Greg Tourial

Legislative Analyst at CQ, Lord of the Rings Enthusiast, Erstwhile Tweeter of Tweets. Can my thoughts fit into 144 characters?

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@AlexClearfield When we brought home our two kittens, they spent six hours hiding under our treadmill in the basement before they came out to explore

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@AlexClearfield I found my great-grandmother (my grandfather’s mother) listed as his mother-in-law. Which would have been weird with them having the same last name and all

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@StevenTDennis

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Update: The Kittens have now discovered the currently unused keyboard tray under the desk

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@KCoxDC Please tell me how you explained NFT’s to an 8-year old? I’m 30 and I still don’t get any of the explanations for adults

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Kittens continue to wait patiently for updates on the timing of today’s House floor votes

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@KCoxDC Try the 5th movement to Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique?

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Here are pictures of our new kittens, both waiting patiently for a deal to be reached on the reconciliation framework (or possibly to be fed, it’s unclear)

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@amyleerosen We brought home two new sister kittens this weekend. Meet Donna (orange) and C.J. (gray)

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@jonallendc @nycsouthpaw @MEPFuller The other big rule that is eternally etched into my brain: Congressional committees can’t pass bills. They can approve or report a bill, but only the House or Senate can pass a bill.

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@MEPFuller @nycsouthpaw @jonallendc Confession time: I’m not sure where the actual guide is anymore. I mostly just picked it up by osmosis after working with @michaeltindc covering committees for two years

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@jonallendc @MEPFuller Trying to write a CQ story about a bill that has both keeps me up at night

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@MEPFuller @jonallendc Don’t even get us started on the difference between budget and appropriations

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@AlexClearfield You don’t have antibodies but you need cash now

Call Tony Fauci, 877-VAX-NOW

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@AlexClearfield @JackieTothDC Such halcyon days

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@amyleerosen In a series where the Starfleet experts that usually come to the Enterprise are usually evil or incompetent, Shelby was a nice change of pace. Sure she conflicted with Riker but it could have been so easy to make her obviously bad or dumb. But they didn’t

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@amyleerosen

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@AlexClearfield So many fond memories at the Lands of the President, and so few of them involving Hank Aaron

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@AlexClearfield For me it was the Scholastic News Magazine we got in fourth and fifth grade

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