Andrew Solender

@Axios congress reporter, New Yorker, dollar store Michael Cera丨Past: @Forbes丨Signal: Andrewsolender.02, Email: [email protected]

[Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender]

NEW: Rep. Adam Gray is the new chair of the Blue Dog PAC, per a release first shared w/ @axios

[Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu12]

New - Some Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are encouraging leaders to scrap the China committee

Ami Bera: "we’ve already got a Foreign Affairs Committee, we’ve already got the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific..."

w/ @Eleanor_Mueller
https://t.co/nhHKcqBrwc

[Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender]

@daveweigel first i’m hearing about this

[Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender]

@ImMetaverseMaxi they may have worked on someone but they didn’t work on me

[Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender]

my hot take on the PR vs. journalism fight is that i appreciate the PR people in my inbox because occasionally they give me quality twitter fodder or just a good laugh

[Jzon Azari @JzonAzari]

As a publicist, a simple yes, no or not interested (even though it’s not warranted) goes a long way. Not sure what it is with journalists these days but if we didn’t respond to your follow ups in the same breath… how would you feel? Especially when so many journalists are freelancers.

[Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender]

do i find pitches that are "based on my past coverage of" a topic I have never once covered annoying? undoubtedly yes.

but I have at least begrudging respect for the boldness of anyone willing to put their name to a pitch about the debt ceiling making people a little randy

[Julianne McShane @JulianneMcShane]

NEW: More than 200 Democratic members of Congress filed an amicus brief last Friday in a lawsuit challenging the VA’s abortion ban.

The Dems argue that federal law does not prohibit the VA from providing abortion care to vets, as the Trump admin argues.
https://t.co/JF21jE7HBs

[Oriana González @ReporterOriana]

👀 The new CHC members

Notably, Darializa Avila Chevalier — who defeated current CHC chair Adriano Espaillat — has officially joined the caucus

[Riley Rogerson @riley_rogerson]

NEW: I spoke with the centrist New Dems' new leadership team in their first interview since the caucus' Tuesday election.

They're all in on Jeffries, leaning in on permitting and sounding out on Medicare for All.

https://t.co/xhF3ByxW3Z

[Nick Penzenstadler @npenzenstadler]

Somali Bodyguard Was Indicted in a Bid to Incriminate Ilhan Omar https://t.co/S9dUs5AFcW

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

My (very late) PR take: reporters shouldn’t be dismissive of the people who have all the information.

And remember: Good reporters and PR people both spend a hefty portion of their days launching phone calls and emails into the void.

There is a measure of solidarity in the rejection we must all endure to get our jobs done.

[Axios @axios]

Don Leonard isn't a House member yet. He's already rocking Capitol Hill. https://t.co/erMQQZxNMR

[Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender]

@ThorningMichael It's always had the vote clock

[Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender]

This is new: Dome Watch, the House floor tracker app run by House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark’s office, now has a “session warning” function that counts down to when the House will be in session

[Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender]

NEW: Progressive Mai Vang concedes to Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui in #CA07 and says she is "not going anywhere."

"For the first time since 1978, someone other than a ‘Matsui’ won Sacramento County."

[Max Tani @maxwelltani]

I used to be against whining about receiving pitches. But I don’t think PR people have grasped how much AI has clogged up many journalists’ inboxes with annoying, frivolous pitches. I get so much junk now I’ve basically given up trying to maintain my inbox.

[Alex Isenstadt @axiosalex]

NEW: Stephen Miller wants to win back the young men who helped elect Trump in ‘24 but swung toward Dems in ‘26

What he’s telling allies about his priorities: https://t.co/0Ry9SBY9kL

[Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender]

@aaronnarraph Do you have a list of sources?

[Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu12]

new - Blue Dogs are welcoming a new member this am: Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet

[Daniella Diaz @DaniellaMicaela]

NEW: If you’re waiting for AOC to make a decision about her political future, you may be waiting a while.

“I will be deliberating this privately, but I probably will not be sharing anything publicly for a little while,” she told me on Monday.

I’ve also learned she has begun bulking up her political operation.

Everything here:

https://t.co/cteVY4pKhk