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| House Democrats approve subpoena for unredacted Mueller report – live | |
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| Rep. Jerry Nadler, chair of the Judiciary Committee, says he will move in “very short order” to subpoena the Mueller reports if the Justice Department doesn’t hand it over in full, according to CNN. | |
| “We’re going to work with the AG for a short period of time ...if that doesn’t work out, in very short order, we’re going to issue subpoenas” -@RepJerryNadler Chmn of House Judiciary | |
| Nadler said he would “absolutely not” be willing to accept a version of the report with any redactions. | |
| The committee is comfortable handling classified and sensitive material, he said, after members voted to authorize subpoenas. “We’re not willing to let the attorney general, who after all is a political appointee, substitute his judgment for ours.” | |
| Nadler said he will “absolutely” go to court if the Justice Department doesn’t comply with a subpoena. | |
| Beto O’Rourke, speaking at the National Action Network, said he would sign a bill to establish a commission to study reparations for slavery, Newsday reports. | |
| .@BetoORourke says “yes” he would, as president, sign @JacksonLeeTX18 bill to establish commission to study reparations | |
| He also said he would bring back federal consent decrees to oversee local police departments accused of civil rights offenses, per WNYC. The decrees were used under the Obama administration but have fallen out of favor under Donald Trump. | |
| Would you bring back consent decrees to cities and towns where they are needed to oversee police departments that have found to abuse use of force?Yes, @BetoORourke says. | |
| O’Rourke also called for new voting rights legislation, according to the New York Post. | |
| First applause lines about 10 minutes into the speech, as Beto calls for new voting rights legislation. | |
| A Senate committee approved a bill Wednesday to fine companies that spam Americans with illegal robo-calls, the Hill reports. | |
| The bill would give the federal government the power to slap offenders with fines of up to $10,000 per call. The Senate Commerce Committee voted unanimously to advance it. | |
| The House Judiciary Committee has voted to authorize a subpoena for the Mueller report. The vote was 24-17, along party lines, per CNN. | |
| Committee chairman Jerry Nadler has said he’ll give Attorney General William Barr some time to turn over a full, unredacted version of the report before serving the subpoena. He says he’s prepared to go to court if the Justice Department does not comply. | |
| Donald Trump is now back to threatening to close the US-Mexico border, this time if Congress does not act on immigration. | |
| Congress must get together and immediately eliminate the loopholes at the Border! If no action, Border, or large sections of Border, will close. This is a National Emergency! | |
| He previously threatened a border closure if Mexico did not act to restrict migration, but then backed off saying he was satisfied with Mexico’s efforts. | |
| The House of Representatives is expected to pass a resolution Wednesday calling on the Justice Department to halt its effort to get Obamacare overturned in the courts, the Washington Post reports. | |
| The resolution calls the move “an unacceptable assault” on Americans’ health care. It is non-binding. | |
| Here’s Rep. Jerry Nadler’s opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on subpoenas for the Mueller report. | Here’s Rep. Jerry Nadler’s opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on subpoenas for the Mueller report. |
| Watch my opening statement from today's @HouseJudiciary markup to authorize a subpoena for the full Mueller report here: pic.twitter.com/d0CtjmpYIb | Watch my opening statement from today's @HouseJudiciary markup to authorize a subpoena for the full Mueller report here: pic.twitter.com/d0CtjmpYIb |
| Several Democratic presidential candidates are speaking today at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention. | Several Democratic presidential candidates are speaking today at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention. |
| Beto O’Rourke, Andrew Yang, and Julian Castro are scheduled to speak today. | Beto O’Rourke, Andrew Yang, and Julian Castro are scheduled to speak today. |
| New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is poking some fun at O’Rourke’s penchant for climbing up on counters, per a Washington Post reporter. | New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is poking some fun at O’Rourke’s penchant for climbing up on counters, per a Washington Post reporter. |
| Beto O’Rourke is speaking soon at the @NationalAction conference, and NYC comptroller Scott Stringer is goofing on him: “I was going to stand on a table, but there’s someone else who does that.” | Beto O’Rourke is speaking soon at the @NationalAction conference, and NYC comptroller Scott Stringer is goofing on him: “I was going to stand on a table, but there’s someone else who does that.” |
| Rep. Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, called it “reckless” and “irresponsible” to subpoena the Mueller report, per the Washington Post. | Rep. Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, called it “reckless” and “irresponsible” to subpoena the Mueller report, per the Washington Post. |
