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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Mar 12, 2025

We will reject a government funding bill that Republicans wrote and passed through the House.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Mar 12, 2025

a government shutdown would give “more power” to Trump.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Mar 12, 2025

But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Mar 12, 2025

For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option.

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Grace Meng
@gracemeng· Democratic · NY· Mar 11, 2025

Today, I rise in honor of Dr. Hazel Dukes, a lifelong activist, a champion for civil rights, and the president of the NAACP New York State Conference. Dr. Dukes' fierce commitment to fighting for equality and justice is simply unmatched…

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Grace Meng
@gracemeng· Democratic · NY· Mar 11, 2025

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro…

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Grace Meng
@gracemeng· Democratic · NY· Mar 11, 2025

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Meng of New York moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1968 to the Committee on Appropriations. The…

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George Latimer
@georgelatimer· NY· Mar 11, 2025

The House just voted to pass a radical, partisan government funding bill. I voted ``no'' because it lets Elon Musk decide how this money is going to be spent by Federal agencies. There is a lot wrong with this bill. This bill fails to…

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Laura Gillen
@lauragillen· NY· Mar 11, 2025

Hazel Dukes was a lifelong champion for families and children in New York and across the country. Through her decades of civil rights activism, including as president of the NAACP, Dr. Dukes fought tirelessly to build a more perfect Union…

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Mar 11, 2025

for the 119th Congress, I ask that the Democratic cochair of the Senate NATO Observer Group be Senator Shaheen and, at her recommendation, the following Democratic Senators participate in the group: Senators Merkley, Coons, King, Booker…

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Nicole Malliotakis
@nicolemalliotakis· Republican · NY· Mar 11, 2025

I thank the gentleman for yielding. It is unconscionable to me that our colleagues on the other side are actually continuing to fight to protect fraudsters, going so far as to even say that if they just stole $500,000 that they should not…

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Jerry Nadler
@jerrynadler· Democratic · NY· Mar 11, 2025

The warrantless arrest of any legal permanent resident seemingly solely over their speech is a chilling, McCarthyesque action in response to the exercise of First Amendment rights to free speech.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Mar 11, 2025

I hope our Republican colleagues will join us to avoid a shutdown on Friday.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Mar 11, 2025

And you don’t need to ponder what might happen next when Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, says that the tens-of-millions of seniors, families, and children who depend on these earned benefits are part of some scam — because that’s…

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Mar 11, 2025

I abhor many of the opinions and policies that Mahmoud Khalil holds and supports

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Mar 11, 2025

You don’t need to scratch your head and wonder what’s going on when you see that the Trump administration is decimating Social Security offices and staff.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Mar 11, 2025

The richest man in the world and his sidekick, the President of the United States, have decided to attack the bedrock of America’s social safety net, and now your pocket is in the way.

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