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WHOA Cheney says the committee will provide proof that Rep. Scott Perry and other GOP members of Congress sought pardons for their actions after Jan. 6

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. @RepMaxineWaters notes in a news release that since Trump took office FOUR men have been convicted of threatening to kill her. A fifth man was arrested in February for threatening to kill Waters and other politicians.

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House is now debating the rules governing the 25 Amendment resolution they will vote on later tonight and in just the first few moment we've already learned new horrific things about Wednesday -One Capitol Police officer may lose an eye -An officer was shot at with his own gun

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I’m loathe to insert myself in the news, but as the Chair of the Standing Committee of Correspondents I am compelled to weigh in on the restrictions to press access during the Senate impeachment trial that are being proposed. Bear with me.

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Kanye West used that exact word in the Oval Office while sitting not ten feet from the president and no one complained.

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Trump: Rashida Tlaib "dishonored" the country with "impeach the motherf-cker" remark

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President Trump is cancelling federal employees' 2.1% pay increase "We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases," he says in letter to Congress He signed a $1.5 trillion tax cut this year

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Uber driver this a.m. asked why Senate was up last night trying to get rid of ACA, which he likes, rather than Obamacare, which he doesn't

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. @NancyPelosi sends a loud signal to Democratic candidates saying on campaign trail that they wont back her for Speaker. “If they have to do that to win the election, I’m all for winning,” Pelosi says at #PlaybookInterview “...I’m OK, just win baby.”

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4 years

Other details from @RepMGS on the House floor: -Police officers were tased in the riot -Several have head injuries, she blames rioters using lead pipes This is so notable in part because the public has received very little information about the extent of officers' injuries

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. @KamalaHarris asks Kavanaugh if he can think of any law where the federal government can dictate decision made by men about their bodies. Complete silence in the committee room... Kavanaugh says he can't think of any

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Sarah Sanders says the president was saying "no" to answering the question. The exchange from today: REPORTER: Is Russia still targeting the U.S., Mr. President? TRUMP: Thank you very much. No. (Shakes head) REPORTER: No? You don’t believe that to be the case? TRUMP: No.

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Was stunning to watch the UN Security Council meeting, which is led by Russia, while this is happening. Russia adjourned the meeting shortly after Ukraine's representative called Russian leaders "war criminals" and said they would go "straight to hell"

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“As part of that inquiry, and as a result of witness interviews and document production, we now have reason to believe that the following individuals may have committed a criminal act.”

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Millions of Americans lost unemployment benefits today. Congress waited until the last minute, but passed a bill to extend unemployment for those people through mid-March. The president hasn't signed it.

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2018 strategy of @DevinNunes ' opponent @JanzforCongress pretty clear with new billboard up in the Central Valley this week #CA22

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6 years

Really important to point out that this was a voluntary orientation put on by a private university that representatives chose to attend. It is not the orientation for new members put on by Congress.

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Whoah - looks like our Congressional orientation had a lot more lobbyists than we thought. This is not okay. Lobbyists are not impartial - they are employed to influence legislation. 60+ incoming members were listening to panelists without knowing which were hired lobbyists.

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It's almost surreal to sit here and listen to representatives in the House chamber talk calmly about an attack they went through in the House chamber

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5 years

It also gives the impression that it is being done mostly to protect Senators from the bright light of the public knowing what they are doing in one of the country’s most important moments.

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The Standing Committee of Correspondents vigorously objects to restrictions being considered on press access during the upcoming Senate trial of President Trump.

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5 years

Here is the statement that the Standing Committee sent to Senate leadership

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Bowers said @RepAndyBiggsAZ called him Jan. 6 and asked him to sign onto a letter or support decertification of the electors. "I said that I would not," he said

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I grasp that there is precedent, but few things in Washington are more momentous than an impeachment trial and the American public deserves to have eyes in the room.

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Currently we can walk with Senators as they enter the chamber, wait for them outside of meetings or lunches. It leads to a diversity of voices. Penning us means people across the country might not hear from their senator.

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Reporters will be kept in pens, meaning only senators seeking out press coverage will get covered.

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The restrictions that are being considered exceed what occurred during the Clinton trial 20 years ago, with fewer ways for press to speak to senators and even a magnetometer being installed within the Senate Press Gallery to ensure electronics are not brought into the chamber.

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Our suggestions were rejected without an explanation of how the restrictions contribute to safety rather than simply limit coverage of the trial.

