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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· May 21, 2025

We don't think it's an appropriate use of the Congressional Review Act, and we're prepared to defend ourselves if it's wrongfully weaponized.

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Liz Murrill
@lizmurrill· LA· May 20, 2025

Victory! A federal court has granted Louisiana's request to strike down an EEOC rule requiring employers to accommodate employees' purely elective abortions. This is a win for Louisiana and for life!

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Liz Murrill
@lizmurrill· LA· May 19, 2025

We will uncover all the facts eventually and anyone who aided and abetted will be prosecuted to the full extent the law allows.

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Phil Weiser
@philweiser· CO· May 13, 2025

If you literally have to bring separate cases for every single plaintiff, you are limiting the ability of courts to declare what the law is and protect people.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· May 12, 2025

By clawing back this already-allocated funding, Donald Trump's White House is prioritizing political posturing over the safety and well-being of Americans.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· May 12, 2025

It is both wrong and unlawful for the Trump Administration to demand Minnesota law enforcement step away from their patrols... to instead enforce federal immigration law.

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Kwame Raoul
@kwameraoul· IL· May 12, 2025

This critical funding has nothing to do with immigration, and the administration's attempts to hold it hostage... is unconstitutional and outrageous.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· May 12, 2025

President Donald Trump can't use these funds as a bargaining chip as his way of ensuring states abide by his preferred policies.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· May 4, 2025

California is not hiding the fact that we have chosen to focus our resources on public safety instead of immigration enforcement.

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Ken Paxton
@kenpaxton· TX· May 2, 2025

Today, Texas parents and school children secured a major victory. This universal school choice bill is a historic step in ensuring that students will have the freedom to seek the educational option that is right for them, not be trapped in…

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Ken Paxton
@kenpaxton· TX· Apr 30, 2025

As this investigation continues, I will take aggressive action against any corporation that puts our children’s health at risk.

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Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Apr 28, 2025

A ruling for petitioners would eliminate the buffer this court has long enforced between religious instruction and public schools.

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Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Apr 28, 2025

Religious education is an invaluable benefit for millions of Americans who choose it.

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Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Apr 28, 2025

Unfortunately, the approval of a charter school by one faith will compel the approval of charter schools by all faiths, including even those most Oklahomans would consider reprehensible and unworthy of public funding.

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Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Apr 28, 2025

I doubt most Oklahomans would want their tax dollars to fund a religious school whose tenets are diametrically opposed to their own faith.

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Kris Mayes
@krismayes· AZ· Apr 27, 2025

We have to win in the courts to prevent these unconstitutional actions from going into place.

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Kris Mayes
@krismayes· AZ· Apr 22, 2025

My office has reached out to ICE for answers on how this was allowed to happen to an American citizen. It is wholly unacceptable to wrongfully detain U.S. citizens.

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James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Apr 9, 2025

Attempting to take the life of a former president and a leading presidential candidate isn’t just an attack on one man, this was a political attack against our republican form of government and our shared American values.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Apr 2, 2025

I’m ready to take on bullies who get in our way.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Apr 2, 2025

I will fight to ensure it’s still within reach for everyone.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Apr 1, 2025

Whether defending workers against wage theft or looking out for families in need of a hospital for their kids, standing up for DREAMers or fighting for clean air and water, I've always been driven by the California values instilled in me…

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Apr 1, 2025

California is at a crossroads. From housing to healthcare, childcare to college, working families are facing an affordability crisis. The California Dream is slipping away.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Mar 13, 2025

We’ve secured a court order pausing the Trump Admin’s unlawful termination of federal probationary employees and ordering the reinstatement of fired employees.

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