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JaredHuffman (D-Calif.)
@JaredHuffman

RT @jonfavs: The President asked his FBI Director to let his National Security Advisor off the hook for committing the crime of… https://t.co/8Smk2JGmwo

Deleted after 202 weeks at 4:25 PM on 22 Oct 21. Original tweet by @jonfavs.
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TerryMcAuliffe (D-Va.)
@TerryMcAuliffe

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.@DSMcAuliffe and I making some of the world's greatest gingerbread men here at @VAGovMansion with children of the… https://t.co/kNL4QFUUGn

Deleted after 3 minutes at 3:51 PM on 02 Dec 17.
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RepJayapal (D-Wash.)
@RepJayapal

RT @haleykeller413: TY @RepJayapal for standing up for public safety and voting NO on "Concealed Carry Reciprocity," which guts state gun laws! #StopCCR #HR38

Deleted after 152 weeks at 6:34 PM on 31 Oct 20. Original tweet by @haleykeller413.
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RepAlGreen (D-Texas)
@RepAlGreen

RT @SenatorTester: I was just handed a 479-page tax bill a few hours before the vote. One page literally has hand scribbled policy cha… https://t.co/JdMIEfWZgj

Deleted after 59 seconds at 4:50 PM on 02 Dec 17. Original tweet by @SenatorTester.
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RepThompson (D-Calif.)
@RepThompson

Many thanks to everyone who helped organize and attended the hieroglyphs tree lighting ceremony in Martinez last ni… https://t.co/eLQbRiG4PT

Deleted after 16 seconds at 5:10 PM on 02 Dec 17.
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mccamon (D-Kan.)
@mccamon

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RT @sivavaid: No actual democracy could have passed a tax bill like this.

Deleted after 33 weeks at 6:15 AM on 29 Jul 18. Original tweet by @sivavaid.
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JoaquinCastrotx (D-Texas)
@JoaquinCastrotx

RT @waltshaub: Dowd’s explanation to CNN makes no sense. He claims he wrote the tweet claiming Flynn was fired partly for lying to… https://t.co/6SlaQfSINZ

Deleted after 19 weeks at 10:49 PM on 18 Apr 18. Original tweet by @waltshaub.
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RepScottPeters (D-Calif.)
@RepScottPeters

RT @JimPethokoukis: Goldman Sachs on GOP tax bill: After a 0.3 ppt upturn in growth in 2018 and 2019, we "note that the effect in 2020… https://t.co/X42FpfOZbf

Deleted after 51 weeks at 8:34 PM on 29 Nov 18. Original tweet by @JimPethokoukis.
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