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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

2 years

Good morning to whatever produced this email to me and only whatever produced this email to me.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

In other signs I should maybe spend less time thinking about Congress, I saw a woman wearing this shirt in a bar in Chicago last weekend and spent a really long time trying to figure out whether it was pro- or anti-McConnell before my husband told me it was about the Bears QB.

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Molly Reynolds

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2 years

BRB, adding letting a member of the minority party *chair a hearing* to my list of things the January 6th Committee is doing that you just don't expect to see every day.

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Molly Reynolds

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7 years

On behalf of pedantic Pennsylvanians everywhere, I say: it's a commonwealth, not a state!

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

7 years

Hope Republicans in the Great State of Pennsylvania challenge the new “pushed” Congressional Map, all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary. Your Original was correct! Don’t let the Dems take elections away from you so that they can raise taxes & waste money!

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Molly Reynolds

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6 months

I guess the New Jersey fault line got jealous that the county line was getting all the line-related attention.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

I know there's a lot going on, but I think I would have noticed if there was a successful motion to vacate the chair in the House today.

Zeke Miller

@ZekeJMiller

5 years

Trump: "Nancy Pelosi, as far as I'm concerned, unfortunately, she's no longer the Speaker of the House"

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Molly Reynolds

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4 years

The Senate's clerks, unsurprisingly, are not messing around.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

3 years

Today, like so many days, I am thinking about everyone who faced violence on January 6 because they were simply trying to do their jobs, serving their country in ways big and small. Here are some of their stories that have really stayed with me.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

Sometimes I ask myself, "have the years of my life spent on Vital Stats on Congress been worth it?" But then something like this happens and I get to tell you all that Billy Long is *actually* an auctioneer.

Scott Wong

@scottwongDC

6 years

Billy Long just shouted down a protester in Twitter hearing by pretending he was an auctioneer

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

In case you were curious what Pelosi meant when she said other committees would operate under an "umbrella of impeachment inquiry," I think it looks like this ☂️☂️☂️.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems

@HouseForeign

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BREAKING: @SecPompeo subpoenaed for Ukraine documents as @HouseForeign , @HouseIntel & @OversightDems committees accelerate #ImpeachmentInquiry . "Your failure or refusal to comply with the subpoena shall constitute evidence of obstruction of the House’s impeachment inquiry"

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6 years

Now the key Q is: does McConnell make Murkowski and Flake follow through on their threat to vote no on moving the nomination forward by holding a vote tomorrow?

Sean Sullivan

@WaPoSean

6 years

NEWS: MURKOWSKI supports Flake’s call for a one week delay for an FBI investigation into Kavanaugh, she says as she walks into McConnell’s office.

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Molly Reynolds

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5 years

Remember the part where I said I was not emotionally prepared for simultaneous impeachment- and government funding-related drama?

Erica Werner

@ericawerner

5 years

In other news, there is some kind of procedural kerfuffle happening over the CR. Stay tuned!

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

I don't know about you, but in my personal congressional dictionary, "we don't want to call witnesses" translates to "we can't agree on which witnesses to call."

Laura Litvan

@LauraLitvan

5 years

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Repubs say there's consensus building w/in their ranks for a short impeachment trial that could see the GOP-led chamber vote on a likely acquittal of President Trump w/o hearing from any witnesses. | w @StevenTDennis

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Molly Reynolds

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4 years

If we end up with a president and House majority of one party, and a Senate majority of the other, in 2021, that would be a really unusual configuration of power. It's only happened once since WWII, in 2001 and 2002--and that only happened after the Jeffords party switch.

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Molly Reynolds

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2 years

A+ chyron, @cspan , A+.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

Settle in, friends, for my favorite voting integrity tale, courtesy of @benjaminwittes .

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

3 years

Honestly, it *is* my full-time job to pay attention to it and there are moments when it *still* feels functionally incomprehensible.

Pete Schroeder

@peteschroeder

3 years

I'm a broken record here, but whatever is happening on Capitol Hill right now is functionally incomprehensible to anyone whose full-time job isn't paying attention to it.

