@FightinHydrant Parking illegally is exactly the civil disobedience that MLK preached. Keeping fighting FP!
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Michael Robinson
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Just got a ticket. Thought today was a holiday. No love for MLK in the city. Sad man
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Made it back to Capitol. Whew. Was in some incredibly dank sub-basement linking Longworth and Rayburn. A narrow stairwell leading to a dimly lit hall and an elevator that left me in a far-off corner of Rayburn 4th floor.
How do people work every day in that building?
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Brief thread on how we got here: Since the GOP won control of the House 2 years ago they have not passed a single appropriations package into law. Government has operated at funding levels set by Dems 2 years ago via continuing resolutions every few months. This is not normal.
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The amendment called for 14 long haul flights (a slot pair is a flight in and a flight out 7x2=14)
Jamie Dupree@jamiedupree
House defeats plan to add 7 longer-haul flights at DCA
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Seems like Members, on a bipartisan basis didn’t buy the argument. BTW it would have been 14 flights not 7.
Congressman Blake Moore@RepBlakeMoore
.@repburgessowens’s amendment to the FAA authorization bill would lower flight prices & increase market competition, allowing more westerners to visit our nation’s capital. It’s past time we amend the archaic perimeter rule & allow for 7 more direct flights to DCA from western states. #utpol
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@scorebook_bob can’t wait to get you back in the booth - love allowing folks to get pbp experience but you just don’t know what you’re missing until…
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New lobbyist using their corporate card for the first time.
Washingtonian Problems@WashProbs
Caption this (DC Edition)
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There is a special place in hell for people that grab the back of your airline seat to either sit down or stand up.
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Had the good fortune of doing same the other day and it should never get old.
Paul Kane@pkcapitol
It’s been a while since I worked late in the empty Capitol & during the walk out, paused at the exact middle of the Rotunda and just appreciated that awesome room all by myself.
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@DougHeye Is this the first time you’ve called Duke the best?
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@AlanShipnuck But did he ground the club in the practice swing?
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Oh, shit! PReed in a bunker asking Slugger White for a ruling! Could be the most electric moment in LIV history.
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@MattLaFortune Matt, we appreciate your efforts to improve the safety of our neighborhood. The sheer volume of violent crime is astounding.
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Gathering information as it comes out this morning but one person is in custody from a fatal shooting at Potomac Ave. Metro station this morning. I've been in touch with MPD, WMATA, CM Allen, and the Mayor's Office.
Matt LaFortune@MattLaFortune
More info: twitter.com/statter911/sta…
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To be fair @brianjameswalsh the time to address government spending is through reforming mandatory spending programs which far surpass total federal spending than does regular discretionary spending.
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The HANDFUL of things decided by Leadership are typically things Leadership told the Committee to hold open for them to decide! #appropriations
Olivia Beavers@Olivia_Beavers
Says he likes the concession on appropriations “The man or the woman who’s in the committee and the subcommittee, spending two years reading the inspector general reports, GAO reports, they should be making those decisions, not kicked up to elected leadership.”
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@burgessev Isn’t just as much a brushback to previous Senate chairs/leadership who either marked in committee and never brought to the floor or just dropped chairman marks and never went to committee?
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Apropos for Approps, as it were
This is a clear brushback to the House GOP
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Interesting joint statement from Sen. Murray and Collins, Apropos leaders, about working together: "This starts with funding the government in a responsible and bipartisan manner—that means marking up our appropriations bills and bringing them to the floor in a timely way."
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