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Senior congressional reporter @PunchbowlNews, covering the Senate. Proud Italian-American 🇮🇹 & Philly native. andrew@punchbowl.news

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1Jun 8, '23Appears there is a Gang of 8 briefing underway in the Capitol. Schumer and McConnell have both headed into the Senate SCIF, as have Intel Committee heads from both chambers.35.7×3.9M7.4k1.3k137
2Nov 6, '24Scathing statement from Bernie Sanders on the election results “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that33.3×3.7M21k3k2.6k
3Jun 13, '23Republican leadership was counting on full attendance today to force VP Harris to come break the tie on Jared Bernstein. But Sen. Tuberville missed the cloture vote just now, so Re29.1×3.2M14k1.6k107
4Jul 21, '24Romney with a verrrry different statement on Biden than the rest of his party21×2.3M56k3.3k1.5k
5Mar 3, '25Congress passed legislation in 2023 that prevents any president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO without congressional approval. The lead GOP author? Marco Rubio19.7×2.2M42k4.8k1.3k
6Jul 17, '24NEWS — Senate briefing on Trump rally shooting just concluded. Top lines, per 2 senators on the call: —The shooter visited the rally site a few days in advance to scope it out —62 16.4×1.8M7.2k2.4k867
7Oct 31, '23SCOOP — NRSC poll presented to GOP senators at lunch today has Ruben Gallego cruising in a 3-person contest w/ Kari Lake & Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Gallego 41 Lake 37 Sinema 17 Dain15.2×1.7M4.1k86395
8Dec 19, '21Oof, Bernie on Manchin: “I also find it amusing that Sen. Manchin indicates his worry about the deficit after voting just this week for a military budget of $778 billion, four time14.9×071k13k393
9Oct 30, '23BREAKING — The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote as soon as next week to issue subpoenas as part of its Supreme Court ethics investigation, Chair Durbin announces. Subpoena targ14.6×1.6M9.3k2k90
10Nov 10, '25Wow — Sen. Ossoff, the most vulnerable Senate Dem, is a no13.8×1.5M11k513223
11Oct 28, '25Funny moment just now in the Senate: Lindsey Graham whispered something into his phone and then Siri responded with full volume: “Calling Sean Hannity mobile”13.7×1.5M33k2.5k1.3k
12Nov 5, '25NEWS — INSIDE THE ROOM per multiple GOP senators... After reporters were kicked out, Trump said the election results showed that the shutdown has been “worse for us than for them” 12.7×1.4M6.5k1.1k821
13Jun 4, '20Extraordinary comments just now from Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) who tells us Mattis’ words were “true, honest, necessary and overdue.” Says she’s struggling with the question o10.7×039k7.1k180
14Apr 1, '21Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene just introduced a bill that would “reduce Dr. Fauci’s salary to $0 until a new NIAID administrator is confirmed by the Senate.” The NIAID director’s app10.4×046k5.2k215
15Jul 10, '24A Democratic senator, unprompted, to me just now about this meeting tomorrow: “A waste of everyone’s time if Biden can’t even come make the case himself.”10.4×1.1M6.2k791203
16Nov 14, '24Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is answering reporters’ questions about Gaetz by holding up a photo of Rachel Levine, an assistant HHS secretary, and asking reporters “did you ask Democr10.4×1.1M14k1.6k319
17Jul 19, '23Senate votes 65-28 to approve Kaine/Rubio amendment that would prevent a president from pulling U.S. out of NATO without congressional review.10.3×1.1M15k1.4k90
18Jun 24, '25SCOOP: Huge news for western states. The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to allow the sale of millions of acres of federal land fails to comply with 9.6×1.1M14k2.3k583
19Jun 13, '24BREAKING — Senate Judiciary Committee uncovers 3 additional undisclosed trips that Justice Clarence Thomas took as a gift from Harlan Crow. These were *not* included even in Thomas8.0×876k6.9k1.8k192
20Jul 9, '24Just asked Sen. Fetterman (D-Pa.) if he plans on speaking up for Biden at the Dem lunch in a bit. His response: “I’m gonna suggest maybe we can encourage Joe Biden to bang a porn s7.6×837k6.5k933204
21Jul 31, '23WOW. Alabama’s delegation was worried this would happen due to Sen. Tuberville’s blockade — or other factors, like the state’s restrictive abortion law.7.4×819k6.2k86840
