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Covering the CMC Congress Simulation 2018

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@ComTotton_Sim "The Republicans won, the Democrats caved"

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SIMULATION--Both @ComTotton_Sim and @ClaremontReed hail succesful day in Armed services Committee

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@ClaremontReed "The Armed Services Committee is a model of bipartisanship"

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SIMULATION-Judiciary Committee votes to send the Everytown act to the floor

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SIMUATION-In Judiciary Committee Markup, @klaremontkamala and @dfeinsteincmc argue passionately against 20-week abortion amendment added to proposed gun control bill

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SIMULATION-According to @MinorityMitch, Finance Committee Democrats offer to rename the Robert A. Taft Memorial the Trump Memorial in order to advance a bill that would expand the EITC

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@ClaremontReed votes 'aye', adding amendment to the final bill

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SIMULATION @ComTotton_Sim calls out Democratic colleagues for voting against amendment that would sanction China for aggression in the disputed South China Sea

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SIMULATION-In Judiciary Committee, CONTRIBUTE act passes by a 5-2 vote with @NotSenGrassley and @SimulationTed voting against

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SIMULATION--Bipartisan Congressional Accountability Act passes Judiciary Committee, will be voted on on the floor of the Senate

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SIMULATION--In a unanimous vote, Armed Services Committee passes CONSENT Act

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SIMULATION-In response, @FakeSenGraham, who is personally against the wall, petitions his colleagues to agree to a certain level of funding for the wall in order to appease President Trump and dissuade him from using his veto power on the CONTRIBUTE act.

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SIMULATION-In Judiciary Committee Markups, @klaremontkamala says she will vote against any legislation that provides funding for President Trump's wall on the US-Mexican border

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SIMULATION-In Judiciary Committee mark-up, @ClaremontCoryB refers to @SimulationTed proposed amendment to CONTRIBUTE act as "absolutely crazy"

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SIMULATION-Armed Forces Committee votes to pass the VALUE Act to the floor of the Senate

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SIMULATION-The Finance Committee votes in support of the SAVIOR act. The bill will be voted on the floor of the Senate

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SIMULATION--In an entirely partisan, 5-4 vote the Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act will be brought to the floor of the Senate

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SIMULATION- Judiciary Committee votes unanimously to bring the CAA Reform Act to the floor of the Senate

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(Simulation, not real)

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Separately, @rascalMcCaskill expresses dismay at the high level of partisanship she saw today and hopes that the committee can move on and make real progress