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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jul 8, 2025

He's not qualified for the job, just by nature of the fact that he participated in this Signal chain.

cbsnews.com
Mary E Miller
@maryemiller· Republican · IL· Jul 8, 2025

Last time I checked, the Constitution gives Congress, not activist judges, the power of the purse. This abuse of power must be stopped.

breitbart.com
Mary E Miller
@maryemiller· Republican · IL· Jul 8, 2025

An unelected judge has no authority to override the will of 77 MILLION Americans who voted to defund Planned Parenthood.

breitbart.com
Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 4, 2025

I am the president of all Americans, including those who did not vote for me. I have to consider what’s best for them, even the ones who don’t like me.

motherjones.com
Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Jul 3, 2025

A functioning House leadership team would work the members, make changes as necessary and bring this bill to the floor once they knew they could pass it.

msnbc.com
Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 1, 2025

Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy. Because it’s some of the most important work happening anywhere in the world.

huffpost.com
Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 30, 2025

Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it's a tragedy. Because it's some of the most important work happening anywhere in the world.

newsweek.com
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.

newsweek.com
Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 24, 2025

not only speak to Mr. Bove's failure to fulfill his ethical obligations as a lawyer, but demonstrate that his activities are part of a broader pattern by President Trump and his allies to undermine the Justice Department's commitment to…

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Jun 23, 2025

No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the U.S. without the approval of Congress.

commondreams.org
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Jun 22, 2025

Voters didn’t turn out for Democrats last November not because they don’t want us to fight for our values, but because they think we don’t want to fight for our values.

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Jun 22, 2025

This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.

huffpost.com
Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Jun 17, 2025

President Trump’s cryptocurrency business ventures are incredibly alarming and raise countless legal questions.

thenation.com