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Andrew Desiderio

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Andrew Desiderio

@AndrewDesiderio

Senior congressional reporter @PunchbowlNews, covering the Senate. Proud Italian-American 🇮🇹 & Philly native. [email protected]

Washington, D.C.

Joined December 2011

Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Dec 19, 2021
Oof, 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 times greater than Build Back Better over ten years and $25 billion more than the president requested.”
Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Jul 21, 2024
Romney with a verrrry different statement on Biden than the rest of his party
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Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Apr 1, 2021
Rep. 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 appointment is not subject to Senate confirmation.
Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Jun 4, 2020
Extraordinary 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 of whether to support Trump in 2020.
Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Mar 3, 2025
Congress passed legislation in 2023 that prevents any president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO without congressional approval. The lead GOP author? Marco Rubio
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
Mar 2, 2025
Elon Musk says the United States should leave NATO and the UN.
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Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Feb 10, 2021
Sen. 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 teary-eyed. Sen. Daines (R-Mont.) was comforting him and was holding his arm.
Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Oct 28, 2025
Funny moment just now in the Senate: Lindsey Graham whispered something into his phone and then Siri responded with full volume: “Calling Sean Hannity mobile”
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Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Aug 3, 2022
Oooof — 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 good luck. This is a slam dunk for national security that deserves unanimous bipartisan support.”
Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Nov 6, 2024
Scathing 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 that the working class has abandoned them…”
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Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Mar 4, 2020
NEW: 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 Democrat primary voter I’d want these questions satisfactorily answered before I cast my final vote.”
Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Feb 13, 2021
CASSIDY’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.”
Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Jun 9, 2020
Mitt Romney on Trump’s tweet: “It was a shocking thing to say. And I won’t dignify it with any further comments.”
Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Jan 12, 2018
Don Lemon's first sentence on his show tonight: "The president of the United States is a racist."
Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Jan 30, 2020
NEW: 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 that has effectively blocked @RandPaul from asking a question today.
John Roberts blocks mentions of alleged whistleblower's name
From politico.com