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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 30, 2025

Republicans just struck down an amendment to protect our rural hospitals from being forced to close or reduce their services.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jun 30, 2025

Republicans are doing something the Senate has never, never done before — deploying fake math and accounting gimmicks to hide the true cost of their bill.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jun 30, 2025

This bill is nothing but a stickup: Working families get robbed, billionaires get paid.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jun 30, 2025

A whole lot of them are just embarrassed about this bill, uncomfortable about this bill.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jun 30, 2025

Senate Democrats seek Jeffrey Epstein files from Trump administration through obscure law.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jun 30, 2025

This is the biggest debt increase in U.S. history.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Jun 29, 2025

There’s a lot of goodness here, but we gotta talk about it and show the voters.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jun 29, 2025

Republicans won’t tell America what’s in the bill so Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor.

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Tony Gonzales
@tonygonzales· Republican · TX· Jun 29, 2025

I wouldn’t tell any member of Congress anything classified if you didn’t want people to know.

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Jim Banks
@jimbanks· Republican · IN· Jun 29, 2025

Remember, the Medicaid reforms in this bill are about work requirements and taking illegals off of Medicaid.

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Mike McCaul
@mikemccaul· Republican · TX· Jun 29, 2025

our base back home will not reelect us to office if we vote no on this.

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Adriano Espaillat
@adrianoespaillat· Democratic · NY· Jun 29, 2025

if you uphold the peace of a democratic society, you should not be anonymous. DHS and ICE agents wearing masks and hiding identification echoes the tactics of secret police authoritarian regimes.

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Jun 29, 2025

one of the best decisions I ever made.

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Jun 29, 2025

We need a strong representative, experienced in addressing national issues that affect our community, who can stand up to Trump and lead from day one. I believe James Walkinshaw is that leader.

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Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Jun 29, 2025

There’s 35 million people under the poverty line inside the United States, and there’s 70 million people that are signed up for Medicaid.

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Austin Scott
@austinscott· Republican · GA· Jun 29, 2025

I think those days have long passed.

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Nydia Velázquez
@nydiavelzquez· Democratic · NY· Jun 29, 2025

We would never accept it if the NYPD operated in masks without names or badges—and we shouldn't accept it from ICE either.

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Nydia Velázquez
@nydiavelzquez· Democratic · NY· Jun 29, 2025

If their operations are legitimate and above-board, why is there a need for anonymity, and why don't they need warrants to come onto private property?

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