last week to a “topline” number of $1.4 trillion in discretionary spending for FY ’21. That is all the money Congress controls, devoted to the 12 annual spending bills which run the government.
C) But, Fox is told there are “hundreds” of policy areas which remain unresolved. That will likely take until next week to figure everything out. And, that’s why it’s more than likely Congress will be right up against the funding deadline of December 11.
Read 14 tweets
1 Dec
1) Coronavirus altered most things in society. And constituting the House of Representatives to launch the 117th Congress in January is no different. The pandemic could drastically impact how the House conducts opening day and swears-in its members.
2) Under the Constitution, the new Congress is supposed to begin at noon on January 3. But the 20th Amendment to the Constitution allows the preceding Congress to move the day if it makes a new law to do so.
3) For instance, January 3 fell on a Saturday in 2015. So the 114th Congress didn’t start until January 6, 2015 after Congress passed a law. January 3, 2021 falls on a Sunday. But who knows what Congress will do.
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30 Nov
1) he Senate is now back in session after the Thanksgiving holiday. The House returns in earnest Wednesday night. Congress has a to-do list before the holidays. But it’s unclear how much Congress can do – and how to do it.
2) There are things Congress HAS to do. And things Congress WANTS to do.

The ONLY thing Congress MUST do is approve a $1.4 trillion amalgamated spending package by December 11 to avoid a government shutdown.
3) Appropriations committee chairs from both bodies have settled on a “topline” number of the spending package. But the details are far from resolved. The measure would drift into next year to give the incoming Biden Administration a running start.
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