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Senior Congressional Correspondent, . Prowling the Capitol halls, covering the Hill and politics. Die-hard Chicago sports fan. Wisconsin Badger for life.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    26 Oct 2017

    For those interested, here are my remarks from last night and clips from our piece that won the award.

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  2. 9 hours ago

    CBO: “The federal budget deficit was $895 billion for the first 11 months of fiscal year 2018, the Congressional Budget Office estimates, $222 billion more than the shortfall recorded during the same period last year.”

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  3. 12 hours ago

    Trump also back down to 36% approval - worse than any president over last 64 years.

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  4. 12 hours ago

    CNN POLL CONDUCTED BY SSRS Sept. 6-9 Unfavorable Opinion of Donald Trump Now June Republicans 18% 15% Independents 65% 55% Democrats 92% 87%

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  5. 13 hours ago

    Under questioning from , Sarah Sanders says she doesn't know where Trump got this $28 million figure from.

    14 days for $28 MILLION - $2 MILLION a day, No Collusion. A great day for America!
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  6. 13 hours ago

    "I can't weigh in on active investigations," Sarah Sanders on the prosecutions of Reps. Collins and Hunter. (even though Trump did weigh in by saying that DOJ shouldn't have moved forward bc it could cost them their seats.)

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  7. 13 hours ago

    WH continues to strike a positive tone about NK talks by pointing to superficial steps. Sanders point to the parade this weekend as "sign of good faith." A "commitment" by NK to denuclearize. And a nice letter from Kim to Trump, which WH says it won't release unless NK agrees

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  8. 13 hours ago

    Kevin Hassett says Trump tweet below is wrong. Says he doesn't know where he got this number. Maybe someone conveyed an extra "zero" to him, Hassett says. "What is true is that it's the highest in 10 years."

    The GDP Rate (4.2%) is higher than the Unemployment Rate (3.9%) for the first time in over 100 years!
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  9. 13 hours ago

    WH claims that today's economic briefing has nothing to do with Obama's Friday remarks that Trump inherited a good economy from him. Kevin Hassett: "We were prepared to do this briefing three weeks ago," says it's "not in any way tied to" Obama's Friday remarks

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  10. 15 hours ago

    Dems tell me they won’t raise a fuss about Papadopoulos contradicting Sessions bc of concerns that Trump would use it as reason to fire him and install loyalist to oversee Mueller. "We can't say that out loud too much...we want him there,” Nadler says

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  11. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    57 days: w/ a packed in minutes. PANEL: , , +

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  12. Retweeted
    19 hours ago

    Woodward to Guthrie when she asked if Kelly and Mattis were lying when they denied comments: “They are not telling the truth. These people, these are political statements to protect their jobs. Totally understandable.”

    “It is mostly anonymous sources in here, why should anyone trust you? General Mattis, General Kelly said it’s not true.” Bob Woodward is a liar who is like a Dem operative prior to the Midterms. He was caught cold, even by NBC.
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    20 hours ago

    Manchin reprising the 2010 special-election ad in which he shot a copy of the cap-and-trade bill that passed the House.

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    US Senate candidate, WV
    Patrick Morrisey's lawsuit would take away health care from people with pre-existing conditions. That's just dead wrong, and that ain't gonna happen.
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  14. Retweeted
    Sep 9

    President Trump will give written responses to questions in a defamation lawsuit brought by a former contestant on “The Apprentice,” court documents show.

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  15. Retweeted
    Sep 9

    New CNN Senate race ratings: -TN: Race moves from Lean Republican to Toss-Up -TX: From Likely Republican to Lean Republican -WV: From Toss-Up to Lean Democratic -ND: From Toss-Up to Lean Republican -NJ: From Solid Democratic to Likely Democratic

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  16. Sep 9

    Pence says he has not been contacted by the Mueller team to sit down for an interview. He suggests on CBS he would be willing to talk.

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  17. Sep 9

    Ben Sasse to dismisses talk of challenging Trump in 2020 - but clearly doesn’t rule it out. “For me, I don’t really think about what job I have. I think a lot about the country’s challenges. . Right now, we spend way too much talking about campaigning in this country”

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  18. Sep 9

    Pence defends Trump tweet criticizing Sessions over indictments of two Republicans. Asked about Trump saying Sessions put two “easy wins” in doubt, Pence says on Fox: “This is a president that was elected by speaking directly to the American people.”

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  19. Sep 9

    “We’ll find out if there were criminal activities involved,” Pence says when asked on Fox what laws were broken by the anonymous op-ed that Trump has called on Sessions to investigate

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    Sep 8

    Well ... that escalated quickly With second-half sparks from Jonathan and A.J. Taylor, the got rolling and never looked back

    Quick Hits: Wisconsin vs. New Mexico
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  21. Sep 8

    The 155th trip to one of his golf clubs during his presidency

    Trump is at his golf course in Virginia. More than half the days over the past three months he's either visited a Trump property or held a rally.
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