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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is "encouraged" by the principles a group of senators unveiled Monday for passing immigration reform.

Encouraged by bipartisan consensus on comprehensive #immigration reform. Looking forward to POTUS speech tomorrow.

— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) January 28, 2013

Warner sent the tweet about an hour after Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) unveiled a slate of immigration reform principles. Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who also helped craft the outline, were not at the press conference.

Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have signaled openness to passing immigration reform in 2013. Earlier on Monday, White House press secretary Jay Carney said President Obama "welcomes the efforts" by the eight senators.

"This is a big deal. This is an important development," Carney said at the White House daily briefing. 

Obama is set to deliver a speech on immigration reform Tuesday in Las Vegas.

The 113th Congress is the most Twitter-friendly yet.

According to Twitter, 90 percent of the House has an active Twitter presence. Sixty-seven of the 84 freshman members of the House are listed here. Many of those not listed used Twitter during their campaigns, but do not yet have an official account linked to their new office. This list only accounts for official Twitter accounts, although some campaign accounts are still active.

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Mitt and Ann Romney visited Washington, D.C., on Friday and attended a lunch with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Romney’s former running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).

Great lunch with Mitt & Ann Romney today — their remarks were wonderful

— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) January 25, 2013

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Thousands of anti-abortion rights activists flooded Washington, D.C. on Friday for the annual “March for Life” demonstration on the National Mall.

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is leaving the Obama administration soon, and he’s going out tweeting.

Salazar, who recently announced that he will step down by the end of March, joined the social media site Twitter on Friday.

Salazar’s motivation? His ever-present bolo tie has its own Twitter account, so he should too.

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Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) slammed Fox News over the news network's slogan "fair and balanced" on Thursday night, suggesting the network lies "a million times a day" by using it.

Fox News declares a million times a day it's fair & Balance and then complains about Lance Armstrong or Manti Te'o not telling the truth.

— Chaka Fattah (@chakafattah) January 25, 2013

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Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) questioned Vice President Biden's recommendation that people buy a shotgun, following the vice president's first Google Plus Hangout on Thursday.

Biden says “harder to use an assault weapon to hit something than it is a shotgun” Then why doesnt he want to ban shotguns? Flawed argument

— Richard Burr (@SenatorBurr) January 24, 2013

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The Democratic and Republican governors associations are engaging in a war of "likes" and "dislikes" on Facebook Thursday afternoon over Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg announced Thursday that he would host a political fundraiser, for the first time in his own home, for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Feb. 13. The fundraiser will support Christie's reelection as governor.

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Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) agrees with Derek Jeter on climate change, but he's still a loyal Red Sox fan.

Reed tweeted on Thursday:

Although I'm a @redsox fan, Derek Jeter is right to call for addressing climate change: bit.ly/147TGrf

— Senator Jack Reed (@SenJackReed) January 24, 2013

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The Washington, D.C. metro area got its first snow of 2013 overnight on Thursday, an accumulation of about an inch in most areas.

Pete Souza, the official White House photographer, captured the snow-covered White House in a photo shared on Twitter.

Snow! The view from outside the Oval Office. twitter.com/petesouza/stat…

— petesouza (@petesouza) January 24, 2013