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Molly Reynolds

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5 years

@benjaminwittes My endless open impeachment tabs to the rescue! From Turley's 1998 testimony (p. 251 here: )

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

If a Senate nerd doesn’t tweet about an impeachment trial because she had a baby in the middle of it, did the trial even really happen? (Your regularly scheduled procedural observations, bad jokes, and emojis to return in a few months.)

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

3 years

The latest in my ongoing series, “how studying the U.S. Senate is remarkably good preparation for parenting a toddler.”

Carl Hulse

@hillhulse

3 years

Sen Schumer just executed one of my favorite Senate procedural moves: “I object to my own request.”

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 months

The level of excitement from the clerks, parliamentarian, etc. about the appearance of the baby is *palpable.*

Howard Mortman

@HowardMortman

6 months

Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) votes "aye" while holding a baby ...

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

2 years

I'm pretty sure the occasional cries we hear in the background of the House proceedings are from one of the toddlers a member has bravely brought to the floor, but I'll get less confident about that the longer this goes on.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

Are we talking about Murkowski's 2010 write-in victory again? Because no conversation on that topic is complete without this picture.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

I didn't know this would be happening here when I decided to visit, but I can't think of a more appropriate place to watch the McCain memorial service.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

Today in "answers I wish I had known I could give to questions during my dissertation defense":

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

7 years

What a day for my book, on politics of reconciliation & other filibuster-proof measures in the Senate, to come out!

Exceptions to the Rule | Brookings

Special rules enable the Senate to act despite the filibuster. Sometimes. Most people believe that, in today’s partisan environment, the filibuster prevents the Senate from acting on all but the...

www.brookings.edu

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

Because answering "but how does this compare to the Clinton impeachment?!" Qs is my current lot in life, I will tell you: 1. The analogous hearing during the Clinton inquiry had 19(!) witnesses. 2. Two of those 19 (Gerhardt and Turley) will make repeat appearances this week.

Emily Cochrane

@ESCochrane

5 years

Witnesses for Wednesday’s judiciary hearing >

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

True. Also true? Democratic freshmen on HPSCI are rare. Ruppersberger was (I believe) the first in 2003-4, and then the only Democratic freshman to serve since then was Chris Murphy in 2007-8.

Eli Stokols

@EliStokols

6 years

. @RepSpanberger , a former CIA officer who won in a tough R district, does not get a spot on the House Intelligence Committee. She, of course, did not vote for Pelosi for Speaker.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

4 years

I recommend chapter 2 if you want to learn about the history of unlimited debate in the Senate and chapter 4 if you want to read the equivalent of me yelling "it's time for some game theory!" and then there being actual game theory.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

4 years

Even if Joe Biden wins the election, I still think the bigger family accomplishment will be Jill, as a woman with a PhD, getting everyone to use her rightful title and call her Dr. Biden.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

People Wearing Weird Things in the Background at Congressional Hearings Twitter is my favorite Twitter.

CSPAN

@cspan

6 years

Look in the background during Interior Secretary Nominee David Bernhardt's opening statement. Watch LIVE on C-SPAN3

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6 years

Why do I think term limits for chairs aren't great? Because they may lead more experienced members to retire when they get term limited out, and they likely have contributed to a decline in the average effectiveness of chairs over time:

Retirement from Congress may be driven by term limits on committee chairs

www.brookings.edu

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

Today in Congress Twitter problems: every time someone refers to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as "AOC," I have a "what in the world does that have to do with the Architect of the Capitol?" moment.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

2 years

A reminder that this is only "never before seen" for the rest of us, on the outside. For the folks who lived through the violence on 1/6, this was all very much seen, on what is likely one of the worst days of their lives.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

In September, @MattGlassman312 and I showed up to a panel discussion with nearly identical lists of our priorities for rules changes for the Dems if they took the majority. Getting rid of the GOP-created chair term limits was one of those things.

Matt Fuller

@MEPFuller

6 years

Nancy Pelosi is considering backing term limits for Democratic Chairmen.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

Don’t mind me, I’ll just be over here, pondering exactly how said “impeachment inquiry” will look different than what they’ve already been doing. (This is a real question. Will the full House, for example, take a vote to direct the Judiciary Committee to do an inquiry?)