| .@RepDougCollins opens accusing Dems of just trying to dig up dirt on Trump: "This is reckless its irresponsible and disingenuous," he says of the Mueller report subpoena. | .@RepDougCollins opens accusing Dems of just trying to dig up dirt on Trump: "This is reckless its irresponsible and disingenuous," he says of the Mueller report subpoena. |
| The House Judiciary Committee is currently meeting to discuss a resolution that would authorize subpoenas for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report. | The House Judiciary Committee is currently meeting to discuss a resolution that would authorize subpoenas for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report. |
| The committee is expected to authorize subpoenas for the report and to five individuals, the Wall Street Journal reports: former White House counsel Don McGahn, former White House communications director Hope Hicks, former White House aide Steve Bannon, former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, and Ann Donaldson, former chief of staff to the White House counsel. | The committee is expected to authorize subpoenas for the report and to five individuals, the Wall Street Journal reports: former White House counsel Don McGahn, former White House communications director Hope Hicks, former White House aide Steve Bannon, former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, and Ann Donaldson, former chief of staff to the White House counsel. |
| “We have reason to suspect this administration’s motives,” committee chairman Jerry Nadler said at the hearing, according to WSJ. “The Mueller report probably isn’t the ‘total exoneration’ the president claims it to be. And, in any event, this committee has a job to do.” | “We have reason to suspect this administration’s motives,” committee chairman Jerry Nadler said at the hearing, according to WSJ. “The Mueller report probably isn’t the ‘total exoneration’ the president claims it to be. And, in any event, this committee has a job to do.” |
| Three Democratic senators will introduce legislation Wednesday to allow young immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to work jobs on Capitol Hill, CNN reports. | Three Democratic senators will introduce legislation Wednesday to allow young immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to work jobs on Capitol Hill, CNN reports. |
| The DACA program gives the immigrants, who were brought to the country illegally as children, authorization to work legally in the United States. But a little known law says only US citizens and legal permanent residents can get jobs and paid internships in Congress, according to CNN. Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Catherine Cortez-Masto of Nevada and Dick Durbin of Illinois will introduce legislation that would allow DACA recipients, often called Dreamers, to get paid. | The DACA program gives the immigrants, who were brought to the country illegally as children, authorization to work legally in the United States. But a little known law says only US citizens and legal permanent residents can get jobs and paid internships in Congress, according to CNN. Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Catherine Cortez-Masto of Nevada and Dick Durbin of Illinois will introduce legislation that would allow DACA recipients, often called Dreamers, to get paid. |
| Donald Trump says he was “was never planning a vote prior to the 2020 Election” on a healthcare plan to replace Obamacare. | Donald Trump says he was “was never planning a vote prior to the 2020 Election” on a healthcare plan to replace Obamacare. |
| Trump’s administration has asked the courts to strike down the Affordable Care Act. He first claimed that Republicans would come up with a great plan to replace it, but later acknowledged no such plan exists and no effort will be made to get one through Congress until after the 2020 election. | Trump’s administration has asked the courts to strike down the Affordable Care Act. He first claimed that Republicans would come up with a great plan to replace it, but later acknowledged no such plan exists and no effort will be made to get one through Congress until after the 2020 election. |
| Prior Trump efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare have failed to pass. | Prior Trump efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare have failed to pass. |
| I was never planning a vote prior to the 2020 Election on the wonderful HealthCare package that some very talented people are now developing for me & the Republican Party. It will be on full display during the Election as a much better & less expensive alternative to ObamaCare... | I was never planning a vote prior to the 2020 Election on the wonderful HealthCare package that some very talented people are now developing for me & the Republican Party. It will be on full display during the Election as a much better & less expensive alternative to ObamaCare... |
| A Republican group is launching an ad campaign against Rep. Ilhan Omar, CNN reports. | A Republican group is launching an ad campaign against Rep. Ilhan Omar, CNN reports. |
