Good to go: #Senate out until 3 PM Monday
TBD on subject of bedcheck vote at 5:30 PM Monday
Still coming: Organizing resolution for 118th Congress
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NEWS: After helping Democrats expand majority in fall election, gains coveted seat at Senate #Appropriations
Other D members: Murray (chair), Feinstein, Durbin, Reed, Tester, Shaheen, Merkley, Coons, Schatz, Baldwin, Murphy, Manchin, Van Hollen, Heinrich
NEWS: In aftermath of #MonterreyDanceHall shooting, Sen #Padilla joins Dem leaders to urge #FTC to investigate marketing automatic weapons to kids
Criticizes ‘shamelessly pushing these weapons of war on our children while we’re fighting to protect schools .. dance halls’ he says
#Senate is in: #Schumer keeps up attacks on GOP opposition to raising #DebtCeiling without budget cuts
'Where is your plan?' Schumer asks. 'We've heard lots of howling at the moon' fr GOP on #MAGA fringe about sabotaging US credit .. 'but little in the way of actual solutions'
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George Santos tells me he's loving his new job. "It's great. I love it. The more I get to do it, the more I love it." ... w/
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The Senate GOP's self-anointed "Breakfast Club" doesn't actually meet for breakfast, but they do want to extract spending concessions from Democrats in exchange for avoiding a catastrophic default
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NEWS: #McConnell, a veteran of many #DebtLimit negotiations, says he 'can't imagine' any debt relief bill acceptable to Senate could clear House, he says.
'So I think the final solution to this particular episode lies between Speaker McCarthy and the president,' he says
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NEWS: #Schumer and Dems step up calls on House GOP to show the cuts they are advocating before raising #DebtLimit
'They're welcome to make their case -- make our day,' Schumer tells reporters after Dem lunch
'Let's see if they can pass any of them -- I doubt it'
House Intel chair Re: Pence classified docs:
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It is a serious matter for any government official to mishandle classified documents. I plan to ask for the same intelligence review and damage assessment to see if there are any national security concerns.
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#WhiteHouse today begins new outreach with lawmakers:
This afternoon #Biden meets with #Schumer, #Jeffries, other top House, Senate Dem leaders
This evening Biden hosts reception for freshmen lawmakers in both parties
Still planned: Biden meetup w Speaker #KevinMcCarthy
NEWS: #Schumer says House GOP 'immediately resorted to brinksmanship and hostage taking' on #DebtLimit but have to show details of proposed cuts
'Let the entirety of the House debate and vote on it and let the American people see and assess the cuts for themselves,' he says
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NEWS: #Schumer says Democrats will move quickly to head off #default when #DebtLimit is reached
Schumer says House GOP should show now what cuts they want to make
'Put your proposals for debt ceiling on the floor .. let the entirety of the House debate and vote on it'
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Turkey won’t support Sweden’s bid to join NATO, President Erdogan says, venting anger over the burning of Islam’s holy book in the Swedish capital of Stockholm trib.al/qJFpnrJ
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The Treasury has about $500 billion of extraordinary measures available that will allow the US to dodge a payments default as Congress works out a deal on the debt limit
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NEWS: House, Senate Democratic leaders to White House Tuesday to talk about new session w Biden
Biden says he'll have a separate discussion w GOP Leader #McCarthy about US #DebtLimit soon but gives no details
US default would be “unprecedented calamity,” Biden says
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All the leaves are down, and the sky is grey: #Senate back Monday afternoon to begin new session in earnest
First vote at 5:30 PM Monday will be to confirm Brendan Owens to be asst secretary of Defense for energy, installations, and environment
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The US Supreme Court hasn’t been able to identify the culprit after an eight-month probe into last year’s unprecedented leak of its opinion overturning Roe v. Wade
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What’s new at the Capitol gift shops? House side geared up for 118th #Congress, fully underway on both sides next week
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New ratios, new rosters likely as Senate Appropriations revamps for the 117th Congress:
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Top Senate, House Democrats lunch in Brooklyn today
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Quick lunch stop in Brooklyn with @RepJeffries at one of our favorite hometown spots—Junior’s Cheesecake @JuniorsCheeseCk—to talk about fighting for New York, delivering for the American people, and noshing on a killer LEO sandwich (lox, eggs, and onion)!
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Representative George Santos will receive committee assignments, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said, despite calls from even Republicans for him to resign
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NEWS: Biden won't negotiate w GOP on #DebtCeiling, #WhiteHouse press sec Jean-Pierre says
``This is just another attempt by congressional Republicans to force unpopular cuts,” she says, responding to reports GOP to prioritize certain payments if the debt ceiling not raised
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Manchin, Sinema and Coons meet with CEOs at private Davos luncheon for World Economic Forum
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NEWS: #Appropriations Chair announces GOP `cardinals':
Ag -- Harris
CJS -- Rogers
Defense -- Calvert
E&W -- Fleischmann
FinServ -- Womack
Homeland -- Joyce
Interior -- Simpson
LHHS -- Aderholt
LegBranch -- Amodei
Milcon -- Carter
State -- Diaz-Balart
THUD -- Cole
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Embattled Rep. George Santos persuaded at least one person to make a six-figure investment in a Florida-based company that the SEC later said was a Ponzi scheme
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Congress has a variety of options to avoid a US debt default later this year, but a solution might materialize only at the last minute
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Republicans are bringing smoking back to the House, making the Capitol one of the few remaining office buildings in the US where smoking is still allowed inside bloomberg.com/news/articles/ via
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The US Capitol is one of a handful of places in the country where smoking is still allowed inside.
Despite efforts going back more than 150 years to prohibit tobacco from the building, smoking is still allowed in members’ offices trib.al/FClzagB
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