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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Jun 5, 2023

You know, I wish they would, because this is important, and it's important for our party, my party to hear this from people that are running for president.

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Jun 5, 2023

I have introduced, along with Senators Van Hollen and Schatz, the End the Threat of Default Act, which simply repeals the debt limit.

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Jun 5, 2023

if we care about transparency, if we care about a fulsome debate, let us insist on the same transparency in this body that we seem to be concerned about at the Treasury.

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Jun 5, 2023

the ultimate solution to this is just to get rid of the debt limit. This is a ridiculous rule that we make up for ourselves.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 1, 2023

There is an obstacle, Congress. We have not given them a pathway to citizenship. This should be a pathway.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 1, 2023

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock) are necessarily absent.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 1, 2023

We have 780,000 DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival) recipients, people who are protected under DACA, many of whom want to serve this country, where they grew up.

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Jun 1, 2023

If for some reason Donald Trump gets indicted and he goes down, Ron DeSantis, at this moment, today is probably there to pick up the slack.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 1, 2023

The Army, for example, has especially struggled to meet recruitment goals.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 1, 2023

Mr. President, this is a historic day in the annals of the U.S. Senate because we are faced with a critical role as to whether we can pass the bipartisan compromise on spending or default on our debt for the first time in history, whether…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 1, 2023

We have 780,000 DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival) recipients, people who are protected under DACA, many of whom want to serve this country, where they grew up.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 1, 2023

Madam President, we had a hearing this week in the Committee on the Judiciary. We had a grower from South Carolina, a guest of Senator Graham. He professes to be the second largest peach grower in America. I asked him point-blank: If you…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 1, 2023

There is an obstacle, Congress. We have not given them a pathway to citizenship. This should be a pathway.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 1, 2023

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 135 Leg.] YEAS--52 Barrasso Blackburn…

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Jun 1, 2023

I think it's important that he goes at the former president to an extent, he is still kind of keeping his powder dry.

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