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January 4, 2013, 4:34 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
A changing of the guard happened Friday in tweets exchanged by Texas’s newest senator, Ted Cruz (R), and the outgoing lawmaker he replaces.
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January 4, 2013, 4:09 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dispatched multiple “job seekers” with fake resumes to their Democratic counterpart on Friday in order to make a point about high unemployment.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) invited interested campaign staff to drop off their resumes at the Capitol Hill headquarters on Friday, and the NRCC accepted the opportunity to print up fake resumes for “Julia,” a fictional woman created by President Obama’s reelection campaign.
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January 4, 2013, 3:17 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
The map of Ohio in Sen. Sherrod Brown's (D-Ohio) office has a new pin for New Concord courtesy of former astronaut John Glenn this week.
Brown tweeted a photo on Friday.
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January 4, 2013, 11:14 am
By
Alicia M. Cohn
The White House sent nearly 3,000 tweets in 2012, according to a post on the official blog this week.
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January 3, 2013, 5:56 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
President Obama remains the most popular world leader on Twitter, according to a new report released this week.
The number of world leaders who are on Twitter almost doubled in 2012, according to the report from new-media consulting firm Digital Daya.
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January 3, 2013, 4:30 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
Vice President Biden was on Capitol Hill for the swearing-in of the 113th Congress on Thursday, but he still took time to send a personal tweet congratulating his alma mater’s women's basketball team.
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January 3, 2013, 1:33 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
Thursday is the first day on the job for many members of the newly sworn-in 113th Congress.
While some new members of Congress have yet to switch over from campaign accounts to official accounts, many turned to Twitter to express themselves on their first day in office.
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January 3, 2013, 11:40 am
By
Judy Kurtz
Sen. Claire McCaskill is keeping memories of her mother close at hand as she’s sworn in at the Capitol. On Thursday, the Missouri Democrat wrote on Twitter, “Really missing mom. Wearing her wedding rings today. She would’ve been so happy and making new friends all over the Capitol.”
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January 3, 2013, 10:01 am
By
Alicia M. Cohn
Chelsea Clinton on Thursday thanked the New York hospital where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stayed during her recent health scare "for taking great care of my mom."
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January 2, 2013, 4:23 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
Many Democrats on Wednesday were content to let Republicans take center stage in criticizing their own party over disaster relief. Rep. Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) blasted Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for adjourning the House without a vote on legislation providing relief to the states hit by Hurricane Sandy in October. Their stance earned support from Democrats in the House and Senate on Twitter.
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