Manu Raju
@mkraju
Anchor and Chief Congressional Correspondent, CNN. “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju.” 8a/11aET Sunday. Rabid Chicago sports fan. Wisconsin Badger for life
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The latest reporting from Washington, the campaign trail and around the world @InsidePolitics Sunday. This Sunday and every Sunday. 8aEt and 11aET on @CNN
Todd Armstrong, a cattle farmer, voted for Trump but feels abandoned after Trump suggested a deal for the US to buy beef from Argentina “I don’t see anything in this that puts America first” GOP lawmakers are raising alarm to Trump W/@mkraju cnn.com/2025/10/22/pol…
Senate to get stymied on which workers to pay. GOP wants to pay furloughed feds still working. Dems want to pay all furloughed workers. Tuberville says of the Dem plan: “Well, it's called a shutdown. You start paying everybody then there’s no pressure on anybody from either side”
For the 12th time, Senate Dems block GOP bill to reopen the govt. 54-46. No change in defectors. No talks between the two sides. House been out of session for more than a month. Senate expected to leave tomorrow til Monday. Shutdown poised to drag on to week 5.
Asked Jeff Merkley about how he was able to stand for 22-plus hours without taking a bathroom break, sitting or eating. He said last thing he ate was something small on Monday AM. Said he felt light-headed at one point during speech. “Dehydration works pretty well,” he told us
Thom Tillis on Trump’s ask for $230M to DOJ to pay his legal bills: “Particularly right now, we're talking about a quarter of a billion dollars transferring, maybe to the president when we're in a shutdown posture. It’s at very best bad timing, but I think it's horrible optics.”
Sanders stands by Platner endorsement Bristled when asked about tattoo: “We are dealing with a collapsing healthcare system. As a result of Trump's policies, 50k Americans may die unnecessarily every year…you’re asking me about whether or not a guy should get a tattoo removed?”
Bernie Sanders just told us he’s still standing behind Graham Platner as his campaign is dogged by controversy in #mesen. “I personally think he is an excellent candidate. I'm going to support him and look forward to him becoming the next senator in the state of Maine,” he said
Jeff Merkley’s floor speech — nearly 16 hours (must stand, no bathroom breaks) — is now the the *seventh longest in the history of the Senate (Fixing previous tweet)
Sen. Jeff Merkley began speaking at 6:24p, railing against Trump and his administration — and he’s still going at 5:40am, surpassing 11 hours The longest floor speech in history was when Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes earlier this year
John Fetterman on just three Ds voting for GOP funding bill. “It’s Groundhog Day…That's a great movie, but this is shitty. And now it's … touching the lives of regular Americans. And we all lose. And it's embarrassing to our allies and to our enemies abroad.”
At his weekly press conference, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer endorses Janet Mills in #mesen and again declines to endorse Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race, saying again they’re having conversations
Bernie Sanders just told us he’s still standing behind Graham Platner as his campaign is dogged by controversy in #mesen. “I personally think he is an excellent candidate. I'm going to support him and look forward to him becoming the next senator in the state of Maine,” he said
Rand Paul, chairman of the committee overseeing the embattled Paul Ingrassia nomination, told me he would have something to say tomorrow about it.
Former Platner political director weighs in on his tattoo
President Donald Trump's hopes for a quick meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin have stalled out, with an administration official telling CNN there were "no plans" for a summit between the two "in the immediate future." cnn.it/3L215Yn
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