Scott Wong

@scottwongDC

5 years

Confirmed: @SpeakerPelosi will endorse a formal impeachment inquiry today, according to Dem lawmaker close to Pelosi. She will inform her rank and file members at 4 pm

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

7 years

Turns out that sometimes, other people also find it useful that I speak House rules. Thanks for the chance to weigh in, @lawfareblog friends:

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

When Democrats took control of the House in January, they promised aggressive oversight of the Trump administration. Want to know more about what’s actually been happening? Our new House Oversight Tracker is here to help!

Tracking House oversight in the Trump era

Democrats in the House of Representatives are using their majority to conduct oversight of the Trump Administration. Use our House Oversight Tracker to follow committee actions here.

www.brookings.edu

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

2 years

The white jacket, the reference to the suffrage hearings, Thatcher, the rundown of all the women who testified when men would not: so much gender politics that I'm not qualified to explain. I'm going to need one of my gender and politics friends to do it, please and thank you.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

I'm incredibly honored to have won this, and am so grateful that I get to come to work everyday and do what I love--especially given that what I love is thinking about congressional procedure. Thanks to the award committee and the @DirksenCenter for underwriting the award.

wendy schiller

@profwschiller

5 years

Thanks to the @DirksenCenter for their generous support of the Emerging Scholar Award of the LSS Section of @APSAtweets . The 2019 recipient is @mollyereynolds of @BrookingsInst for her work on legislative politics and procedure, & its impact in the discipline and wider public.

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Molly Reynolds

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7 years

This. I remain deeply grateful for the funding from @smithcollege that helped make my own Hill internship--which was central in setting me on my path to professional Congress-watching--possible.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

4 years

Update: just listened to the remarkable audio that @ESCochrane recorded from *inside a lawmaker's bathroom while sheltering in place*, and am still as pissed off as I was this morning.

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Molly Reynolds

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4 years

Before we collectively move on to areas of my extremely niche procedural expertise, listen to @S_R_Anders , @Nedfoley , @benjaminwittes , and me chat about what's going to happen in Congress today.

Lawfare

@lawfare

4 years

Today’s Lawfare Podcast: @BenjaminWittes asks @S_R_Anders , @MollyEReynolds , and @NedFoley about the rules for counting electoral votes, what could happen today, and what role Mike Pence will play in this final stage of the presidential election.

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Molly Reynolds

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11 months

My team and I learned a lot of random stuff looking at thousands of proxy voting letters between 2020 and 2022 but Anna Eshoo's very specific font preference might be my favorite.

Anthony Adragna

@AnthonyAdragna

11 months

Silicon Valley Congresswoman Anna Eshoo expected to retire - San José Spotlight

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

Me, last Tuesday: spends night feverishly writing, in part, about why House Dems are unlikely to have a floor vote to authorize impeachment inquiry. Me, tonight: discovers House Dems agree. This week's version is much more relaxing.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg

@SherylNYT

5 years

Breaking: NO House floor vote on authorizing an impeachment inquiry, per an aide inside Dem caucus meeting. “Consensus is no vote at least right now. Many members do not want to be seen as letting the WH dictate how a separate and equal branch of govt conducts itself”

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

7 years

Why did Congress meet an artificial deadline on the tax bill while largely ignoring real deadlines on other policy issues? Some thoughts from me:

Congress’ holiday leftovers will dampen the post-tax bill glee

www.brookings.edu

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

This level of intensity was easier to take when I was at home on my couch in my pajamas with plenty of snacks.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

Once upon a time, I could write things about congressional procedure without @matthew_j_kahn having to come by my office to ask “do you need to edit that piece to reflect relevant possible witness tampering?” during the editing process.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

2 years

With recognition that this might be unfair to college freshmen, this is my understanding of the outcome of today's Bannon hearing.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

Maintaining Vital Stats on Congress occasionally requires digging out old editions of the Almanac of American Politics, which usually devolves into me marveling at old photos of people still on the scene. Today's highlight: circa-1984 Lamar!, looking like a TV detective.

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Molly Reynolds

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3 years

If you’ve talked to me about budget reconciliation, you only *think* you’ve talked to me about my most esoteric area of expertise, which is actually the classes of Pennsylvania municipalities and their associated forms of government.

Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸

@mattdpearce

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journalism dot jpeg

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Molly Reynolds

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2 years

This video footage is excruciatingly difficult to watch.