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These potential restrictions fail to acknowledge what currently works on Capitol Hill, or the way the American public expects to be able to follow a vital news event about their government in the digital age.

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Can't just blame Pelosi's coverup remark for this meeting going off the rails. Important to note that the White House was saying privately yesterday that they didn't have a plan for $2 trillion in infrastructure today's meeting was supposed to be about.

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The Standing Committee sought to address our concerns with the Sergeant at Arms and with Rules Committee before final decisions were made, but decisions are being made quickly as plans for the trial are completed and we are hearing that nearly every suggestion has been rejected

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1 year

Fulton County Jail record shows Trump has been booked

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The no electronics in the chamber rule has existed for many years, reporters don’t violate it, and we’ve never needed an extra layer of screening to ensure it is followed.

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Video shows some of the first rioters... running past 15 reinforced windows, making a beeline for a recessed area... where two unreinforced windows and two doors with unreinforced glass were all that stood between them and hallways leading to lawmakers

Jan. 6 rioters exploited little-known Capitol weak spots: A handful of unreinforced windows

Two windows and two doors used by Jan. 6 rioters were among only a few that weren't reinforced during a Capitol security upgrade that started in 2017.

www.latimes.com

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"Everyone was in the loop," Sondland said repeatedly. People included in "everyone," according to his testimony: -President Trump -VP Pence -Acting WH Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney -Sec of State Pompeo -Rudy Giuliani -Energy Sec Rick Perry -Amb John Bolton -Amb Kurt Volker

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With the stunning fall of Kabul to the Taliban this week, the Oakland lawmaker has been heralded as an ignored oracle, the only member of Congress to foresee an endless war in Afghanistan that would leave thousands of Americans and Afghans dead

Road to vindication for California's Barbara Lee, the only member of Congress to vote against...

Rep. Barbara Lee, an Oakland Democrat, stood alone in voting against the war in Afghanistan in 2001, but the coalition she helped build ultimately brought it to an end 20 years later.

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4 years

What the House is voting on right now is just the rules governing debate. If it passes, as it is expected to do, there will be around another hour of debate and the final vote should be around 10:30 pm ET

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Meanwhile, Pelosi has named the House impeachment managers. Vote expected late tomorrow Raskin (Lead Manager) DeGette Cicilline Castro Swalwell Lieu Plaskett Neguse Madeleine Dean

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Federal prosecutors have new information on a Jan. 6 defendant. Online sleuths attribute it to a Times video

Federal prosecutors have new information on a Jan. 6 defendant. Online sleuths attribute it to a...

People tracking Capitol riot defendants online have cited evidence in recently released LA Times video

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"They built a gallows outside the U.S. Capitol. They screamed 'where is Nancy?'" @RepRaskin says. "Every person in this room could have died."

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The Standing Committee requested an exemption to the no technology in the chamber rule so that we can provide the public with up to the moment information without having to walk out of the chamber, but we’re hearing that request has been denied.

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Installing a magnetometer means the Senate trial will have a soundtrack of “beep, beep, beep” as 90+ reporters walk in and out all day. There is no additional safety or security brought by bringing such a device into reporter work space

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Or this one stands out: Rep. Duncan Hunter tried to get a tour of a Navy base to cover for a $14,000 family vacation in Italy. When Navy said they could only do certain days, Hunter told his chief of staff "tell the Navy to go f--- themselves"

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@RepPeteAguilar When Gohmert said Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, Nadler responded by saying he is “deeply concerned that any member of the House would spout Russian propaganda on the floor of the House.”

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3 years

The four unreinforced windows and doors that were the first points of entry on Jan. 6 are all in a recessed alcove, shielded by exterior walls on three sides. They were not the first windows, nor the easiest to reach for rioters

Jan. 6 rioters exploited little-known Capitol weak spots: A handful of unreinforced windows

Two windows and two doors used by Jan. 6 rioters were among only a few that weren't reinforced during a Capitol security upgrade that started in 2017.

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Some news for your Friday afternoon---->Schiff isn't ruling out more impeachment hearings as his committee begins drafting its report via @jenhab

Schiff isn't ruling out more impeachment hearings

The House Intelligence Committee has begun work on its report in the impeachment inquiry, but Chairman Adam Schiff won't rule out more hearings.

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6 years

"I reject Steve King. So do the people of America," says @RepSwalwell , who was born in King's Iowa district.

