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8 Jun, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Update on infrastructure talks from @PressSec: Biden "has been clear that he has two red lines: he will not raise taxes on Americans who make under $400,000 and he will not accept inaction as the outcome." GOP didn't come up high enough for WH, ended up being roughly $700B apart
The next step, according to WH press secy Psaki, will be for Biden to work with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to reach compromise. Sen. Capito, who facilitated talks with Biden, expressed disappointment that Biden ended talks, but this isn't the end of the road necessarily.
Biden invited Capito to join the bipartisan working group & there are other infrastructure bills w/bipartisan support that have made it out committee already, including a $500B+ bill just for roads, bridges, safety, freight, public rails etc. known as the INVEST in America Act.
Democrats could also invoke reconciliation to pass legislation without GOPers aboard.

A handy explainer on reconciliation: nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

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The Dept of Interior IG says in a report issued today that former President Donald Trump's photo op last June at St John's Church in DC was not the reason police cleared Lafayette Sq. IG: It was to allow a contractor to install antiscale fencing. Story soon for @CourthouseNews Image
I'll unwind and unpack the report in a story soon for @CourthouseNews
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9 Jun
Coming up: The @HouseJudiciary Committee meets with FBI Director Chris Wray tomorrow, June 10 at 10AM ET, for an oversight hearing on the agency he leads. I will live-tweet.
Catch the livestream here on Thursday:

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The @HouseJudiciary Committee will convene its hearing with FBI director Chris Wray momentarily.
House Judiciary Cmte chair Jerry Nadler says they must confront what happened on January 6 - which he calls a terrorist attack today Nadler says Trump used his full power to convince supporters the election was stolen, encouraged people to march on the capitol.
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9 Jun
ICYMI: The Senate failed to push the Paycheck Fairness Act forward last night. They held a procedural vote on the bill that would have allowed debate on it on the floor but that failed, 49-50.
In a year where more women have been pushed out of the labor force to caretake because of the pandemic, they now also will not see legislation that could close the gender pay gap, so maybe, when they do reenter the workforce, they arent paid less for the same work as men.
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8 Jun
Happening now: The Senate is voting on the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, a $200B+ package intended to beef up U.S. tech, research and development, innovation and carve out a competitive edge against China. Final tally to come. It is expected to pass.
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At first roll from the clerk, Senators Blackburn, Boseman, Cotton, Ernst, Inhofe, Hall and Rubio voted no. Sen Hyde Smith joined them later to vote against the US-China competition bill. Just 60 votes are needed for passage tonight. Vote still rolling. Tally to come.
Senators Braun, Burr, Scott also vote no on U.S. Innovation and Competition Act.
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8 Jun
Biden to Congress regarding troop removal from Afghanistan: "Keeping thousands of troops concentrated on the ground in Afghanistan no longer makes sense as the most effective counterterrorism strategy when the threat has metastasized Across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia."
Biden cont.: "Our focus and posture need to adapt accordingly... The US will reorganize our counterterrorism capabilities and assets in the region to prevent the reemergence of a terrorist threat in Afghanistan. We will hold the Taliban and the Afghan government accountable...
Biden on drawdown of troops continued: "We will hold the Taliban and the Afghan government accountable to their commitments not to allow terrorists to threaten the United States or its allies from Afghan soil."
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NEW: The newly released bipartisan report on the 1/6 insurrection from the Senate is out and it found sweeping failures, multiple errors made by govt officials & law enforcement in the run up to the siege. Lack of prep and training for cops underlined throughout.
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US Cap Police respond to the report:
"Neither the USCP, nor the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, Metropolitan Police or our other law enforcement partners knew thousands of rioters were planning to attack the U.S. Capitol. The known intelligence simply didn’t support that conclusion."
USCP maintains it didn't have credible intel indicating people would attack the U.S. Capitol on 1/6.
In May USCP's inspector general said cops had inadequate intelligence, outdated ops too.
But, again, this was what was circulating in the run-up: courthousenews.com/u-s-capitol-po…
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