Paul Kane

Old guy covering a Hill. Current: NOTUS. Formerly: WashPost, Roll Call.
Forever: Philly sports, Springsteen and all things UD Fightin' Blue Hens.

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

A fantastic Speaker's Lobby column from @ChadPergram, from his perch broadcasting the great charity event:

"The annual ritual of decrypting the Congressional baseball game is the most challenging thing I do professionally each year ..."

A confusing game.
https://t.co/c6p2tEwgbd

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

https://t.co/rMtAtA0xTO

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

DC’s ultimate political reporter power couple/World Cup obsessives gonna find lotsa ways to write a ton of pieces mixing politics & futbol for next 3 weeks.

@merica @albamonica

https://t.co/olipFnrPql

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

The worst fans at big sports events aren’t in cheap seats. There are no cheap seats. The worst fans are super successful, wealthy people who get to see great things & feel entitled to scream awful things at players, other fans.
Ryder Cup last fall was filled w/ this type of fan.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

MAGA Knicks fan update:

Moments after the final buzzer, the guy who had earlier yelled at me "other than the shirt, you suck!" came back to call me a "fucking Muslim supporter" and "Mamdani piece of shit," and to knock my phone out of my hand.

Like, WTAF? Guy needs some serious help ….

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

"Destruction is not strength. We have to be builders."

vs

“It’s being built with corrupt money, and it will always be dirty."

really smart @DaniellaMicaela look at '28 Dems would do with WH ballroom (and other Trump construction).

Read it.
https://t.co/V3ZFYrQCKb

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

@NOTUSreports … even if you weren’t a fan of Reid or McConnell, click through to see some vintage pics. I think I see a young @samstein here at the WH sticks in 2012

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

When Lieberman supported McCain & opposed public option, Reid stood by him:
“We need his vote to get the rest of this.”
McConnell opposed efforts to punish Romney: “The most important vote is the next vote.”

Their successors @LeaderJohnThune @SenSchumer are very different …

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

… my @NOTUSreports column analyzing Thune & Schumer vs McConnell & Reid.
The current duo like to be liked.
“You won’t have any trouble finding my enemies,” McConnell told his biographer.

“He didn’t give a damn what you thought,” Coons said of Reid.
https://t.co/EwV4K8wIkk

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

“It’s a little harder to make the argument that we’re feckless,” Schatz said of the party’s tactics opposing Trump this year

Even Bernie agreed: “Democrats have done a good job”

https://t.co/WOo9fKKOTX

[Avani Kalra @avanidkalra]

A spy powers program is set to go dark this weekend.

And even lawmakers themselves are split on what the consequences actually are.

“We don’t know the answer, but it is obviously a high-risk proposition,” Sen. Mark Warner said.

w @kadiagoba

https://t.co/zvjfFiSYXH

[Reese Gorman @reesejgorman]

New: Four Republican House members have failed at a run for Governor.

Why?

“Because the service in the House is not a particularly big asset right now,” Dusty Johnson, who lost his gubernatorial bid in SD, said.

W/ @DaniellaMicaela

https://t.co/cV8NP2lign

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

There were 15 votes in the House this week. Four members, 3R-1D, missed all 15.

Rep. Tom Kean R-NJ (out since March 5, 135 straight missed votes)
Rep. Ralph Norman R-SC (31)
Rep. Nancy Mace R-SC (17)
Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet D-MI (15)

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

Craig pleaded guilty & kept it under wraps. Till someone called Roll Call during August recess & told them where to find court records.
To this day no one knows who called & provided @cspanJohn the amazing scoop.

[Dan Bayens @danbayens]

On this day in 2007 --

U.S. Sen. Larry Craig was arrested for lewd conduct in a men's restroom at the Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport

#WideStance #Jiminy!

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

Mace & Norman still haven't shown up since losing Tuesday. She told @reesejgorman she is traveling. Norman never responded to my inquiry.
That's 23 votes missed just this week.

"I understand they have primaries, but you were elected for this job," @barrforsenate says.

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

Who’s got the House majority today? Who knows.
Because so many Rs are skipping votes, often to campaign back home, it can flip back-forth during vote series.
Rank-file are ticked off.
“They expect us to be here,” Bacon said.
My column.
https://t.co/3cmeRppEZc

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

Who’s got the House majority today? Who knows.
Because so many Rs are skipping votes, often to campaign back home, it can flip back-forth during vote series.
Rank-file are ticked off.
“They expect us to be here,” Bacon said.
My column.
https://t.co/3cmeRppEZc

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

Some political poetry from @natalie_allison on the brief rise & long fall of @NancyMace:

“… real political talent & promise … years of brazen political opportunism … hunger for media … turning on many allies … losing even her home county.”

https://t.co/nZPZ3ZNfy2

[Joe Gould @reporterjoe]

NEW: Senate Republicans shutting down talk about Reconciliation 3.0 as Reconciliation 2.0 limped over the finish line in the House. That's got major ramifications for the Pentagon and defense industry.
w/ @alweaver22 @reesejgorman
https://t.co/XEz1oeJDrF

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

@stephen_neukam @reesejgorman House Folding Caucus™️

Reese really needs to reserve the rights to this phrase.

[Gabe Fleisher @WakeUp2Politics]

“Let’s get this to @realDonaldTrump’s desk”

The measure Blackburn is referring to is a simple Senate resolution, which means it does not need the president’s signature, nor would it go to his desk.

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

Give a click to listen to Chad and me talk with GOP skipper Roger Williams about tomorrow night’s ballgame.

[535 News @the535news]

Today on 535: @RepSchneider, @Rep_McBride, @RepRWilliams, @ChrisMurphyCT, @RepThompson, and @RepGabeVasquez join us live from Capitol Hill. @ChadPergram and Rainn Wilson will also join.

The policy and people driving Washington, live starting at 11am ET. https://t.co/fZ1NsC9Erd