Word On The Tweet: Mmmm....Sausage

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After tweeting up a storm worthy of Blackberry-wielding nerds before "The Watchmen" premiere during Pres. Obama's speech 2/24, Cong. tweeters took it down a notch yesterday and this a.m.. Though the tweets were less frequent, they were more meaty -- as Obama prepares to outline his budget and Congress prepares to debate the omnibus spending bill, tweets were full of views from inside the appropriations sausage factory.

Note: all tweets are reproduced exactly as they appeared, grammar/spelling warts and all.

In A Nutshell - The Day On Twitter:

Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL): "Another day another $410 Billion. You would hope that this massive spending would eventually end. I see no end in site." - 2/25, 5:11 PM

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT): "On my way to the White House for a meeting on improving our financial regulations." - 2/25, 2:59 PM

Dodd: "Meeting was productive, We are starting to lay the groundwork for a financial structure better suited for the 21st century." 2/25, 4:20 PM

Making Policy, 140 Characters At A Time:

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, (R-UT): "I offered amendment saying this will NOT lead to Senate getting 2 Senators for DC. Dems unanimously voted against amendment. Shocking." - 2/25, 9:08 PM

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL): "At state dept. B'fast with sectry of state with other FA Cmtee mbrs. Middle east, Ltn Am, carib, u name it: mess. Lots to fix. + mtng!" - 2/26, 9:46 AM

Have The Intern Do It:

Rep. Eric Paulsen (R-MN): "http://tinyurl.com/dhaq4m Why Paulsen voted against stimulus plan Coon Rapids Herald" - 2/26, 9:49 AM

Rep. John Boehner (R-OH): "The Hill's take on my lunch w/reporters today: "Boehner: 'Era of Big Government' Is Back" http://is.gd/kUgg" - 2/25, 9:54 PM

Politicians: They're Just Like Us:

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ): "steve nash hurt? amare too! what now for the suns!" - 2/25, 5:30 PM

Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC): "Reflecting on a jam packed day here in DC. Hearings, votes, meetings, staff discussions. It was flat out. Hope to tweet more tomorrow." - 2/25, 11:28 PM

Live From Claire's Brain

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO): "Ok ok. Mom's upset that I was rude at Pres speech re:tweets.For the record I tweeted bfor,at very begining,& after speech.I wanted to listen" 2/26, 10:12 AM

(EVAN McMORRIS-SANTORO)