| American Action Network, a conservative advocacy group, will spend six figures on ads going after the Minnesota Democrat over her controversial statements about Israel, an official told the network. The ads charge that Omar “keeps hurling anti-Semitic slurs” and say House Democrats should “stand up to hate” and remove her from the Foreign Affairs Committee. | American Action Network, a conservative advocacy group, will spend six figures on ads going after the Minnesota Democrat over her controversial statements about Israel, an official told the network. The ads charge that Omar “keeps hurling anti-Semitic slurs” and say House Democrats should “stand up to hate” and remove her from the Foreign Affairs Committee. |
| At least 14 major donors to Donald Trump’s inaugural committee got nominations to be US ambassadors, NBC News reports. | At least 14 major donors to Donald Trump’s inaugural committee got nominations to be US ambassadors, NBC News reports. |
| None have diplomatic experience. The nominee for ambassador to the Bahamas, Doug Manchester - who gave $1 million to the inaugural - was even unaware the island nation he was picked for is an independent country. He incorrectly told Congress during his confirmation hearing that it was a US protectorate, which has never been the case. The Bahamas was formerly a British possession, but has been independent since 1972. Manchester’s nomination has been stalled for two years, according to NBC. | None have diplomatic experience. The nominee for ambassador to the Bahamas, Doug Manchester - who gave $1 million to the inaugural - was even unaware the island nation he was picked for is an independent country. He incorrectly told Congress during his confirmation hearing that it was a US protectorate, which has never been the case. The Bahamas was formerly a British possession, but has been independent since 1972. Manchester’s nomination has been stalled for two years, according to NBC. |
| Catching up on some election results from last night: Lori Lightfoot has been elected mayor of Chicago. She’s the first black woman to hold the job, and the first openly gay person. Her election is also remarkable because she is a political outsider who has never held elected office. | Catching up on some election results from last night: Lori Lightfoot has been elected mayor of Chicago. She’s the first black woman to hold the job, and the first openly gay person. Her election is also remarkable because she is a political outsider who has never held elected office. |
| Meanwhile, a conservative candidate beat the favored liberal in crucial state supreme court election in Wisconsin, which is being seen as an ominous sign by Democrats there, Talking Points Memo reports. | Meanwhile, a conservative candidate beat the favored liberal in crucial state supreme court election in Wisconsin, which is being seen as an ominous sign by Democrats there, Talking Points Memo reports. |
| And voters in Anchorage, Alaska rejected a proposal for a new alcohol tax, the Anchorage Daily News reports. | And voters in Anchorage, Alaska rejected a proposal for a new alcohol tax, the Anchorage Daily News reports. |
| As Donald Trump pushes anti-immigration policies on multiple fronts, his son in law Jared Kushner has been quietly working on a plan to increase legal immigration to the United States, Politico reports. | As Donald Trump pushes anti-immigration policies on multiple fronts, his son in law Jared Kushner has been quietly working on a plan to increase legal immigration to the United States, Politico reports. |
| Kushner, a senior adviser at the White House, has been working for months on the proposal, which would increase permitted numbers of both high-skilled and low-skilled workers. | Kushner, a senior adviser at the White House, has been working for months on the proposal, which would increase permitted numbers of both high-skilled and low-skilled workers. |
| The effort began in January when Kushner convened meetings with business and agriculture organizations, people involved in the talks told Politico. It could generate a proposal for Congress by the summer. Whether it gets that far may depend on whether Kushner or Stephen Miller, a hardliner on restricting immigration, who has not been involved in the talks, wins the day with Trump. | The effort began in January when Kushner convened meetings with business and agriculture organizations, people involved in the talks told Politico. It could generate a proposal for Congress by the summer. Whether it gets that far may depend on whether Kushner or Stephen Miller, a hardliner on restricting immigration, who has not been involved in the talks, wins the day with Trump. |
| The news emerged hours after Trump further backed off his threat to close the US-Mexico border, saying Mexico has been cooperating to his satisfaction. | The news emerged hours after Trump further backed off his threat to close the US-Mexico border, saying Mexico has been cooperating to his satisfaction. |
| “I really wanted to close it. Now Mexico saying is no no no, the first time in decades, we will not let anybody through, and they’ve apprehended over a thousand people today, at their southern border and they’re bringing them back to their countries,” he said at a Republican dinner Tuesday night, according to ABC News. | “I really wanted to close it. Now Mexico saying is no no no, the first time in decades, we will not let anybody through, and they’ve apprehended over a thousand people today, at their southern border and they’re bringing them back to their countries,” he said at a Republican dinner Tuesday night, according to ABC News. |