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Molly Reynolds

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5 years

Always remember that the first rule of being a Congress nerd is to never underestimate Congress's capacity for the esoteric, arcane, and simply weird.

K Tully-McManus

@ktullymcmanus

5 years

I was the @CQNow House Floor Reporter for ~2 years, so I thought I had seen it all. I WAS VERY WRONG.

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Molly Reynolds

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3 years

I don't yet have well-formed thoughts on what Democrats are planning for tonight so please read these, on how legislating via reconciliation encourages the same kind of policy uncertainty that filibuster preservationists say they worry about, instead:

Opinion | What Mitt Romney Doesn’t Understand About the End of the Filibuster (Published 2022)

A Senate without the filibuster would be different, but majority parties would still sometimes have difficulty legislating.

www.nytimes.com

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@mollyereynolds

7 months

It's a lovely weather day in DC so of course I'm going to spend it inside yelling indiscriminately about how a temporary lapse in appropriations is not the same as a shutdown.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

Important context on the Rosenstein impeachment resolution.

Rachael Bade

@rachaelmbade

6 years

IMPORTANT note: Conservatives chose NOT to file this as a privileged resolution. That means that they don't get to force a vote on it on the House floor. This avoids the GOP civil war that would take place if they DID try to force a vote on this. Rs VERY divided on the matter

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6 years

Did I do this right?

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@mollyereynolds

6 years

@Susan_Hennessey FYI: Meadows filed this under different procedures than the ones I explain in the piece--but substantive points about symbolism and internal GOP politics still hold:

Rachael Bade

@rachaelmbade

6 years

IMPORTANT note: Conservatives chose NOT to file this as a privileged resolution. That means that they don't get to force a vote on it on the House floor. This avoids the GOP civil war that would take place if they DID try to force a vote on this. Rs VERY divided on the matter

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5 years

A few months after I started at @brookingsinst , I was on a panel with Alice Rivlin. I was so nervous to be on the same stage with her. When it was over, she turned to me and said, "Molly! I know about your work, but I want to know more about you, the person. Let's have lunch!"

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Molly Reynolds

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6 years

If congressional Republicans had asked *me* what they could do to push back against Trump on Russia, I'd tell them what I told @IanPrasad for @DLeonhardt 's newsletter this morning:

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

4 years

Nothing like a little reading on apportionment reform to start your day.

Lawfare

@lawfare

4 years

"How Congress Could Get Some of Its Power Back," the latest from Molly Reynolds:

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Molly Reynolds

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2 years

An underrated unusual thing about these hearings is the willingness of the Democratic members to cede the spotlight to each other and, more notably, to their Republican colleagues on the panel. They're going to let Kinzinger just...talk! For several hours! On TV!

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

I guess it was too much to ask of 2018 to give us wholly separate "NDAA" and "NDA" news cycles. Like, even a week would have been helpful.

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Molly Reynolds

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3 years

A non-trivial part of my job is contemplating what I lovingly refer to as weird procedural hypotheticals and I can honestly say I have never thought about a *one day elimination of the filibuster* before right now.

Lindsay Wise

@lindsaywise

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Murphy and other Democrats said they are discussing a possible one-day elimination of the filibuster in order to raise the debt ceiling, or potentially a permanent carve-out that would make it against the Senate rules to filibuster debt ceiling increases.

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Molly Reynolds

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5 years

Have questions about impeachment? We'll do our best to answer them on Tuesday at 10 am!

What's next in the impeachment process? | Brookings

On December 17, Governance Studies at Brookings hosted a forum discussing what has happened so far in the impeachment process and what is expected to follow.

www.brookings.edu

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

4 years

I have read this article at least four times this morning and each time I have just gotten more sad and pissed off.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

Reason number one million why members sleeping in their offices is a bad thing.

Paul Kane

@pkcapitol

6 years

One indirect cause of no-shows for House votes: Many have nowhere to live during lame duck. Nearly 100 members are retiring, probably a couple dozen who slept in their offices. They lost those offices a few weeks ago. No bed, no DC, no vote.

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Wherein I admit that Congress, in all its messy glory, is what gets me out of bed every morning and otherwise have a great chat with @MargLTaylor and @benjaminwittes .