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3 years

Direct quote from Ukraine's Ambassador to the UN, to Russia's Ambassador, who was leading the emergency meeting of the Security Council "There is no purgatory for war criminals. They go straight to hell, Ambassador."

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This summer I asked a former senior Hill staff member about safety at the Capitol and he brought up unprompted that he was aghast people got through Capitol windows on #Jan6 because the windows were supposed to be bomb proof. It sent me down a rabbit hole

Jan. 6 rioters exploited little-known Capitol weak spots: A handful of unreinforced windows

Two windows and two doors used by Jan. 6 rioters were among only a few that weren't reinforced during a Capitol security upgrade that started in 2017.

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6 years

President Trump has signed a bill providing backpay to federal workers once the government reopens and payroll is processed. Important to remember this bill does nothing to cover late fees or hits to credit scores, etc that federal employees are dealing with now.

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. @NancyPelosi says House Dems will vote in February to limits senior leadership to 3 terms, with an additional term with two-thirds support of the Caucus. “I am comfortable with the proposal and it is my intention to abide by it whether it passes or not,” Pelosi said.

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Afterward, Gohmert came over to the Democrats’ side of the room and tried to engage Nadler, tapping him on the shoulder a few times as he spoke. Nadler did not respond.

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Becerra and the state of California have sued more than 35 times to block actions by the Trump administration.

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4 years

Note the bust of farm worker/labor champion/ UFW founder Cesar Chavez on the table behind him

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President Biden begins signing a tall stack of executive orders during his first Oval Office appearance for press.

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Pelosi, 77, is the longest serving member of the California delegation. I mention her age only because she's been standing and speaking for three and a half hours straight.

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5 years

Judiciary Committee schedules its first impeachment hearing Dec. 4

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NEWS: FBI serves warrant on @SenatorBurr in stock investigation

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Channelling the late Bill Simmons- my first editor at @ArkansasOnline , who would have told me to "go back to work" (Though, he would have hated a first person account like this)

I’m in a roomful of people 'panicked that I might inadvertently give away their location'

I was working at the Capitol when the Trump D.C. riots hit.

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California Rep. Duncan Hunter has submitted his resignation effective Jan. 13. Hunter pleaded guilty Dec. 3 to one count of conspiracy to misuse campaign funds, but delayed resigning from Congress until after the holidays.

Rep. Duncan Hunter submits his resignation from Congress

California Rep. Duncan Hunter has submitted his resignation effective Monday to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) and Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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NEWS More than $20 million of the Pentagon aid at the center of the impeachment fight still hasn’t reached Ukraine, Pentagon says. w/ @mollymotoole

Millions in military aid at center of impeachment hasn't reached Ukraine

About $20 million of the Pentagon aid originally held up by President Trump hasn't reached Ukraine. The continued delay undermines a key argument against impeachment made by a new White House legal...

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Video shows some of the first rioters...running past 15 reinforced windows, making a beeline for a recessed area...Two unreinforced windows and two doors with unreinforced glass were all that stood between them and hallways leading to lawmakers inside

Jan. 6 rioters exploited little-known Capitol weak spots: A handful of unreinforced windows

Two windows and two doors used by Jan. 6 rioters were among only a few that weren't reinforced during a Capitol security upgrade that started in 2017.

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Today 800,000 federal employees missed their second paycheck. The FAA has halted flights into one of the nation’s biggest airports because so many air traffic controlers didn’t come in. Congress has no scheduled votes today. Part of the government has been shutdown for 36 days

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First hearing is about defining impeachment and terms like "high crimes and misdemeanors." In a letter, @RepJerryNadler informs President Trump of the meeting, asks him to participate and asks to know who will be his counsel by Dec. 1

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4 years

Important public service from @nytimes . We all need to remember, it is perfectly normal for all ballots to not be counted election day. States have many weeks to certify results---> How Long Will Vote Counting Take? Estimates and Deadlines in All 50 States

How Long Will Vote Counting Take? Estimates and Deadlines in All 50 States (Published 2020)

We asked officials about their election results processes and what share of votes they expect to be counted by Nov. 4.

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4 years

Justice Kavanaugh also has school aged children, but I don't remember that being noted as unusual in his White House announcement

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If confirmed, Coney Barrett would become the 1st mother with school-aged children ever to serve on #Scotus .

