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Senior national political reporter @NBCNews covering Capitol Hill and elections. 🏛️🗳️ Part-time Formula 1 correspondent. 🏁🏎️

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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer: “In Michigan, I’m supporting Haley Stevens.” Standing next to him is Sen. Chris Murphy, who has endorsed Mallory McMorrow. Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer: “In Michigan, I’m supporting Haley Stevens.” Standing next to him is Sen. Chris Murphy, who has endorsed Mallory McMorrow. Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed.

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me when the same house members who always vote yes suggest they’re a no

me when the same house members who always vote yes suggest they’re a no

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On Air Force One last night, Trump floated a veto threat of the 3-year ACA funding bill. Q: Mr. President, the House passed a 3-year extension of the ACA; it's in the Senate. If it passes the Senate would you veto it? TRUMP: "I might, yeah. I might." (video footage via WH)

On Air Force One last night, Trump floated a veto threat of the 3-year ACA funding bill. Q: Mr. President, the House passed a 3-year extension of the ACA; it's in the Senate. If it passes the Senate would you veto it? TRUMP: "I might, yeah. I might." (video footage via WH)

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By UNANIMOUS consent, the Senate adjourned for recess until Monday, September 14 without passing the SAVE America Act. Nobody objected to the request, or asked for a roll call vote.
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By UNANIMOUS consent, the Senate adjourned for recess until Monday, September 14 without passing the SAVE America Act. Nobody objected to the request, or asked for a roll call vote.

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Bill Cassidy, conceding defeat, throws shade at Donald Trump: “When you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn’t turn out the way you want it to. But you don’t pout. You don’t whine. You don’t claim the election was stolen.” His crowd immediately gets the reference.
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Bill Cassidy, conceding defeat, throws shade at Donald Trump: “When you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn’t turn out the way you want it to. But you don’t pout. You don’t whine. You don’t claim the election was stolen.” His crowd immediately gets the reference.

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1,766,068 views • 2 months ago

Netanyahu to the U.S. Congress, 2002: "If you take out Saddam, Saddam's regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region."
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Netanyahu to the U.S. Congress, 2002: "If you take out Saddam, Saddam's regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region."

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2,825,764 views • 5 months ago

Bizarre moment at the Michigan Senate debate after Haley Stevens says “the filibuster must go.” She adds that Democrats “should use the filibuster to not allow the big ugly bill to pass that increased our debt.” Pressed on whether she opposes or supports using the filibuster, Stevens says: “We should remove the filibuster so Democrats could have voted down the legislation, the tax bill.” That is not how the filibuster works. Removing it allows all Senate bills to pass at 51 votes. It would not have allowed Democrats to stop Trump’s tax bill, which was already exempt from the filibuster.
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Bizarre moment at the Michigan Senate debate after Haley Stevens says “the filibuster must go.” She adds that Democrats “should use the filibuster to not allow the big ugly bill to pass that increased our debt.” Pressed on whether she opposes or supports using the filibuster, Stevens says: “We should remove the filibuster so Democrats could have voted down the legislation, the tax bill.” That is not how the filibuster works. Removing it allows all Senate bills to pass at 51 votes. It would not have allowed Democrats to stop Trump’s tax bill, which was already exempt from the filibuster.

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809,613 views • 2 months ago

SCOOP: Troy Jackson is about to launch his first ad of the Senate general election, highlighting his labor background and going after Sen. Susan Collins. A seven-figure buy slated to begin airing statewide in Maine next week, I’m told.
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SCOOP: Troy Jackson is about to launch his first ad of the Senate general election, highlighting his labor background and going after Sen. Susan Collins. A seven-figure buy slated to begin airing statewide in Maine next week, I’m told.

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82,649 views • 9 days ago

Tim Kaine tells federal employees to ignore Trump’s offer to quit w/ pay for months. “Don’t be fooled. He’s tricked hundreds of people w/ that offer. If you accept that offer & resign he’ll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn’t have any authority to do this.”
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Tim Kaine tells federal employees to ignore Trump’s offer to quit w/ pay for months. “Don’t be fooled. He’s tricked hundreds of people w/ that offer. If you accept that offer & resign he’ll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn’t have any authority to do this.”

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5,490,374 views • 1 year ago

Trump: “We’re not supposed to be seduced that way, right? But I am. When somebody’s nice to me, I love that person. Even if they’re bad people. I couldn’t care less, I’ll fight to the end for them.”
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Trump: “We’re not supposed to be seduced that way, right? But I am. When somebody’s nice to me, I love that person. Even if they’re bad people. I couldn’t care less, I’ll fight to the end for them.”

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677,856 views • 4 months ago

Green Day, performing in DC, tweaks the American Idiot lyric to “I’m not a part of a MAGA agenda”
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Green Day, performing in DC, tweaks the American Idiot lyric to “I’m not a part of a MAGA agenda”

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3,028,032 views • 2 years ago

James Talarico calls out “the groups” in the Democratic Party on immigration. “In recent years there’ve been a series of advocacy groups that claim to represent the interests of different communities like here in Texas, but actually have no real connection to the actual people on the ground. And those groups convinced the [Biden] administration that it was racist to support border security.”
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James Talarico calls out “the groups” in the Democratic Party on immigration. “In recent years there’ve been a series of advocacy groups that claim to represent the interests of different communities like here in Texas, but actually have no real connection to the actual people on the ground. And those groups convinced the [Biden] administration that it was racist to support border security.”