The Lawfare Podcast

@lawfarepodcast

5 years

Congress, Congress, and More Congress with Margaret Taylor and Molly Reynolds

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 months

As I like to say, the first two rules of Congress Club are: 1. There is very little entirely new under the sun. 2. Don't think you've learned all the esoterica; there's almost always something more esoteric out there to discover.

K Tully-McManus

@ktullymcmanus

5 months

Stop saying "unprecedented" or "never before seen" if you mean "I don't remember seeing it" or "it hasn't happened in my short life/tenure on Capitol Hill" So many helpful Congress experts out there (including House & Senate historians) to help with precedent

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Molly Reynolds

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7 years

(Mostly) non-snarky question: what are the other things on the Senate's agenda? Nominations? The omnibus? It's genuinely unclear to me what's waiting out there in the wings that the Senate GOP wants to work on.

Ashley Killough

@KilloughCNN

7 years

Republican Sen. Kennedy on immigration: “I’m ready to move one. We wasted a whole week here. And I’m ready to move on. There are other issues in front of us.”

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Molly Reynolds

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6 years

Happy 40th birthday to @cspan , which, in addition to generally being a national treasure, gave me the closest experience I'll ever have to being a sports broadcaster by having me on to do play-by-play of the opening of the 116th House in January.

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Molly Reynolds

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Eventually, @qjurecic and I may tire of reading government reports about what happened on Jan. 6. But we haven't yet, so I offer you this, on a new report addressing a central, lingering question: namely, why didn’t the government see this coming?

A New Senate Report Undermines FBI Excuses About Jan. 6

The report pulls no punches in describing the failures of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security in advance of the insurrection.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

3 years

Gosar should face consequences for the AOC video, and some of them should come from the House Republican Conference. But I also keep coming back to overall House ethics enforcement as yet another place where the institution has let some of its power flow to the courts.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

2 years

Those of us who are both toddler parents and close watchers of the U.S. Senate are exceptionally well-prepared for the next 2-7 days.

Burgess Everett

@burgessev

2 years

The Senate usually leaves at 1:45 pm on Thursday. It is now 1:47 pm. Every subsequent minute the senators will get more cranky

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2 years

If you have (understandably) forgotten about the whole part of all of this where, for example, "four House committees...sought...critical records from the Department of Homeland Security" in January 2021, then boy do I have the podcast episode coming soon for you!

Kyle Cheney

@kyledcheney

2 years

JUST IN: Select committee issues statement raising concerns about the Secret Service's handling of text messages, suggesting they may have violated federal recordkeeping laws.

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5 years

I would wear a t-shirt that says "Highly Deferential to the Legislative Branch." (Joking aside, this is an important ruling in an important case that has consequences for the House's entire oversight operation.)

Kyle Cheney

@kyledcheney

5 years

MORE FROM THE RULING: "When a court is asked to decide whether Congress has used its investigative power improperly, its analysis must be highly deferential to the legislative branch. "

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Molly Reynolds

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4 years

I see you, friends in the Capitol Hill community.

CapitolStrong

@CapitolStrong

4 years

To anyone experiencing trauma symptoms as we learn more, we urge you to go to for mental health support. #CapitolStrong

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Molly Reynolds

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6 years

Happy Vital Stats day, everyone! We have new data on the members of the 116th Congress and how they got there, plus a look back at what Congress did in the 115th.

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Molly Reynolds

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4 years

This had some real "long-time listener, first-time caller" energy for me. Thanks for having me, @mattyglesias .

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

The @BrookingsInst library is a treasure and everyone should be so lucky to have a place where they can randomly find gems like this CQ publication from 1974, featuring, among other things, Judiciary Committee staff bios with some familiar names.

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Molly Reynolds

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4 years

The friends and colleagues who have come together to stand up @CapitolStrong over the past ten days have been a light for me in an incredibly dark time for our country. To the Capitol Hill community: We hear you, and we are here *for* you. #CapitolStrong

CapitolStrong

@CapitolStrong

4 years

We recognize that the Capitol community might not feel ‘strong’ in this moment. We recognize that for many the attack felt deeply personal, particularly for staffers of color. Despite this extreme adversity, you showed up & did your jobs to support the functioning of government.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

4 years

The most important thing about this excellent @profmusgrave essay is what it says about the effects of this approach. But it also highlights something I’ve felt about my work in the last few years but haven’t quite had words to describe.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

1 year

To be clear: I am very skeptical that the House Dems' discharge petition on the debt limit will work. But making someone figure out how to write a bill that was referred to *every single* House committee is like the ultimate test of congressional nerddom.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

My take on the Ryan retirement in @nytopinion . Alternative political science title: because a Speakership cannot live by negative agenda control alone...

