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12 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Senate NOW voting for 4th time this yr to advance one of President Biden’s nominees out of cmte that deadlocked along party lines. Vote is to discharge CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure's nomination out of Finance Cmte,deadlocked 14-14,to full Senate. Majority vote needed.
Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins votes Yes to advance Chiquita Brooks-LaSure's CMS Administrator nomination out of the Finance Cmte to the full Senate for future floor debate and votes.
Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) voted Yes to advance Chiquita Brooks-LaSure's CMS Administrator nomination to the Senate floor.
12:57pm: CMS Administrator Senate vote started at 12 Noon. It's being held open for Schumer and McConnell to return from the White House. Their meeting with President Biden ended a short while ago.

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Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) after today's House GOP Conference vote removing Liz Cheney as chair: "I'm fully supportive of Liz. What happened today was sad. Liz has committed the only sin of being consistent and telling the truth, the truth is that the election was not stolen."
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) after House GOP Conference removed her as conference chair by voice vote: "We must go forward based on truth. We cannot both embrace the big lie and embrace the Constitution."
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Outside House GOP Conference closed meeting at US Capitol this morning where Republicans will vote on whether to remove Rep. LIz Cheney (R-WY) as conference chair.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testify at Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on domestic violent extremism. c-span.org/video/?511193-… @cspan 3 and online
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