22Nov 2, '23Holy moly — Sen. Joni Ernst on Sen. Tuberville: “We have done the best we can to honor the request of a fellow senator that these nominations be brought to the floor & voted on7.4×812k5.4k72354
23Nov 1, '23NEWS — Group of Senate Republicans will go to the floor TONIGHT to seek unanimous consent on military promotions blocked by Tuberville. Will be led by Sen. Dan Sullivan, I’m told T7.2×797k4.8k83843
24Feb 28, '25It appears that @SenatorWicker has deleted this tweet highlighting his meeting with Zelensky & a bipartisan group of senators this morning.7.1×779k5k2.3k370
25Mar 19, '25Wow — the GOP chairs of the Senate and House Armed Services committees issue a joint statement in response to the below story indicating Trump DoD wants to significantly restructur6.9×759k5k1.7k613
26Jul 11, '24INSIDE THE ROOM — Senate Democrats got “heated” with Biden advisers, according to two Dem senators who were present. A number of Dems told the Biden team that they’re “being put in6.5×714k5.5k560328
27Mar 7, '23McConnell, unprompted, addresses the Tucker Carlson segment on Jan. 6, saying he wants to “associate myself entirely” with the Capitol Police chief’s letter which criticized the pr6.3×697k5.6k94267
28Feb 10, '21Sen. Lankford (R-Okla.) was incredibly shaken up after that last video of Officer Hodges being crushed. I and other reporters in the chamber observed Lankford appearing to get tear6.2×026k4.4k325
29Apr 29, '25Marco Rubio was the lead Senate sponsor of WPS. Kristi Noem was the lead House sponsor. And Mike Waltz chaired the House’s WPS caucus.5.6×616k11k2.6k547
30Mar 4, '20NEW: Ron Johnson says he’ll likely release an interim report within next 1-2 months on his cmte’s Biden probe. He insists it has nothing to do w/ the election, but “if I were a Dem4.6×016k4.1k39
31Jun 12, '25Things are not going well inside the Senate GOP meeting with Stephen Miller, per sources. Sen. Ron Johnson and Miller got in a “shouting match” over the border security funding num4.6×503k7.5k1.4k371
32Feb 4, '24BIDEN: “the United States Senate has done the hard work it takes to reach a bipartisan agreement. Now, House Republicans have to decide. Do they want to solve the problem? Or do th4.1×453k5.2k1.4k31
33Mar 15, '22Holy shit. The Senate just unanimously passed a bill making daylight savings time permanent. If this clears the House, no more changing the clocks twice a year.4.1×016k2.7k226
34Aug 3, '22Oooof — McConnell with a not-so-subtle dig at Hawley, who is voting no on Finland/Sweden joining NATO. “If any senator is looking for a defensible excuse to vote no, I wish them go4.0×020k2.7k102
35Jan 12, '18Don Lemon's first sentence on his show tonight: "The president of the United States is a racist."3.8×016k3.8k0
36Jan 6, '22My Jan. 6 experience was very different from that of most other Hill reporters. I was in Georgia covering the Senate runoffs. On Jan. 4, Trump held a rally in NW Georgia for Loeffl3.6×014k4.3k339
37Jan 30, '20NEW: Chief Justice Roberts told senators that he will not read aloud the alleged Ukraine whistleblower’s name or otherwise publicly relay questions that might out him/her—a move th3.6×015k3.1k56
38Sep 25, '19Hmmm… The White House just sent its talking points on Ukraine to House Democrats. Here are some screenshots, per source.3.5×08.5k3.8k364
39Aug 8, '23Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT: “Tuberville is not going to back down. He thinks he’s become a celebrity folk hero for the fringe right…He’s having the time of his life. So if you want the mi3.4×372k4.7k81920
40Feb 13, '21CASSIDY’s statement is very brief: “Our Constitution and our country is more important than any one person. I voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty.”3.4×017k2.5k54
41Sep 15, '25Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) doubles down on his criticism of Hakeem Jeffries for not endorsing Zohran Mamdani “I’m getting calls from New York asking why the Democratic leader in3.3×362k6.6k650157
42May 18, '20Confirmed: State Dept IG Steve Linick was also looking into Trump’s emergency declaration to sell arms to Saudi Arabia. “We don’t have the full picture yet, but it’s troubling that3.2×012k4.1k75
43Oct 10, '22NEWS—Senate Foreign Relations Chair Menendez is about to call for an immediate freeze of U.S. cooperation w/ Saudi Arabia. Menendez has veto power over foreign weapons sales. “I wi3.1×013k2.7k193
44Jun 9, '20Mitt Romney on Trump’s tweet: “It was a shocking thing to say. And I won’t dignify it with any further comments.”3.1×016k1.7k33