Opinion | Is It Even Possible to Succeed as House G.O.P. Speaker? (Published 2018)

Despite his promises, Paul Ryan failed to deliver a positive Republican agenda.

www.nytimes.com

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

3 years

At this point, given the number of times I say it out loud per day, I would not be surprised if my kid's first complete sentence was "the Senate's rules aren't self-enforcing."

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

4 years

In honor of yesterday's Census executive order, because we introduce thematically-appropriate t-shirts early in this family. (cc: @StrictScrutiny_ @LeahLitman )

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

In my personal accounting of the impeachment inquiry, we've now reached the "I just had reason to make some notes labeled 'weird jurisdictional issues'" stage.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

7 years

The latest in what I like to think of as my Captain Planet collaboration with the @lawfareblog team: I bring the knowledge of arcane Senate procedure, and @S_R_Anders brings the rest.

Lawfare

@lawfare

7 years

"Putting the Yemen Resolution in Procedural Context," the latest from Scott R. Anderson and Molly Reynolds:

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

The Michael Cohen edition of one of my favorite pastimes: shouting into the void about the way the underlying rules structure congressional chicanery.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

11 months

These "I don't who Mike Johnson is" quotes are kind of funny, yes, but they highlight two things that are potentially in tension with one another.

Lauren Fox

@FoxReports

11 months

I asked Susan Collins what it would be like to work with Johnson on spending issues and she said she doesn't know him, but was going to Google him this morning

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

4 years

I've been singing the congressional capacity song for a while (w/ lots of friends in the choir!) but the insurrection at the Capitol brought a number of these issues into especially stark relief. What to do about it? Here's a new paper from me.

Making Congress a better place to work

Preparing Capitol Hill to face the policy challenges of 2021 and beyond.

www.brookings.edu

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

3 years

Do you care about, for example, Jeffrey Clark's deposition before the January 6th Committee but doubt your ability to ever locate it again in your abyss of open tabs? Have I got the resource for you!

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

4 years

"That's it, what's next?" after gaveling the impeachment vote closed is some of Pelosi's real mom-of-five energy.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

Approximately once a day of late, I remember that the Clinton impeachment proceedings included Bob Livingston's surprise announcement that he wouldn't run for Speaker and have to stop and marvel at Congress's unparalleled capacity for weirdness.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 months

We've reached a point where a vote on a motion to table a resolution declaring the chair vacant offered as a question of the privileges of the House is...just a thing that happens while I'm giving my kid dinner and I miss the whole thing entirely. The 118th Congress, man.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

4 years

I'm a little disappointed that, despite being a prolific keeper of emails and notes, I can't put my finger on the exact date in March 2009 that Tom Mann walked into my office and said "hey, @NormOrnstein and I have an assignment for you involving budget reconciliation..."

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

5 years

When talking about process isn't really talking about process. My take on the White House letter in @nytopinion .

Opinion | The Truth That White House Letter Just Laid Bare (Published 2019)

The White House wants to reshape the terms of the impeachment political debate with the House.

www.nytimes.com

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

10 months

For no reason, remembering when @mattglassman312 and I came to a briefing in 2018 with nearly identical lists of what Dems should do differently than the GOP rules-wise and "don't have committee leader term limits b/c they rob of you of experienced members" was first on the list.

Olivia Beavers

@Olivia_Beavers

10 months

🚨🚨🚨Rep. Patrick MCHENRY (R-N.C.), chair of Financial Servcices, is expected to announce he won’t seek re-election today, though he plans to finish out the rest of his term, per multiple sources.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

6 years

So if McConnell actually wants to vote on Friday, he has to start the wheels turning on Wednesday and trust that all his🦆will be in a row by then.

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Molly Reynolds

@mollyereynolds

4 years

Strongly considering just having @bindersab read this aloud at our April 6 filibuster event.

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