Wow—Mitt Romney on the Biden/Burisma investigation just now:
"It is not the legitimate role of government, for Congress or for taxpayer expense, to be used as an effort to damage political opponents"
Sen. Kaine on DeSantis just now:
“Somebody who would round up Venezuelans, who have fled one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world, and then use them for a political stunt, has no business ever holding any political office”
McSally repeatedly brings up "extreme left wing" group that Kelly was part of, but never says the name. Pressed by moderator to specify, she doesn't say
Kelly is asked to answer. The group is Giffords, the gun control group he & wife Gabby started
Interesting today: the Cherokee Nation, the largest tribal nation, launched a new campaign to get a nonvoting delegate in the US House, like DC or PR has.
A seat was promised to them in 1835 treaty. House can vote to approve—Cherokee are pushing for floor action by December
The New England states have sent an all-Democratic delegation to the US House for the fourth election in a row, with Jared Golden's victory now confirmed
Jon Ossoff will be sworn in as a senator at 430pm tomorrow, per his office-to-be.
He'll be escorted into the chamber by Sen Cory Booker, and will take the oath on using "a book of Hebrew scripture once owned by Rabbi Jacob Rothschild" of Atlanta
On the House steps a minute ago, Rep Matt Gaetz showed off his border wall-themed socks (featuring bricks) to the TV cameras.
Rep Dan Kildee, walking by just then, asked: "Did Mexico pay for those?"
Kyrsten Sinema is not running for anything, but unsurprisingly, her campaign keeps spending big on her travel—$216K over the summer with trips to Paris, Japan, Aspen
FEC reports show a $1,262 expense for a "meeting meal" at Nobu Tokyo
via @azcentral:
New: In May, Sen. Loeffler made a behind-the-scenes push against D proposals to halt negative credit reporting b/c of COVID
Soon after, her husband's co. (which she has $9M in stock in) capped a $10B acquisition of a major player in consumer credit data
NEW: Kyrsten Sinema has spent over $200,000 in taxpayer funds on private chartered jet travel since 2020—an expense that is rarely, if ever, made by most members of Congress
Sinema's AZ colleague, Mark Kelly, has spent $0 on private flights