45Oct 22, '19New: Per source in the room, Bill Taylor’s opening statement was 15 pages long and prompted “a lot of sighs and gasps.”3.0×012k3.4k81
46Nov 22, '24News: GOP senators privately discussing their interest in viewing Tulsi Gabbard’s FBI file for previously unknown info like possible foreign contacts, citing her open hostility tow3.0×329k4.7k1.3k257
47Oct 9, '20This is remarkable — a federal judge has ordered DOJ to confer with the WH about its official position on declassification of Russia docs in response to Trump’s tweets. BuzzFeed is3.0×011k3.4k226
48Jun 30, '25Sen. Tillis currently railing against the bill and what he calls an artificial deadline to get it done “What’s wrong with actually understanding what this bill does?” Says it break2.9×314k5k89679
49Jun 24, '20Scoop: The White House asked a Republican senator to block a bill that punishes China over its encroachments in Hong Kong. That senator, Kevin Cramer, obliged, blocking unanimous p2.8×06.7k4.3k192
50Oct 23, '19NEWS: Source tells me that after House Republicans tried flooding the SCIF with non-committee members, “many brought their cell phones too into the classified area.” “Stand off in 2.6×07.6k2.5k60
51Jan 14, '21Wow — Pelosi announces the House will vote next week to impose FINES on lawmakers who refuse to go thru the new metal detectors installed outside the House chamber. $5,000 for the 2.5×011k1.8k48
52Feb 13, '21Wow, Ron Johnson picked a fight with Mitt Romney on the Senate floor just now after this witness vote, per pooler @jason_donner “Ron Johnson turned to Mitt Romney and was upset wit2.3×08.1k2k139
53Mar 14, '25Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), thought to be in play for cloture, will be a NO on cloture, per spox. She also just released a statement saying she’s a no on the bill. Field of possible2.2×240k6.6k66294
54Nov 25, '19BREAKING: Federal judge orders former WH Counsel Don McGahn to testify, shattering the WH’s claims of “absolute immunity.” The long-awaited ruling from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson 2.0×08.2k2k34
55Oct 29, '19VINDMAN: —Has first-hand knowledge —Was on July 25 call —Twice reported concerns to NSC lawyer —Believed Trump undermined U.S. nat'l security —Is an immigrant from the Soviet Union2.0×06.4k2.2k46
57May 14, '20Asked Graham about this tweet just now. He reiterated that he’s not going to call in Obama. “I don’t think now’s the time for me to do that. I don’t know if that’s even possible.” 2.0×07.6k1.9k82
58Nov 21, '19Schiff asks Fiona Hill: “Why are the Russians pushing the narrative that it was Ukraine?” Hill says Russia wants to “delegitimize” the U.S. presidency. “This is exactly what the Ru1.9×08.3k2.1k32
59Dec 11, '17Nathan Mathis is here outside the Moore event. He tells me his daughter committed suicide and says Roy Moore called her a pervert because she was gay. “My sign says it all,” he sai1.8×06.2k2.6k1
60Jan 26, '21There it is — House impeachment managers deliver article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate, formally triggering a trial.1.8×07.3k1.4k73
61Jul 13, '17Gorka on Russian meddling: "You have to move on because people are dying in Syria." @jaketapper: "Russia is killing some of those people."1.8×06.9k2.2k0
62Apr 6, '20NEW: Michael Atkinson just sent this statement to reporters on his removal as inspector general for the intelligence community. He says Trump fired him for “having faithfully disch1.7×06.1k2.3k104
63Sep 7, '17👀 After Don Jr. testimony to Senate Judiciary Cmte, Sen. Chris Coons' office sends out statute on giving false statements to Congress1.7×04.5k2.8k1
64Jun 9, '20“In case you didn’t see the tweet...”1.6×07.3k1.3k82
65Feb 15, '19NEWS: Cummings tells WH counsel Pat Cipollone the Oversight Committee received documents showing Trump attorneys Sheri Dillon & Stefan Passantino lied to gov’t ethics officials1.6×04.9k2.5k44
66Aug 3, '22Wow. Sen. Cotton is going after Sen. Hawley, though not by name, for voting to allow North Macedonia into NATO in 2019 but now opposing Finland/Sweden. “It would be strange indeed,1.6×08k96159
67Jan 29, '20BREAKING: House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel says Bolton told him on a Sept. 23 call that “the committee look into the recall of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch” and “strongly1.6×04.5k2.4k59
68Mar 10, '21Marjorie Taylor Greene just referred to Rep. @davidcicilline, an Italian-American, as “Rep. Mussolini.” Never thought I’d see a lawmaker resort to bigoted attacks against so many e1.5×05.1k1.3k96
