Alright, now out of the chamber.

Here come a few tweets about what I put in my notebook while there.

(We cannot have electronic devices inside.)
FYI:

I was in the chamber for the end of Raskin's first presentation and nearly all of Neguse.

My view was primarily of the Republican side.

2/
1. The Republican side was attentive throughout. Only Sen. Hawley, sitting up above in the gallery, did not seem to be looking at the speakers at all.

2. Notable to me were 3 senators seeming to take more notes than yesterday: *Sullivan*, R-AK, Tim Scott, R-SC and Graham, R-SC
At 3 points, Republicans were all watching, listening sep. sharply:

1. Raskin's description of the police officer, finally safe after the attack, speaking of being called the N-word 15 times on Jan. 6.

2. The video around 12:37p of former President Trump, incl. "Stop the Steal"
The most gripping moment to GOP senators so far, judging from body language, seemed to be:

When Neguse read the rioter's words, aiming to find Pelosi and "shoot her in the friggin' head".

For the first time, I saw every GOP face looking up, serious. And they stayed there.

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6 Jan
It is not my style and I don't think I'm good at this but can I get a wee bit ranty about the COVID situation at the Capitol?

NO ONE is:
a. Enforcing standards for quarantining after exposures.
b. They need to wait for negative test results before doing things like, oh, voting.
Cap Hill COVID.

c. Members are saying the Attending Physician is fine with them going on the floor before getting results. And NOT quarantining if they've already had COVID.
d. It seems clear *most* everyone is finding a reason that *they* don't have to quarantine.

2/
Cap Hill COVID.

Example: Granger was on the House floor extensively when she was COVID positive. (Just had not gotten results yet.)

She arrived early for her attendance vote, chatted, sat near others. Was there significant time.

But no one else has quarantined.

3/
Read 9 tweets
20 Dec 20
COVID DEAL WILL BE REACHED BY MORNING, say Dems.

Dem sources in both chambers tell me the Toomey/Fed issue is over. They say Toomey is withdrawing some language.

I'm waiting for GOP sources to confirm.

One Dem source says they expect remaining issues resolved by am.

1/
Schumer told the Cap Hill pooler @RealMikeLillis that he thinks it is very possible that both the House and Senate could vote tomorrow.

(!!)

2/
@RealMikeLillis VOTES TOMORROW would mean:

- at least 2/3 majority in House and unanimous go-ahead procedurally in the Senate.

- they have to finish writing

- we'd all have hours to read over a 1000 pages of massive legislation. (Total size unclear.)

3/
Read 4 tweets
17 Dec 20
Today @RepMikeRogersAL announced he is COVID positive.

He is the 49th member of Congress to be tested positive or presumed positive.

(NOT counting the 2 senators who were in vaccine trials and tested positive for antibodies.)

I looked at the stats a little...

1/
@RepMikeRogersAL Who has tested/been presumed COVID positive?

I crunched #s.

House GOP: 14.8% of all members. (29 ppl)
House Dems: 4% of all members. (10 ppl)

Senate GOP: 15.3%. (8 ppl)
Sen. Dems: 4.2%. (2 ppl)

2/
Summary: Nearly 4x as many Republicans in Congress have become infected with COVID as Democrats.
Read 4 tweets
25 Oct 20
NEW: Biden statement *slamming* Trump, Meadows and Pence for coronavirus statements and response this weekend to latest outbreak at the WH.

Thread...

1/
BIDEN: "White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows stunningly admitted this morning that the administration has given up on even trying to control this pandemic, that they've given up on their basic duty to protect the American people. This wasn't a slip by Meadows ..."

2/
BIDEN MORE:

"... [Meadow's statement] was a candid acknowledgement of what President Trump's strategy has clearly been from the beginning of this crisis: to wave the white flag of defeat and hope that by ignoring it, the virus would simply go away. It hasn't, and it won't."

3/
Read 4 tweets
3 Oct 20
23 POSITIVE COVID TESTS:

1+2. President & Melania Trump
3. Bill Stepien, Trump campaign mgr
4. Hope Hicks
5. Kellyanne Conway
6. Sen. Mike Lee
7. Sen. Thom Tillis
8. Ronna McDaniel
9. Notre Dame Pres. Jenkins
10-12. Three WH reporters
13-23. Eleven staffers frm Cleveland debate
NOW 25 POSITIVE COVID TESTS:

1+2. Pres & Melania Trump
3. Bill Stepien
4. *Chris Christie*
5. Hope Hicks
6. Kellyanne Conway
7. Sen. Mike Lee
8. Sen. Thom Tillis
9. *Sen Ron Johnson*
10. Ronna McDaniel
11. Notre Dame Pres. Jenkins
12-14 WH reporters
15-25 Cleveland debate staff
NOW 26 POSITIVE COVID TESTS:

1+2. POTUS + FLOTUS
3. New: Nick Luna, POTUS bodyman
4. Bill Stepien
5. Chris Christie
6. Hope Hicks
7. Kellyanne Conway
8. Sen. Lee
9. Sen. Tillis
10. Sen. Johnson
11. Ronna McDaniel
12 Notre Dame Pres. Jenkins
13-15 WH reporters
16-26 Debate staff
Read 8 tweets
29 Sep 20
Some debate stage-setting.

1/
Even for this time of divide, Biden and Trump are remarkably different people and politicians.

But let me first start with the lesser-known fact, what they have in common.

(Thread)

2/
Biden and Trump both:

- Were born in the 1940s, kids in the years rt after WWII.
- Went to private school for HS. (Biden got an on-campus job to help pay)
- Were of age but did not serve in Vietnam. (Biden got student deferrals, Trump a medical deferral for a "bone spur")

3/
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