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582,038 views • 4 months ago

Janet Mills: “I’m running for just one term, because I’m going to go down to Washington and get shit done. We’ve got to institute term limits. Two 6-year terms for the Senate and six 2-year terms for the House of Representatives.”
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Janet Mills: “I’m running for just one term, because I’m going to go down to Washington and get shit done. We’ve got to institute term limits. Two 6-year terms for the Senate and six 2-year terms for the House of Representatives.”

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414,586 views • 3 months ago

Important moment: Trump told Republicans to pass a CR and cut out Democrats, F&F on 9/12: “Don’t even bother dealing with them.” “We have to get Republican votes, that’s all,” Trump said. Told he’ll need 60 senators, Trump said “no.” (In fact, a CR does need 60 in the Senate.)
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Important moment: Trump told Republicans to pass a CR and cut out Democrats, F&F on 9/12: “Don’t even bother dealing with them.” “We have to get Republican votes, that’s all,” Trump said. Told he’ll need 60 senators, Trump said “no.” (In fact, a CR does need 60 in the Senate.)

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1,155,662 views • 11 months ago

TILLIS torches Trump’s big bill in a fiery Senate floor speech: “So what do I tell 663,000 people in 2-3 years when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off Medicaid?” He says “amateurs” advising Trump are conflating health care policy with “waste, fraud and abuse.”
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TILLIS torches Trump’s big bill in a fiery Senate floor speech: “So what do I tell 663,000 people in 2-3 years when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off Medicaid?” He says “amateurs” advising Trump are conflating health care policy with “waste, fraud and abuse.”

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1,236,004 views • 1 year ago

Just now on Capitol Hill: George Santos has a yelling match with a man who’s here, calling the man “human scum,” screaming at the top of his lungs. Man says his name is Shabd Singh of Washington, a Jewish American who’s critical of Israeli policies. Video of the moment here 👇
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Just now on Capitol Hill: George Santos has a yelling match with a man who’s here, calling the man “human scum,” screaming at the top of his lungs. Man says his name is Shabd Singh of Washington, a Jewish American who’s critical of Israeli policies. Video of the moment here 👇

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1,739,271 views • 2 years ago

A highlight reel of Victor Wembanyama’s dirty/reckless plays. All in one playoff run. Gifted athlete, lacks maturity.
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A highlight reel of Victor Wembanyama’s dirty/reckless plays. All in one playoff run. Gifted athlete, lacks maturity.

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107,092 views • 1 month ago

Vote-a-rama update: Senate is burning through amendments. Rs can spare 3 votes PAUL & TILLIS are NO. COLLINS is leaning against. MURKOWSKI uncertain. Both, notably, have voted for some Dem health care amndmts. + JOHNSON, LEE & SCOTT want changes. This is not a done deal yet.
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Vote-a-rama update: Senate is burning through amendments. Rs can spare 3 votes PAUL & TILLIS are NO. COLLINS is leaning against. MURKOWSKI uncertain. Both, notably, have voted for some Dem health care amndmts. + JOHNSON, LEE & SCOTT want changes. This is not a done deal yet.

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582,165 views • 1 year ago

.Speaker Mike Johnson responds to MTG saying GOP leaders don’t have a health care plan: “Cong. Greene does not serve on the committees of jurisdiction that deal with those specialized issues. And she's probably not read in on some of that, because they've still been in their silos.”
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.Speaker Mike Johnson responds to MTG saying GOP leaders don’t have a health care plan: “Cong. Greene does not serve on the committees of jurisdiction that deal with those specialized issues. And she's probably not read in on some of that, because they've still been in their silos.”

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323,814 views • 10 months ago

What Elon Musk didn’t realize is that reducing the deficit is not—and has never been—the GOP’s priority. The big priorities (since Reagan) are cutting taxes and increasing military spending. Hence deficits regularly go up when Republicans are in power.
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What Elon Musk didn’t realize is that reducing the deficit is not—and has never been—the GOP’s priority. The big priorities (since Reagan) are cutting taxes and increasing military spending. Hence deficits regularly go up when Republicans are in power.

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403,556 views • 1 year ago

Here’s how Speaker Mike Johnson addressed a question last week from Eric Michael Garcia about why Platner had to go but Miller gets to stay: “The key word there is allegation. We have a process here. The House Ethics Committee works on those things.”
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Here’s how Speaker Mike Johnson addressed a question last week from Eric Michael Garcia about why Platner had to go but Miller gets to stay: “The key word there is allegation. We have a process here. The House Ethics Committee works on those things.”

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16,375 views • 13 days ago

Trump on the US economy: “I said it the other day. And a lot of people misinterpreted it. They said ‘Oh he doesn’t realize prices are high.’ Prices are coming down very substantially. But they have a new word. You know, they always have a hoax. The new word is affordability.”
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Trump on the US economy: “I said it the other day. And a lot of people misinterpreted it. They said ‘Oh he doesn’t realize prices are high.’ Prices are coming down very substantially. But they have a new word. You know, they always have a hoax. The new word is affordability.”

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183,394 views • 8 months ago

Last night as House was voting… I asked Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., if Trump should’ve made debt limit demand earlier. Will next 2 yrs be this challenging/chaotic? “It’s going to be awesome. You know why it’s going to be awesome? Because now we know how to work together.”
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Last night as House was voting… I asked Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., if Trump should’ve made debt limit demand earlier. Will next 2 yrs be this challenging/chaotic? “It’s going to be awesome. You know why it’s going to be awesome? Because now we know how to work together.”

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364,229 views • 1 year ago