69Apr 21, '21Big — Biden is about to officially recognize the Armenian genocide.1.5×06.5k1.2k57
70Jan 19, '20Schiff: “The NSA, in particular, is withholding what are potentially relevant documents to our oversight responsibilities on Ukraine, but also withholding documents potentially rel1.5×04.9k2.3k42
72Sep 28, '21This is big — Biden has repeatedly denied this, but McKenzie says it under oath.1.5×06k1.5k53
73Oct 14, '19NEWS: Former Pompeo adviser Michael McKinley, who resigned last week, will testify in closed session on Wednesday before House impeachment investigators, according to an official w1.4×05.9k1.5k9
75Mar 5, '22NEW: During a call with senators & House members this morning, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy made an emotional plea for a no-fly zone, saying it’s the only option given that Pu1.4×06.5k1.1k80
76Jan 7, '21PELOSI threatens impeachment if no action on the 25th Amendment — “If the vice president and cabinet do not act, the Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment.”1.4×07.5k7464
78Oct 11, '19BREAKING: Appeals Court has REJECTED Trump’s appeal of the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena for his financial records. Big win for House Democrats.1.4×05.4k1.6k28
81Sep 20, '20Pelosi on ABC does not rule out the possibility of impeaching Trump in order to force the Senate to take up a trial, thereby delaying a SCOTUS nomination. “We have our options. We 1.3×05.5k95837
82Sep 7, '22Absolutely insane story. A Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter was murdered, and police today searched the home of a top county official who was the subject of the reporter’s recent 1.3×04.7k1.5k222
84Oct 4, '18🤔 Ben Sasse just now from the Senate floor said he urged Trump to nominate someone different—a woman whom he doesn’t name—instead of Kavanaugh.1.2×04.5k1.1k14
85Jul 1, '20Sen. Warren exits Senate SCIF after what appears to be a briefing on Russian bounties — “There was no one there who had any information about what information was given to the pres1.2×04.6k1.5k23
86Sep 17, '19Nadler to Lewandowski: “Your behavior in this hearing room has been unacceptable.” He says contempt of Congress is on the table.1.2×04.9k9157
87Sep 12, '19BREAKING: House Judiciary Committee approves resolution spelling out the parameters for its impeachment investigation into President Trump. All Democrats voted aye; all Republicans1.2×05k1.1k19
89Dec 21, '18!! Corker: “We have two talk-radio show hosts who basically influenced the president, and we’re in a shutdown mode. It’s just—that’s tyranny, isn’t it?”1.2×04.6k1.1k17
90May 20, '19BREAKING: U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta rules in favor of House Democrats in their subpoena to Mazars for Trump’s financial records. More TK1.1×04.6k1.2k16
92Jul 20, '20Sen. Romney unloads over coronavirus testing failures: “It’s very frustrating to me that people go to get a test and have to wait 4-5 days to get the results. That really removes i1.1×05.6k70612
93Feb 12, '21NEW — TUBERVILLE tells reporters he stands by his account of his call with Trump about Pence having just been evacuated.1.1×04.4k1.2k29
94Sep 21, '20BREAKING: McConnell locks in Sen. Cory Gardner “I have and will continue to support judicial nominees who will protect our Constitution, not legislate from the bench, and uphold th1.0×04.2k8969
95Feb 28, '22Sen. Rubio says setting up a no-fly zone in Ukraine would lead to World War III. “People have to understand what that means. That means a willingness to shoot down Russian planes. 1.0×04.5k48948
96Jan 30, '20Wow. Question from Romney: “On what specific date did Trump first order the hold on aid to Ukraine, and did he give a reason at that time?” Philbin: “I don’t think that there is ev1.0×04.5k88817
97Nov 27, '19JUST IN: House Judiciary files motion opposing a stay in the McGahn case, saying “the delay from such a stay would impair the House’s ongoing impeachment inquiry.”0.9×03.9k1k10
98Sep 25, '19SCHIFF after reading whistleblower complaint: “I found the allegations deeply disturbing. I also found them very credible. I can understand why the IG found them credible ...The co0.9×03.7k1k18
99Jul 19, '18Democrats just successfully tanked a Circuit Court nominee. Extremely rare move from McConnell.0.9×04k7705
100Feb 5, '215:35 a.m. — it’s over. Budget resolution passed Senate 51-50, @VP Harris breaks tie.0.8×04.1k47812

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