John Bresnahan

@BresPolitico

Capitol bureau chief for Politico. Yankees' fan. Boston sucks. Motto: "It's sand, and it's death."

Washington, D.C.
Joined November 2010

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    At least three dead, four injured after a shooting at a bowling alley in Southern California, police say

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    Trump in today's meeting w/lawmakers delivered a profanity-laced rant on impeachment. Two hours later in the Rose Garden, he said a Democratic lawmaker who had called him a "motherf—er" had "dishonored herself" and "dishonored her family."

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    NEW: DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is about to go under the microscope. House Homeland Security Chair Bennie Thompson tells her in a letter this evening she is “long overdue” for an oversight hearing, having appeared just once when the panel was under GOP control.

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  4. 13 hours ago

    The rare “Four Current or Former Politico Reporters on One Panel” show this Sunday. CNN, 8 am. Must-watch TV!

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    I’m thrilled to join and next week in Washington to introduce a bipartisan universal background checks bill. Americans have spoken. It’s time to address our gun violence epidemic, and this new Congress will not sit silent.

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    The story in the New York Times regarding Jim Webb being considered as the next Secretary of Defense is FAKE NEWS. I’m sure he is a fine man, but I don’t know Jim, and never met him. Patrick Shanahan, who is Acting Secretary of Defense, is doing a great job!

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    -JFK: as many as 170 TSA employees have called out each day this week - DFW: Call outs have increased by 200%-300% - NC airports experiencing 10% higher call outs First on CNN: Hundreds of TSA screeners, working without pay, calling out sick

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  8. 14 hours ago

    /2 Such a sign of changing times on Capitol Hill. I remember 15 years ago when a GOP Rep claimed his wife left him because they lived across from CAIR's headquarters in VA. Now members are headlining a CAIR reception.

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  9. 14 hours ago

    CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations - long criticized by GOPers as a "terrorist organization" or a front for the Muslim Brotherhood - will host a reception Thursday with Dem Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar André Carson. The 3 lawmakers are Muslims.

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    14 hours ago

    God this is great: Rep. Bob Brady has retired from Congress and now wants to smoke pot. “I’m gonna do it," Brady declared. "And I ain’t gonna wait for the law. I could care less.”

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    14 hours ago

    House Democrats are planning to vote as soon as next week on long-awaited aid for states devastated by storms and wildfires

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  12. 15 hours ago

    . indicates he won't accept pay raise during the shutdown as he leaves Trump presser

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  13. 15 hours ago

    Why is Mitch McConnell not at the presser? : "Because he's running the Senate."

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  14. 15 hours ago

    Trump has been going for more than 30 minutes at this point

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  15. 15 hours ago

    Trump says he can declare a "national emergency" to build border wall if Congress doesn't approve funding.

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    A safety net for federal workers who are losing pay? "The safety net is going to be having a strong border, because they're going to be safe," Trump says.

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    This whole idea that USMCA will pay for the wall is simply insane. Congress still has to appropriate the money.

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  18. 15 hours ago

    Trump: "Steel is stronger than concrete. You can check it out."

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  19. 15 hours ago

    Trump was citing the rarely used "Doing a Great Job" Clause in the Constitution.

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  20. 15 hours ago

    Trump said Pelosi told him "We're not looking to impeach you."

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