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Lindsey Cormack
@dcinbox.bsky.social
PoliSci Prof. Official Congress e-news DB: DCinbox.com & CB8 member. Book on Parenting, Politics and Civic Ed (HowtoRaiseaCitizen.com), Political Communications & Electoral Systems. NYC💗UES + Marlboro NY
https://dcinboxinsights.substack.com/
Use of the word "illegals" in official e-newsletters over time, by party
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The vote in the Senate that cleared 60 people was the cloture vote for the House bill (H.R. 5371)

That bill only funds the government through Nov 21 (it's not the "deal")

The Senate deal bill is S.3168 (the text is not up yet)

It will still have to clear the House (& that's not guaranteed)
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Rand Paul (R-KY) still voted against the cloture motion in the Senate www.senate.gov/legislative/...
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
if the Senate comes up with a shut down deal, the house will have to come back to vote to pass it.

Speaker Johnson will have to swear in Adelita Grijalva.

She will be the 218th signature on a discharge petition for the Epstein files.

The congress show will move into the next episode

Wild time
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) just sent this out to constituents:
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The rise of Newsmax in official congressional e-newsletters over time
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I sorta like Bob Onder's patriotic Davy Crockett style
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The screwworm has a lot of lessons to teach us about American politics and government:

dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/what-the-s...
What the Screwworm teaches us about government
+ the political lessons of the Golden Goose
dcinboxinsights.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
it's no longer just the "democrat shutdown" - this abuse of office is hideous
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Mentions of "adelita" in official congressional e-newsletters over time, by party.

Thanks to @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social for giving me the idea to look
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
If we think others should follow Pelosi's lead to retirement from Congress there are 6 others members serving now who are older than her:

- Chuck Grassley (R-IA) 92
- Eleanor Norton (D-DC) 88
- Hal Rogers (R-KY) 87
- Maxine Waters (D-CA) 87
- Steny Hoyer (D-MD) 86
- Jim Clyburn (D-SC) 85
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
There are a growing number of official congressional e-newsletters talking about "delisting" animals from the Endangered Species list.

Recent mentions include the gray wolf, mexican wolf, and grizzly bear.
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
NYC closed primary v. general election totals by borough.

Margins in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens stayed pretty consistent.

Mamdani did better in the Bronx in then general, and Cuomo did better in Staten Island (closed primary rules probably doing much of the work in primary margins)
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
For local election results in NJ, I'm looking here: results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/12...
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It's going to be a 7-8-9 night

Poll closing times:
7 pm Virginia
8 pm New Jersey
9 pm New York
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I'm reading 2017 e-newsletters and just came across this photo:

Going to bat for the middle class
November 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Republicans in congress always write to constituents more about Trump than Democrats do in official e-newsletters
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Mentions of "Hillary" in official (not campaign) e-newsletters, over time, by party
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The day before the gov shutdown, the Dept of Ed announced $153 million in civics education grants. Here's how those grants were distributed across the states in the form of $/# of public school children:

www.ed.gov/grants-and-p...
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The last time "food bank" was on the rise in official congressional e-newsletters was at the start of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Check out who comes (or doesn't come) to events held by member of the US Congress.

Rep. Hillary Scholten's Mobile office hours in West Michigan last week:
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just saw a new alliterative democratic response to the GOP term "Schumer Shutdown" in DCinbox:

"reckless Republican shutdown"
dcinbox.com/email/?id=26...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Mentions of "hungry" in official congressional e-newsletters over time, by party

(the peak is right now)
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I have never seen a sitting member of congress link to the .gov contact form of another member of congress in their official e-newsletters until this today from Rep. Langworthy (R-NY)
November 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM