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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2025

'No court has adopted the interpretation of Title IX that is being advanced by the Trump Admin'

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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Jul 9, 2025

If you do appropriations in the Senate, you have 60 votes to support it. If you do rescissions, you can take it back with 50, which then makes it tougher to get a bipartisan agreement on an appropriations package.

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Jul 8, 2025

This will make it easier for health care and mental health providers from out of state to help both by traveling to the area and by telemedicine.

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Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· Jul 8, 2025

by blocking the rule, the legislative committee is taking over powers that the state constitution assigns to the governor and exercising an unconstitutional 'legislative veto.'

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Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· Jul 8, 2025

It’s pretty simple—a handful of Republican lawmakers should not be able to single-handedly and indefinitely obstruct state agencies from doing the people’s work.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 8, 2025

TSA will no longer require travelers to remove their shoes when they go through our security checkpoints.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 8, 2025

I walked over to him and I hugged him and said, 'Do you work here?'

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Jul 8, 2025

We're going to address every aspect of this storm to make sure we're going to have in place the systems that are needed to prevent deadly flooding events like this in the future.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 8, 2025

Honestly, if you’re concerned about the debt … I don’t think just electing a few better people is going to change the trajectory.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 8, 2025

I believe PreCheck will still be something many travelers will want to utilize.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 8, 2025

I’m a Republican … I don’t want to see that happen.

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Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· Jul 8, 2025

Wisconsinites want to protect our constitutional checks and balances. Today’s Wisconsin Supreme Court decision ensures that no small group of lawmakers has the sole power to stymie the work of state government and go unchecked.

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Jul 8, 2025

He could not stop talking about how sad he was for all the little girls who have lost their lives.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 8, 2025

The problem is, when you do another party, especially if you’re running on some of the issues that he talks about, you know, that would end up, if he funds Senate candidates and House candidates in competitive races, that would likely end…

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 8, 2025

I think Washington needs to be overhauled 100%, but I just don’t think a third party is going to do it.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 8, 2025

The visit was 'very emotional' and 'just so tragic,'

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