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Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Jul 21, 2026

Thanks to the tireless work of local leaders who help Granite Staters battling addiction, we’re finally beginning to see a drop in overdose deaths in New Hampshire. This progress is a result of the advocacy of Granite Staters in the…

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Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Jul 21, 2026

Now, we're seeing the consequences of that decision, with enrollment in Affordable Care Act health insurance already down by almost eight percent in New Hampshire and that number is likely to grow.

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Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Jul 21, 2026

President Trump and Congressional Republicans chose to make Americans’ health care premiums more expensive in order to give billionaires and corporate special interests a tax break.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 21, 2026

We remain supportive of removing dangerous convicted criminals from our communities, but this goal can and must be achieved without endangering these very communities in the process.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 21, 2026

The recent fatal shootings involving U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers, specifically within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Biddeford, Maine, and Houston, Texas, coupled with fatalities during similar…

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Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Jul 21, 2026

Housing affordability is one of the defining challenges facing New Jersey, and we’re using every tool available to bring costs down.

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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Jul 21, 2026

This would NOT fly in the business world. We need to stay here until we get ALL our work done. That’s what the American people expect of us.

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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Jul 21, 2026

After this week, the House and Senate won’t be in session at the same time again until SEPTEMBER 14 if we keep the current schedule.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Jul 21, 2026

Socialism has not worked anywhere on the globe. Promises of free lunch, free buses, free bread, free everything. There’s no such thing as free. Someone always pays. This is a dream. This is nirvana. This is utopia. And they’re selling to…

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jul 20, 2026

Any data center interested in operating in Kentucky will have to pay for 100 percent of its own energy.

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Abigail Spanberger
@abigailspanberger· Democratic · VA· Jul 20, 2026

If you’re someone who’s kind of always teetering on potential eviction, you’ll feel it real quick when you have just a little bit more breathing room to be able to kind of steady yourself and pay your rent.

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Abigail Spanberger
@abigailspanberger· Democratic · VA· Jul 20, 2026

We have two options. We can either sort of walk away from the conversation, in which case, the data center goes to Maryland or goes to Pennsylvania, it’s still PJM that is still impacting our costs.

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Abigail Spanberger
@abigailspanberger· Democratic · VA· Jul 20, 2026

I do not want to see us move in a place where we think, as a commonwealth, we’re on path towards meeting the VCEA goals but that’s because there’s all this generation that is sort of outside of the scope of what is counted.

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Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Jul 20, 2026

I think we’ve crafted this incredibly carefully to both fit within the legal system, as well as protect renters from collusion and wrongdoing.

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Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Jul 20, 2026

This bill won’t single-handedly fix our housing crisis but it will stop some of the relentless price hikes.

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Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Jul 20, 2026

It’s collusion by algorithm, and it’s illegal, and it stacks the deck against renters.

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Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Jul 20, 2026

The problem is that these tools put competing landlords on the same team against renters.

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Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Jul 20, 2026

Landlords can use these algorithms to coordinate prices, move in lockstep, and push rent higher and higher. It’s collusion by algorithm, and it’s illegal, and it stacks the deck against renters.

newjerseymonitor.com
Jim Pillen
@jimpillen· Republican · NE· Jul 20, 2026

I’m old enough to admit that whenever I used the word ‘never,’ it was a mistake.

nebraskaexaminer.com
Patrick Morrisey
@patrickmorrisey· WV· Jul 20, 2026

I am confident he will build on our efforts to modernize the department while ensuring critical services are delivered efficiently, effectively and with compassion.

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