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5 years

Much confusion for Capitol reporters today as new restrictions on our access to senators and information appear to be place for the impeachment trial with no warning. I've still gotten no guidance in writing and it seems each officer I speak with has been told different rules

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It prompted Gohmert to return to the microphone and begin yelling that Nadler needed to formally retract his comments and pointing his finger at Nadler. He had to be gaveled into silence.

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Exactly one week ago this minute, while sheltering in a Capitol office as the riot went on, a California lawmaker's frantic text got the impeachment ball rolling w/ @jenhab

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Talk about changing who has access to opportunity. White House interns will be paid this year for the first time in history

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8 years

Crush of Sanders supporters surrounded Green Party Presidential candidate @DrJillStein as she made her way out of #DemsInPhilly

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So far the Capitol Hill press corps has managed to avoid a coronavirus outbreak among reporters. Today we're asking for some more precautions to keep our colleagues and competitors safe as we gather information for the country about what their elected leaders are doing

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In an effort to keep reporters safe, the Chairs of the Capitol Hill press galleries today asked Leader McConnell and Speaker Pelosi to increase access to COVID-19 testing and contract tracing for those on Hill and to instruct members to keep masks on while speaking with reporters

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Pence implored Pelosi not to pass the 25th Amend resolution in a letter "I urge you and every member of Congress to avoid actions that would further divide and inflame the passions of the moment," he wrote. "Work with us to lower the temperature and unite our country..."

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“It is easy to boo, but it’s harder to look your kids in the face who would be living under Donald Trump,” @SenSanders says #DemsInPhilly

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“If the most powerful person in the world can bring the full weight of the presidency down on an ordinary citizen who was merely doing her job with a lie as big and heavy as a mountain, who among us is safe? None of us is. None of us,” @RepAdamSchiff says in closing

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Congress attached the unemployment benefits and a $600 check for most Americans to a bill that funds much of the government through the federal fiscal year that ends in September. Without the president's signature on that bill, the government largely shuts down Tuesday

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Government shutdowns are bad, and they cost a lot of money, but that aside, those millions of Americans who lose unemployment today still wont have money for rent, food, gas, you name it until the argument between the president and Congress gets resolved PLUS a few weeks

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. @AP says Maxine Waters will face Omar Navarro in November in #CA43

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I just can't get over this figure. Only 359 women have served in the U.S. Congress to date, compared with almost 12,000 men. #19thAmendment

Women won the right to vote 100 years ago. What Pelosi and others say about why so few are in...

One hundred years after getting the right to vote, women make up just 23.7% of Congress, less than in many other developed countries.

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Whether by sheer luck, real-time trial and error, or advance knowledge by rioters, several of those vulnerable windows and two glass-paned doors became easy entry points for hundreds of Trump supporters who overran and ransacked the building on Jan. 6.

Jan. 6 rioters exploited little-known Capitol weak spots: A handful of unreinforced windows

Two windows and two doors used by Jan. 6 rioters were among only a few that weren't reinforced during a Capitol security upgrade that started in 2017.

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Ah yes, how dare we inform people about a USC study that found pollution in Los Angeles disproportionally impacts the communities that highways run through... Journalists' job is to inform their community

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@sarahdwire With all the layoffs, we’re gonna miss this type of top-notch journalism from the @latimes

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Several officers say they didn't fire their weapons Jan. 6 because they were so outnumbered and thought it would cause armed people in the crowd to begin firing “If that turned into a firefight, we would have lost and this was a fight we couldn’t afford to lose,” Hodges said

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. @latimes ' take on the day's political news

House calls on Pence to invoke 25th Amendment to remove Trump

The vice president implored House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats not to pass the resolution urging him to invoke the 25th Amendment, a move the Pence said he would not make.

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"...as we prepare to inaugurate President-elect Joe Biden... I pledge to you I will continue to do my part to work in good faith with the incoming administration to ensure an orderly transition of power. So help me God." Pence said in the letter

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This is the vote on the rule. Remember, the vote on the 25th Amendment resolution isn't likely to start until about 10:30 p.m.

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Several Republicans have argued that the removing Trump through the 25th Amendment or impeachment will inflame tension. "Unity in a national crisis starts with accountability," @RepSwalwell responds

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Now the House is moving to the resolution urging Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from office. There will be up to an hour of debate with the final vote expected by 10:30 pm ET

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One key thing to keep in mind for Wednesday: Congress is not certifying the results of the presidential election. They are counting the votes certified by the states and then announcing who won the election.

