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Janice Schakowsky
@janiceschakowsky· Democratic · IL· Jan 11, 2023

I am against all forms of violence, including violence against any one of the majority of Americans who support abortion rights. The statistics are absolutely clear. Since 1977, there have been 11 murders, 42 bombings, 196 arsons, 491…

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Janice Schakowsky
@janiceschakowsky· Democratic · IL· Jan 9, 2023

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall no. 22. Stated against:

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Danny Davis
@dannydavis· Democratic · IL· Jan 9, 2023

I know this may be the beginning of a new year, but we are back to the same old thoughts, ideas, and practices: Protect the wealthy. Disadvantage the poor. We need a tax system that is fair. We need the skilled auditors who can look at the…

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 5, 2023

This was a vote against the election deniers, against Trumpism, and against General extremism.

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 5, 2023

I think Kevin McCarthy stands a very good chance of getting run out of the Speakership.

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 5, 2023

I think if the group that drove this whole deal this week become prominent figures in the next two years, that a lot of those moderate or more moderate Republican, Senate right Republicans, particularly in closer swing districts, contested…

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 5, 2023

But the outcome, they came to, embraced many of the goals of the people who you call bomb throwers, and it basically emasculated the Speaker or the speaker to be, if he is to be, and he is going to be the weakest that we've seen in a very…

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 5, 2023

I think that this is -- if in fact, the most rabid voices in that caucus are leading the charge here and they go overboard, this is precisely what people feared when they voted last November and why Kevin McCarthy is struggling now because…

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 5, 2023

If this remains the face of the GOP in 2024, we will get pummeled in the presidential and congressional elections. We would have won more seats in 2022, but too many feared the extremes in the GOP, even before this.

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 5, 2023

I think if you speak to Republicans in Congress and out of Congress, privately, there's a lot more concern about the leverage that these Freedom Caucus representatives have shown here, and the price that Kevin McCarthy had to pay to win…

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Mike Quigley
@mikequigley· Democratic · IL· Jan 5, 2023

I was in the room on January 6. I wasn't sure--not sure I would be here without the extraordinary efforts on that day.

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 4, 2023

I think Democrats did better than expected, in the midterm elections, for the same reason.

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 4, 2023

Well, at some point in the not too distant future, he may just have to take the wheel here because the way these rules, if they are, and we don't really know.

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 4, 2023

I think that Biden was elected, in certain ways, as an antidote, to the chaos, of the Bush years, because he is an institutionalist, and he's seen as a calming influence.

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Jan 4, 2023

You know, none of them will tell you on the air. They're not going to come on and say, we're just tired. We need to go home, because obviously you have to put up this we're here to fight for.

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Jan 4, 2023

I think my biggest worry just for the country is not really the ballot after ballot, and that's just democracy. That's a process. Everybody is learning kind of House rules now. It is, what is Kevin willing to give up?

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