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	NPR Politics @nprpolitics	12h
	Congress has the power to block President Trump if he declares a national emergency to build a border wall. n.pr/2BCKDHl
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	InterfaithYouthCore @ifyc	15h
	In case you missed it, @EbooPatel was on the @21stShow yesterday with NPR's @tgjelten discussing a new wave of religious progressives. Listen to the full interview here: bit.ly/2SwOd0i
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	Niala Boodhoo @NialaBoodhoo	13h
	I just asked @SenDuckworth about this. "It's illegal", she said, adding that she expects there will be court challenges if indeed the President does declare a national emergency twitter.com/RayLong/status…
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	The 21st @21stShow	16h
	Well that's what we TOLD you twitter.com/nprscottsimon/…
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	Scott Simon @nprscottsimon	16h
	On my way to the studio to be on the @21stShow, a stepped out of an elevator and Andrew McCabe stepped on w/ @NPRinskeep. We do run into the most interesting people at work!
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	The 21st @21stShow	16h
	The first day @NSF reopened after the shutdown, Chief Operating Officer Fleming Crim says 16,000 grantees drew down $200 million from the @NSF bank. A normal day would be closer to $20 million. "The pain was pretty evenly distributed," across different disciplines he says.
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	The 21st @21stShow	16h
	"We're hopeful but prudent," Crim says of another possible #governmentshutdown. "We're getting our ducks in a row so we'll be able to deal with the consequences of the shutdown." During the last shutdown, workers were furloughed causing them to miss over 2,000 proposals.
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	The 21st @21stShow	16h
	With their $8 billion budget, @NSF funds about 25 percent of all of the basic research in the country. "In some cases we're the only game in town," says Crim.
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	The 21st @21stShow	16h
	"Some of these ideas are going to transform society. We don't know when we fund them which ones those will be, but that's the bet we make," says @NSF's Fleming Crim about #funding.
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	The 21st @21stShow	16h
	"Everything that excites folks about science is good for the nation, it's good for the @NSF, and it's good for the entire scientific enterprise," says Crim about Mars' #OpportunityRover. "That excitement is what makes people notice. And it inspires people."
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	The 21st @21stShow	16h
	Much of scientific research depends on funding from the federal government. @NSF spends a total of about $300 million a year on academic research in Illinois alone. So what happens when the government shuts down? More on this with @NSF's Fleming Crim: bit.ly/21stShow
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	The 21st @21stShow	16h
	Replying to @nprscottsimon @Cubs and 4 others We asked @nprscottsimon about being a Cubs fan with emails by Joe Ricketts coming to light. The children don't have to answer for their parents, he explains. But he has a harder time with the re-signing of Addison Russell.
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	NPRMemberPartnership @nprstations	17h
	The @21stShow team wraps up their visit at @NPR HQ today, but not before @NialaBoodhoo sits down to chat with NPR’s and Illinois’ own @nprscottsimon. pic.twitter.com/nHW7ucPRdL
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	The 21st @21stShow	16h
	Replying to @nprscottsimon @Cubs and 4 others Can you zoom in to see @nprscottsimon's pocket square? Overwhelmingly all his @NPR colleagues told us he was "VERY well dressed." pic.twitter.com/3nELhsVLlL
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	The 21st @21stShow	16h
	Replying to @nprscottsimon @Cubs and 4 others @nprscottsimon hails from the Land of Lincoln and received the Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois in 2016. Other than meeting his wife and raising children, "was the greatest honor of my life." @npr @nprstations @NPRWeekend
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	The 21st @21stShow	16h
	Replying to @nprscottsimon @Cubs and 3 others @nprscottsimon's Advice for reporters in Washington? Well on Jim Acosta having a mic taken away... "That would not have happened in Springfield or Chicago." Other journalists would've gotten involved.
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	The 21st @21stShow	17h
	What does @RepCheri miss the most when she's in DC? Her Friday night hangout, Frank’s Pizza in Silvis, IL “It is literally the best pizza”. That's closely followed by Gabatoni’s in Springfield, she says.
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	The 21st @21stShow	17h
	"We do what we can in a divided government," says @RepCheri. "Where can we come together? I guess my question back to Rodney Davis: What will he support?... It is not an answer to do nothing."
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	The 21st @21stShow	17h
	@nprscottsimon saying "no I'M the bigger @Cubs fan!" to @NialaBoodhoo Comments or Questions for Scott @NPR @NPRWeekend? Tweet us or call 800-222-9455. pic.twitter.com/cnrFzVPCZK
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	The 21st @21stShow	17h
	.@RepCheri says criminal #backgroundchecks is something that could get support on both sides of the aisle: "I don’t think every Republican will support this but I think it’s a reasonable piece of legislation that will keep guns away from criminals."
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