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6 Oct, 3 tweets, 1 min read
Arkansas senators who oppose a congressional map that would split Pulaski County (Little Rock) into 3 districts include Democrats Clarke Tucker & Joyce Elliott, who ran against #AR02 Rep. French Hill (R) in 2018 & 2020 respectively.
"The 2nd Congressional District is already a majority Republican congressional district. Believe me, I know," Tucker said today. "And you could change it and keep counties whole and make it even more Republican than it is now without splitting Pulaski County."
Arkansas map under consideration splits 2 counties -- Pulaski (Little Rock) and Sebastian (Fort Smith/Greenwood). Current (2011) map splits 5 counties including Sebastian. The 2001 map didn't split any counties.

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5 Oct
IOWA: Republican-led state Senate rejected the 1st set of congressional & state legislative maps from the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency, which will draw up a 2nd set of maps for consideration.

The 18-32 vote was straight party-line.
Sen. Roby Smith (R): the proposed districts “may meet statutory requirements, however there are opportunities for these maps to be improved on compactness and population deviation. Voting down the first plan does not violate the quote-unquote gold standard.”
Sen. Pam Jochum (D): “This map is fair. It’s independent. It does not give an advantage of one party over the other. It does not -- nor should it. Nor does it take into account where any of us live -- nor should it.”
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6 Jan
Some past joint sessions of Congress to count and certify electoral votes (video):

1989: c-span.org/video/?7752-1/…

1993: c-span.org/video/?36840-1…

1997: c-span.org/video/?77764-1…

2001: c-span.org/video/?161423-… 1/
2005:

Part 1: c-span.org/video/?185007-…

House debate on Boxer/Tubbs Jones' Ohio objection & vote (objection rejected 31-267): c-span.org/video/?185005-…

Senate debate on Ohio objection & vote (rejected 1-74): c-span.org/video/?185006-…

Part 2: c-span.org/video/?185007-… 2/
More joint sessions of Congress to count and certify electoral votes:

2009: c-span.org/video/?283204-…

2013: c-span.org/video/?310219-…

2017: c-span.org/video/?421237-…
3/
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4 Jan
27 people have served more than 40 years in the House, including two who began their 41st year of service as the 117th Congress began: Hal Rogers (R-KY) and Chris Smith (R-NJ)
First elected in 1980, Rogers and Smith are tied for second in House seniority behind “Dean of the House” Don Young (R-AK), who’s nearing 48 years of House service.
Young is 87. Rogers is 83. Smith, first elected at 27 in 1980, is just 67 (younger than almost 100 House members in the 117th Congress including NJ colleague Jeff Van Drew, who’s 9 days older).
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3 Jan
Speaker's election underway. Conducted aloud on House floor, alphabetically by member-elect surname.

Winner needs majority of members-elect voting for a candidate by surname. Can win with fewer than 218.

Pelosi, McCarthy formally nominated, but members-elect can vote for anyone
Blue Dog Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) voted for Pelosi for speaker for the 1st time since 2009.

Cooper voted "present" in 2019 and for Tim Ryan in 2017, Colin Powell in both 2015 elections and in 2013, and Heath Shuler in 2011. #tn05
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), who voted for Tammy Duckworth for speaker as a freshman in 2019, voted for Pelosi after an easy re-election win in #co06
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3 Jan
Balance of power in the U.S. House in new 117th Congress begins at 222 Democrats & 211 Republicans, with #NY22 undecided & #LA05 vacant.

One of the smallest House majorities. 1/x
It was 20 years ago today, 3 January 2001, that the House began new 107th Congress with 221 Republicans, 211 Democrats, 2 independents and 1 vacancy.

Senate began 50-50. In June 2001, Jim Jeffords left GOP and became independent aligned with Democrats, who took over majority. 2/
In January 1953, House convened with 221 Republicans, 211 Democrats, 1 independent, and 2 vacancies.

By early Nov. 1953, Ds narrowed it to 218R-215D, after Harrison Williams (D-NJ) was elected to succeed Clifford Case (R). (They'd later serve together in Senate.) @wildstein 3/
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31 Dec 20
Thread of former U.S. Senators and House members who passed away in 2020. Listed alphabetically by last name:
Mark Andrews (R-North Dakota): House 1963-81, Senate 1981-87
bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A00…

Elected to Senate in 1980 Reagan landslide, unseated 1986 by Kent Conrad (D)
nytimes.com/2020/10/07/obi… Image
Don Bailey (D-Pennsylvania): House 1979-1983 bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B00…

Unseated by fellow Dem John Murtha in 1982 primary after redistricting
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