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Bloomberg Government reporter analyzing elections, Congress, redistricting. TCM, trivia fan. News.bgov.com
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Enjoyed US Capitol Historical Society talk today by Marion Elliott Deerhake, author of a 2024 biography of North Carolina's first congresswoman, Jane Pratt: history.house.gov/People/Detai... capitolhistory.org 🧵1/8

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The US House, which censured just one member in a 38-year span between 1983 and 2021, has now done so 5 times in the past 3.5 years (Paul Gosar, Adam Schiff, Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman, Al Green): news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

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US House voted 221-202 to repeal Biden Interior Department rule requiring oil and gas development plans to include a marine archaeological survey. R 212-1, D 9-201 (1 R voted 'present')

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US House voted 224-198 to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) Republicans 214-0 Democrats 10-198 (with 2 Ds voting "present")

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Former Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis (R), who relocated to SW Florida after close loss to Rep. Lauren Underwood (D) in 2020, filed papers to seek #FL19 seat Rep. Byron Donalds (R) is giving up to run for governor docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form... www.votejimo.com

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Arizona Democrat Marlene Galán-Woods, a former broadcast journalist, announced 2026 bid to unseat Rep. David Schweikert (R): www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QI2... docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form... Galán-Woods ran in '24, finishing a close 3rd in 6-way Democratic primary won by Amish Shah #az01

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Today in 1951, the 22nd Amendment ("No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice") declared ratified after 3/4ths of the states approved it

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Pennsylvania Democrat Lamont McClure, the Northampton County Executive, filed to seek state's swingy 7th District held by first-term Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R). docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form... #PA07 in 2024: Trump 51%-48% McCormick 50%-48% Mackenzie unseated Rep. Susan Wild (D) 50.5%-49.5%

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In September 1949, US Senator Wayne Morse (R-Oregon) waved from a stretcher as he arrived at the Capitol to vote on a military aid bill that would become the Mutual Defense Assistance Act. Morse was recuperating from a fall.

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Mitch McConnell's "sweet victory" over Sen. Dee Huddleston (D) in 1984, the first of McConnell's seven Senate general-election wins #kysen

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I'm not anti-Valentine's Day, just pro-Arizona/Oregon. Happy Statehood Day to both!

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Enjoyed these Steve Scully interviews of recently retired members of Congress about redistricting, polarization, and primaries: t.co/9qUXLaVrsg 1/6

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Just 3 states have split/bipartisan US Senate delegations, down from 5 in the last Congress and a high of 27 in 1979-80. Lillianna Byington spoke to current and former senators about it for @bgov.com : t.co/AWZfBcjwgo

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For today's @bgov.com Congress Tracker newsletter, I wrote about #NJ07, a swing district where ex-Navy helicopter pilot Rebecca Bennett (D) announced a 2026 bid to unseat Rep. Tom Kean Jr (R). Kean Jr. was re-elected in 2024 by 5.4 points, outrunning Trump (who won the district by 1.2 points)

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Parsons is 97, Hackman turned 95 last week, Beatty is 87, and Dunaway is 84. (Pollard died in 2019 at 80.)

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Patrick Mahomes picked the Eagles to win Super Bowl ... in 2005, when Mahomes was 9 years old and Andy Reid coached the Eagles

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Saturday Sessions of the Senate (1968-Present) www.senate.gov/legislative/...

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My latest for @bgov.com analyzes California's 2024 presidential and US Senate vote in its 52 US House districts, including two that voted Democratic for House and Republican for president #CA09 #CA13 Data below. Story for subscribers: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

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McConnell "said he will feel liberated, no longer having to serve as the heat shield for his members, or to listen to their complaints and concerns large and small." - Mike Tackett's "The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost His Party."

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Senate is 53R-47D/I at start of Trump’s 2nd term. 8 years ago in Feb. 2017, Senate was 52R-48D/I early in Trump's 1st term. "No" votes from Collins and Murkowski on Betsy DeVos nomination forced VP Pence to break 50-50 tie (1st time a VP ever broke a tie on Cabinet nomination)

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US House, in a 263-156 vote, cleared a Senate-amended version of the Laken Riley bill for President Trump's signature. R 217-0, D 46-156 How all House members voted: t.co/VaoccWGz1r

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The US Senate with Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) now has 26 women, tying the record 1st set in 2020 & matched in early 2021 The Senate has 10 Republican women for the 1st time, per @cawp-ru.bsky.social

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