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Jamie Raskin says he hasn’t received a similar threatening letter as Garcia did from the Trump White House “Trump keeps making idle threats. The problem is that everything he's saying is ridiculous. The case law is against him.“
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Garcia rejects the idea that his “lawyer up” tweet was a mistake “I don't know how thin-skinned you have to be. I don't know if anyone ever reads the president's Truth Social messages. I mean, give me a break. I mean, they cannot take any sort of heat at this moment.”
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Robert Garcia: “We are not going to be threatened or intimidated because we are demanding accountability and oversight.”
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Robert Garcia: “We are not going to be threatened or intimidated because we are demanding accountability and oversight.”
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Garcia responds “We are a co-equal branch of government and will not be deterred by baseless threats from a weaponized DOJ or from the President’s lawyers.”
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🚨BREAKING NEWS in @PunchbowlNews AM The White House counsel warned Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the incoming House Oversight Committee chair, in a new letter that some of the new majority’s investigations could cross the line into criminal behavior. It’s an audacious claim that signals the White House is taking an aggressive — and hugely controversial — stance toward Democratic oversight in the 120th Congress. The letter, penned by White House counsel Will Scharf, says that Congress can only investigate matters for a legislative purpose — a position that Republicans have relied on and stretched in recent years. Further, the Scharf letter, sent to Garcia on Monday, says that Democratic investigations are designed to “harass and aggrandize rather than to advance any legitimate legislative end.” punchbowl.news/wh-hill_lette…
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The House Dem moderates are prepping to fight back against the flank. Increasingly emboldened after winning in droves last week, the center-left is turning its ire on hardline progs who are trying to draw concessions out of Jeffries
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More here >>> punchbowl.news/article/washi…
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Now that Soto has officially won his reelection race, we can say Jeffries was spot on with this bold election night prediction
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Hakeem Jeffries in an optimistic mood ahead of polls closing. “Every single one of our incumbents, including the ones who were written off months ago by MAGA extremists as a result of their gerrymandering scheme, are in it, and are poised for victory.”
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Aguilar on redistricting: “Legislatively, I feel comfortable saying I will support a ban on mid-decade redistricting, but unless the president signs that into law, I'm not going to stop keeping our head on a swivel to what Republicans are going to do”
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Ted Lieu: “On the 250th birthday of America, we're going to make history by electing Hakeem Jeffries as the first Black Speaker of the House, and it's going to be phenomenal.”
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Aguilar on the public opposition to Jeffries: “We've seen the same letters and call volume. Sometimes it's even from folks in our district. Most of the time, it's not.” “People are going to reach out, and and that's fine.”
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Aguilar on the public opposition to Jeffries: “We've seen the same letters and call volume. Sometimes it's even from folks in our district. Most of the time, it's not.” “People are going to reach out, and and that's fine.”
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More from Aguilar: “My advice to new members is focus on how you got here, and think through what's important ahead.” “And I think that all of that is guided by Hakeem Jeffries as speaker.”
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Aguilar responds to Leonard: “I don't know what senior Democrats he's talking about… I would tell any member if they asked how we're thinking about it, I would say I'm voting for Hakeem Jeffries, and there is no question he will be the next speaker.”
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Incoming Rep. Don Leonard says top House Democrats have threatened to “make [his] life a living hell” and cost him re-election if he continues attaching conditions to his support for Hakeem Jeffries for speaker. His conditions: 1) a vote on an amendment to end Citizens United and 2) “end U.S. support for the war in Iran and the country, Israel, that led us into it.” He says Jeffries is refusing to meet with him and the threats are like something “out of a movie.”
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DelBene: “I think that caucus might have been my favorite caucus of this entire Congress.” “And as I've said all cycle, our secret sauce is our candidates, just really amazing candidates. And after last week's results, I think the secret is out.”
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Inside Dem Caucus: House Dems are meeting this AM with the huge class of incoming freshmen. DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene cracked this joke to the room: “Someone said the food line is so long — and I said you’re welcome!”
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Pete Aguilar: “We just concluded just a little bit ago our caucus meeting, and when you decide to introduce every new member, and you have historic margins like we do, it takes a little bit of time”
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House Dem messaging ahead of Aguilar/Lieu press conference: Affordability + Accountability There’s been a concerted effort among Dem leadership to tie these two themes together
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Jamie Raskin: “The Trump administration seems to be flailing about because they're very nervous about the fact that they lost a landslide election last Tuesday, and they know that oversight is coming” “They had better get used to that”
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More from Raskin: “I was a little bit shocked that Attorney General Blanche said he was going to engage in criminal investigations of members of Congress for conducting our constitutional oversight duties.” “You can't retaliate against members of Congress”
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Robert Garcia slams Comer for releasing an Epstein report “based on an incomplete investigation” “We intend to hold real public hearings”
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.@RoKhanna: “We need to impeach Hegseth. If there was one message in this entire election, it's that people did not want the war in Iran.”
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Inside Dem Caucus: The deans of each state delegation are introducing all the new members from their states. They are going alphabetically by state and have a long way to go. Lots and lots of incoming House Dems
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Inside Dem Caucus: House Dems are meeting this AM with the huge class of incoming freshmen. DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene cracked this joke to the room: “Someone said the food line is so long — and I said you’re welcome!”
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Inside Dem Caucus: House Dems are meeting this AM with the huge class of incoming freshmen. DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene cracked this joke to the room: “Someone said the food line is so long — and I said you’re welcome!”
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Latest in race for next House Ag Cmte chair: A coalition of Ohio commodity organizations sent a letter to Jeffries backing Shontel Brown as a leader who can “build the broad coalition necessary to advance comprehensive agricultural legislation.” punchbowl.news/crt_brown_sup…
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State of play: Brown is seen as the favorite in the race. Jim Costa also running, and Don Davis spent Monday making calls to Ag Dems as he prepares to enter the race too
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Susie Lee on her term limits amendment: “As currently structured, leaders of our committees become too easily entrenched in their roles once selected through a meritocratic process." "This is a moment that demands fresh energy, ideas, and voices.” punchbowl.news/2026_11_09_su…
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