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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Apr 4, 2025

This bipartisan amendment supports extending vital healthcare tax credits for working families. Twenty-two million Americans rely on premium tax credits to get the healthcare they need, but those tax credits are supposed to expire this…

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Apr 4, 2025

I call up my amendment No. 1602 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New Hampshire [Mrs. Shaheen] proposes an…

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Apr 4, 2025

do I have any time left? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 10 seconds remaining.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Apr 4, 2025

Nobody is talking about raising the rates. The only question before us on this amendment is, Should the rates be cut for people making more than $1 billion a year? I urge a ``yes'' vote and will accept a voice vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Apr 4, 2025

I rise to join my colleagues--I really appreciate my colleague from Hawaii's leadership on this topic and the Senator from New Hampshire--to talk about the pending discussion about the budget reconciliation bill and the vote-arama that…

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Apr 4, 2025

The power to impose tariffs is one the Constitution gives to Congress—not the president.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Apr 4, 2025

I call up my amendment No. 1773 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Maine [Mr. King] proposes an amendment numbered 1773…

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Apr 4, 2025

I think I would title this amendment the ``Are There No Limits?'' amendment. My amendment is that there should be no tax cuts for anyone earning-- an individual earning--more than $1 billion a year. There are 170 people who fit into that…

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Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Apr 3, 2025

I want to thank my colleague from Wisconsin, Senator Baldwin, for such excellent, poignant, moving descriptions of the real cost of this budget plan that we are on the floor to consider tonight. I rise today to join my colleagues and the…

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Apr 3, 2025

I'll fight back against Trump tariffs, seek exemptions from trade partners.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Apr 3, 2025

I’m drafting a plan to force a vote on nixing the national emergency Trump declared Wednesday, which would effectively scrap the across-the-board tariffs set to kick in Saturday.

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Jim Justice
@jimjustice· Republican · WV· Apr 3, 2025

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1295 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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John Hoeven
@johnhoeven· Republican · ND· Apr 2, 2025

I rise today to join my colleagues in calling attention to the devastating fentanyl fallout, made significantly worse by 4 years of failed Democrat open border policies and to note the return of commonsense border security policies led by…

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Apr 2, 2025

They call it democracy. Mayor Adams can run as an independent if he chooses.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Apr 2, 2025

I rise to join my colleagues who are in support of Senator Kaine's, I think, thoughtful approach on how we can put an end to this tariff war with Canada. I have got to tell you that one of the things about working with Tim Kaine for 40…

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Jim Justice
@jimjustice· Republican · WV· Apr 2, 2025

You've got to grow. And that’s what I believe our president’s trying to do.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Apr 2, 2025

I rise for some concluding comments. I believe the vote will follow. I want to acknowledge my colleague from Idaho's comments about the northern border. This is a bill that is fundamentally about tariffs. I acknowledge what my colleague…

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