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CNN National Politics Correspondent covering the 2024 presidential field. Wife. Native New Yorker. #LoVermont @SyracuseU & @swarthmore alum. eva.mckend@cnn.com
Jun 17, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
Some interesting background from @JacksonLeeTX18 to reporters on the hill on the last minute behind the scenes scramble to make #Juneteenth a holiday. Thank you @ArthurDelaneyHP for the audio.

"This bill has been introduced by me for at least 12 years." "When the Senate asked if they could take my bill over to the Senate, we were happy for them to do so &they conformed it and then they saw a moment and that was this week. They made the point, we will pass #Juneteenth in whatever way we can in spite of a person who is objecting."
Jun 17, 2021 6 tweets 4 min read
It’s unusual for #McConnell to hold two news conferences in one week in Washington.

This suggests he’s sees Manchin’s movement on the #votingrights bill as a real threat. Ahead of his newser, he argues it will “supercharge the cancel culture.”

#elections
#ForThePeopleAct 11 Republican Senators are here now speaking out again S1. There are 16 on the speaker’s list.

“I’ve taken a look at the new state laws. None of them are designed to suppress the vote,” McConnell says.

#votingrights
#ForThePeopleAct
Sep 3, 2020 6 tweets 4 min read
Some key takeaways from @RepThomasMassie's conversation with @TomRoten this morning.

Massie calls out @SpeakerPelosi for what he seems to suggest is hypocrisy on #coronavirus shutdowns.

"I guess the rules are for us and everybody else and not for her."

#KY04 .@RepThomasMassie says family members can influence each others votes when everyone is voting by mail, filling out ballots at home.

"It may take us back to where each household votes same way...this could backfire on the Democrats." Massie says better to vote in person.

#KY04