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Schumer also lambasted the majority leader on his recent move to block several election security bills.

Four of the country's largest progressive grassroots organizations are tired of waiting on House Democrats to initiate impeachment proceedings—so they're combining their efforts.

GOP defectors have blasted the deal for adding $320 billion to current spending levels, a figure that contradicts their years of harping against deficits and debts.

"They all thought debt was bad when it was President Obama's debt," said GOP Senator Rand Paul. "They're not interested in the debt now that Republicans are complicit."

Kennedy said that when it comes to actually reducing spending, lawmakers from both parties "don't want to hear about it."

The first-term lawmaker told Newsweek that after weeks of studying the evidence, she's determined the accusations levied against the four-star general are false.

Senators heard from both General John E. Hyten and his sexual assault accuser Colonel Kathryn Spletstoser privately last week. But coupled with his public testimony on Tuesday, the Trump nominee has, so far, failed to quell some of the concerns.

The president's supporters shared video showing a rat in West Baltimore running through a local Fox TV station's live shot Monday.

"You dehumanize people. You say they're infested. It gives you a reason to exterminate them," former Democratic congresswoman Donna Edwards said.

"No, I do not [agree Cummings is racist]. Absolutely not," GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski told Newsweek as she boarded an elevator. Visibly annoyed, she turned to a colleague. "It's just like, we're back to the Trump tweets," the Alaska lawmaker said quietly.

"But I'd also like to ask the first responders to come up and we'll give this stage a shot. Let's see how well built, made in America. Let's see how well built it is. Come on up," the president joked.

The divide among House Democrats concerning an impeachment inquiry is consuming too much oxygen in the room, stifling much of the public recognition they've sought for legislative achievements since regaining the majority.

Jerrold Nadler and his Judiciary Committee colleagues conceded they were in the midst of investigating whether articles of impeachment should be filed against Trump. Or, in other words, an impeachment inquiry.

"I consider myself a weaver, at the loom, just making all of those threads come together in the boldest possible way," the House Speaker said of unifying members of her Democratic caucus.

Officials at "all levels of government" were afraid of warning about Russia interference and eroding election integrity, a new Congressional report states, leading to "a lack of information" at the state level.

"Look, I've seen people with onset dementia, I'm not going to mock this man. He obviously shouldn't have been there."

"He by no means is safe."

"It wasn't a single attempt. They're doing it as we sit here, and they expect to do it during the next campaign," Mueller said of Russia.

"In a perfect example of the Fox-Trump feedback loop, it turns out that many of the GOP questions yesterday came straight from Sean Hannity," John Avlon said.

Nearly all Democrats appeared to publicly remain within their respective anti- or pro-impeachment camps. Democratic leadership also continued to pour cold water on the idea.

About the only similarity between Republicans and Democrats in questioning Robert Mueller was that both sides came prepared.

"I just want to be really clear here. I don't want children in my facilities," Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost told Congress.

Trump only ever answered written questions. However, he did not answer them completely, nor did he respond to a round of follow-up questions.

"It's tough for Mitch McConnell to argue, 'The money will hurt you,'" Andrew Yang wrote about universal basic income.

The vote today directly affects hard-working Americans of every political stripe.

"Is it true that you and your team advised the president's lawyer that 'an interview with the president is vital to our investigation?'" Nadler asked Mueller.

The former special counsel reiterated that longstanding legal opinion by the Justice Department prohibits the indictment of sitting presidents.

The Senate voted to permanently fund the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act on Tuesday.

Here's everything you need to know to be up to date before Mueller's House testimony Wednesday morning.

Democrats have said that the simple act of having the former special counsel testify publicly could be the tipping point for many of their colleagues in supporting an impeachment inquiry.