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7 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
My Cheney reporting (icymi last night). Talking w/ members and a host of key folks in H GOP:

- Those who support Trump (even if generally, vaguely) believe she simply is going too far, picking fights here.

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Cheney reporting.

- Pro-Trump folks tell me last time was different b/c Marjorie Taylor Greene was NOT being punished and there was a problem in demoting Cheney while letting MTG slide.

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Cheney reporting.

- But there are two groups who have problems with Cheney. 1. The Trump supporters and...
- 2. Ardent Trump opponents who tell me they think Cheney is making a mistake here - she's elevating Trump and empowering him. That Trump world surges when attacked.

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Cheney reporting.

- Thus Cheney has problems w/ those who support Trump and those who want him in the past.
- And that is almost everyone.
- But a source familiar says Cheney is standing her ground, telling people that if keeping her job involves lying she does not want it.

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4 May
WHO REQUESTED HOUSE EARMARKS. Per my datacrunch (and confirmed by committee):

- 106 House Republicans. That is just under 50% of all H. Republicans.
- 221 House Democrats.
- Just 1 House Democrat did NOT request earmarks - @RepKatiePorter. She adamantly opposes the concept.
@RepKatiePorter Who requested earmarks? Easier to tweet the names of those who did not.

So here you go.

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@RepKatiePorter Members who did not request earmarks.

Democrats: Porter.

Republicans: I'll start the list here.

Allen
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Baird
Banks
Bentz
Biggs
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Brady
Brooks
Buck

3/
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31 Mar
NEW: House Dems pressuring Schumer on guns

They. Want. Senate. Votes.

Broad group led by @RepSpanberger, @RepJoeNeguse. Letter to Schumer, obtained by @Newshour says, "We worked to gain majorities in the House + Senate so we could bring consequential ... legislation to a vote."
@RepSpanberger @RepJoeNeguse @NewsHour Schumer has pledged to hold gun votes, but has not said when.

But this broad coalition (mods and progressives) in the House is not sitting back and waiting.

They see a rising gun violence problem now and are fearful of Senate delay.

They at least want senators on record.
GUN LETTER MORE: It's an amazing letter in some ways. The kind of thing Pelosi might have said or written to a slow- or no-action Mitch McConnell in a Republican-run Senate.

"The American people expect action, and the Senate must act," these Dems wrote to the Senate Dem leader.
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13 Feb
Baldwin - Guilty
Barrasso - Not
Bennet - Guilty
Blackburn - Not
Blumenthal - Guilty
Blunt - Not
Booker - Guilty
Boozman - Not
Braun - Not
Brown - Guilty
Burr - Guilty!!!!
Cantwell - Guilty
Capito - Not
Cardin - Guilty
Carper - Guilty
Casey - Guilty
Cassidy - Guilty!!
Collins - Guilty!
Coons Guilty
Cornyn - Not
Cortez Masto - Guilty
Cotton - Not
Cramer - Not
Crapo - Not
Cruz - Not
Daines - Not
Duckworth - Guilty
Durbin - Guilty
Ernst - Not
Feinstein - Guilty
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11 Feb
And out of the Senate chamber! Here come my notes.

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Senators are still listening, attentive but there is notably less light in their eyes today.

At long points 12-17 Republicans and 2-4 Democrats were outside the chamber.

They are not struggling as much as the depths of impeachment 1.0, but far from edge of seat as yesterday.
There are more sleepy eyes in the Senate chamber today, but I only counted two senators (1 R, 1 D as it happens) who seemed to be actually asleep.

(Not naming names. They were not asleep the whole time. )

3/
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10 Feb
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
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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/
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