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Feinstein won't seek top Judiciary Committee spot following complaints from progressives

Feinstein, 87, is the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee and was in line to become its first female chair if Democrats take control of the Senate.

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I knew there was a reason I've moved this box from home to home across the country. Excited to announce that starting Monday I'll be senior national political correspondent at @USATODAY .

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I’ll let people make their own individual announcements, but yes the LA Times Washington bureau was decimated. They haven’t been filling jobs for two years now and that reduced number was cut even more today. There are five reporters left covering DC

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The @latimes really just rid of what seems to be their WHOLE (skeleton crew) DC bureau?! On the eve of an election? A Senate race? Post that whole speaker thing? I roll my eyes at California being the focus of a lot of western politics/policy but also THERES A REASON FOR THAT

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Four major access points that Jan. 6 rioters used to break into and overtake the U.S. Capitol had something unusual in common: They were among a dozen or so ground-floor windows and glass-paned doors that had not been recently reinforced

Jan. 6 rioters exploited little-known Capitol weak spots: A handful of unreinforced windows

Two windows and two doors used by Jan. 6 rioters were among only a few that weren't reinforced during a Capitol security upgrade that started in 2017.

www.latimes.com

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SCOOP: Senate committee sought investigation of Bannon, raised concerns about Trump family testimony

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McConnell wouldn't negotiate for months. Pelosi and Mnuchin tried repeatedly over the summer. I wrote about it a lot. It was pretty clear there was no middle ground that could get decisionmakers together to make a deal until Americans realized they were going to lose a lifeline

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The CSPAN mic picks up Pelosi talking to someone on the dais after the impeachment vote "That's it, what's next?"

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2 years

Schiff: "Mr. Giuliani accused you and your mother of passing some sort of USB drive to each other. What was your mom actually handing you in that video?" Moss: "A ginger mint."

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A fourth Republican, @RepFredUpton announces he will back impeaching President Trump, saying "enough is enough"

Rep. Fred Upton

@RepFredUpton

4 years

The Congress must hold President Trump to account and send a clear message that our country cannot and will not tolerate any effort by any President to impede the peaceful transfer of power from one President to the next. Thus, I will vote to impeach.

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Sarah D. Wire

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Conservative lawyer John Eastman must give 159 more emails to the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including one a judge says is evidence of a likely crime related to the effort to overturn the election.

Judge to Trump lawyer: Give Jan. 6 panel more emails, including one indicating likely crime

Federal Judge David O. Carter orders Trump lawyer John Eastman to give 159 more emails to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

www.latimes.com

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Sarah D. Wire

@sarahdwire

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Quite a scoop from regional reporter @LockwoodFrank ---> Reporters won't see Trump nomination. GOP convention to be closed to press national party says

Reporters won't see Trump nomination

When Republicans renominate Donald Trump for president in Charlotte, N.C., on Aug. 24, journalists won't be on hand to witness it, a convention spokesperson told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette this...

www.arkansasonline.com

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Sarah D. Wire

@sarahdwire

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Here is @RepJohnKatko , the first Republican House member to announce he will join Democrats' impeachment effort. "The president's role in this insurrection in undeniable," he says, adding there must be consequences. He says he won't back the 25th Amendment resolution

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Sarah D. Wire

@sarahdwire

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Dems passed a bill in May they knew had no chance w/ Republicans. The GOP didn't even consider it. Neither side spoke for months. It wasn't until millions of people were about to be harmed that they came back to the table. So yes, all of Congress waited until the last minute

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Sarah D. Wire

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On Thursday @USDA rejected a request from California to waive rules during #Covid_19 to make it easier to deliver free food boxes to low-income seniors. 40,000 seniors aren't getting food as a result It's all over 2 pounds of cheese

Food box deliveries to needy California seniors cut off because of USDA cheese rule

As coronavirus cases soared, thousands of low-income seniors stopped receiving free food boxes because of a rule designed to help the dairy industry.

www.latimes.com

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Sarah D. Wire

@sarahdwire

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Forgiveness of $10k in student loans for those who make less than $125k is a big deal, but don't sleep on capping payments at 5% of monthly pay (It's currently 10%)

President Biden

@POTUS

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In keeping with my campaign promise, my Administration is announcing a plan to give working and middle class families breathing room as they prepare to resume federal student loan payments in January 2023. I'll have more details this afternoon.

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