Seems like a surprisingly short week. Friday already?
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Motion to Adjourn passes, and with enough votes to become Speaker.
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Is the pizza bar open in the Cloak Room?
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Surprised there’s no C.R. for the absence of a Speaker. Could give the House Clerk certain additional powers, except a place in the line of presidential succession.
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William and Harry had a fight? Never heard of an altercation between brothers.
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It’s a very long way to 218
May take until next Halloween.
Losing 9 votes is a bitter cuisine,
The Freedom Caucus is a powerful machine.
McCarthy could use a special vaccine
To keep his career out of the ravine
Even when Trump tries to intervene,
It’s a very long way to 218.
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How long before the Reading Clerk can call the roll without looking at a roster?
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Could save time if House Clerk asked chamber if anyone wants to change their vote from the previous roll call for Speaker.
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Cabinet Scoreboard
Pres Biden holds his 6th Cabinet Meeting as Pres this afternoon. Count compares at same point in presidencies:
Trump - 18
Obama - 12
GWBush - 11
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House not ready for prime time.
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Familiar sight of Biden at Brent Spence Bridge linking KY & OH, more than a decade after then-Pres Obama made the same infrastructure visit.
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Ready for Prime Time. Next House vote for speaker scheduled for 8PM.
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Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
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Will we ever see white smoke emerging from the House chimney signaling election of a Speaker?
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“Kevin!”
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Looks like yet another Kevin is “Home Alone.”
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If there’s a 4th vote, maybe someone will nominate the House Clerk.
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Great reflections on Barbara Walters this morning from Jane Pauley, Sam Donaldson and Ted Koppel in a discussion on . Cant think of any 3 more qualified to reflect.
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Can anyone get through the day without saying or tweeting about “ringing in the New Year?” We can try. Please.
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By my count, Biden is playing his 20th round of golf as pres. Compares to predecessors at same point in presidency:
Trump: 108 golf outings
Obama: 58
GWBush: 15
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Pardon Scoreboard:
Today’s grants of clemency bring Biden’s pardon total to 10 (including a blanket pardon for simple possession of marijuana for those who apply). Compares at same point in presidency to:
Trump: 7 pardons
Obama: 9
GWBush: 7
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Question for game show producers: what’s the difference between a “new car” and a “brand new car?”
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Pres Biden & some family on their way to St. Croix, one of the US Virgin Islands. It’s 1,630-miles from DC where the temps this week forecast to be in the low to mid 80s. It’s Biden’s 4th vacation trip as pres.
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Looks cold at the Ravens game. Can’t think of any event for which I’d be willing to sit outside in sub freezing temps like this.
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Doesnt feel like Saturday.
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Oh yeah. Eddie Moscone Bail Bonds. “Midnight Run” (1988). Or maybe Chico’s from “Bad News Bears.””(1976).
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How do you find a Bail Bondsman who can put up $250-million?
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Feels like Friday.
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When was the last time you got a dollar coin in circulation? Or a half dollar coin for that matter?
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#OTD in 2005, the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-145) authorized the “Redesign and Issuance of Circulating $1 Coins Honoring Each of the Presidents of the United States”. The law also authorized gold coins honoring the First Spouses. bit.ly/2JuMBAk
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How much does the Twitter CEO job pay?
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Wonder what they were laughing about?
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America welcomes you, Mr. President.
read image description
ALT
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By my count, it’ll be Biden’s 9th joint news conference with a foreign leader when he and Zelenskyy appear before reporters today. It brings Biden’s total news conference count to 21.
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One ‘y’ or two? Zelensky or Zelenskyy?
How news orgs spell Ukraine president’s name:
Zelensky: CNN, NYTimes, WashPost.
Zelenskyy: ABC, CBS, NBC, AP.
The WH uses Zelenskyy.
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It’ll be Biden’s 2nd WH meeting with Zelensky. They first met Sep 1, 2021. Biden reaffirmed US commitment to “Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russian aggression.”
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Hope Garfield gets the Big Cat exemption.
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Link to text of new Big Cat law signed today by Pres Biden: congress.gov/117/bills/hr26
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Violators of the new “Big Cat” law can be fined $20,000 or imprisoned up to 5 years, or both. An estimated 20,000 big cats are in private ownership no in the US.
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Goodbye Kitty? Biden today signed H.R. 263, the "Big Cat Public Safety Act.” It’s designed to “end the private ownership of big cats as
pets” including lions, tigers,
leopards, cheetahs, jaguars and cougars. Exemptions for those with USDA Class C licenses, such as zoos.
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WH again says no way to punish Russia by removing it from the UN Security Council. says: “If there were a path to suspend Russia from the U.N. Security Council, we would pursue it immediately. Unfortunately, we don’t see the U.N. — we don’t see the U.N. rules changing.”
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