Wanna know what lawmakers did today? What they said in committee, on the floor, on the news shows and elsewhere? What articles, shows, Internet videos and more grabbed their attention? Who sniped at whom, and why? Get the inside scoop at “Hill Tweet News,” a Twitter-based service of AirCongress.
Here are today’s Top 5 tweets, followed by the rest of today’s edition of “Hill Tweet News“:
- Via @Senate_GOPs, the Senate passed a short-term spending bill to fund the federal government through Wednesday.
- @MicheleBachmann warned that Congress could be “killing the housing industry once and for all.”
- @RepMikeHonda defended his “pork” for a Japanese museum in San Jose in response to an @SenJohnMcCain tweet. Honda said it will create jobs.
- @michaelcburgess wrote 15 straight tweets about yesterday’s White House healthcare summit. Here’s an excerpt from one: “High marks for style. Substance, not so much.”
- @petehoekstra mused, “Twitter founder going to White House. Does this now make it acceptable?”
More after the jump »
Categories: California, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, Health, Technology, Michele Bachmann, Budget, Economy, Housing, Mike Honda, Hill Tweet News, Michael Burgess, Pete Hoekstra
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On the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. this week, members of the House and Senate took time to remember his impact in American history.
Lawmakers featured in this video include: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.; Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.; and Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, a Michigan Democrat who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus.
Categories: California, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, Producer's Picks, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Race, James Clyburn, History, John Lewis, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Martin Luther King Jr.
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The House today passed a bill that would extend by 15 days a law that expanded the Bush administration’s powers to conduct anti-terrorism surveillance without warrants. The law is set to expire Friday. The original measure called for a 30-day extension.
Here are debate excerpts from Democrats John Conyers of Michigan and Jane Harman of California. Conyers said the temporary extension would give Congress more time to reach agreement on “responsible” reform to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that governs such wiretaps.
Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., also addressed the wiretapping debate in a press conference.
Categories: California, Michigan, Missouri, Producer's Picks, Security, Technology, Civil Liberties, Terrorism, John Conyers, Communications, Roy Blunt, Intelligence, Jane Harman
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., is defending his decision not to impeach President Bush now one year into Democratic rule of Congress but said in an impromptu interview with a supporter of the idea that impeachment is “not off the table.”
Categories: Michigan, White House, Law & Judiciary, John Conyers
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Democratic mischief-makers on the Internet are urging people in their party to vote for Republican Mitt Romney in today’s Michigan primary, which allows state residents to vote in either party’s primary regardless of their political affiliation.
The “Democrats For Mitt” movement has spurred a satirical video that has been making the rounds online the past two days.
Categories: Michigan, Politics, Mitt Romney
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