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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 3, 2025

This has to do with something more precious, which is who are we as a country and what values do we stand for ...

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 3, 2025

I am more troubled by the idea that a White House can say to law firms, 'If you represent parties that we don't like, we're going to pull all our business or bar you from representing people effectively.'

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 3, 2025

Look, I don't think what we just witnessed in terms of economic policy and tariffs is going to be good for America.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Apr 1, 2025

Do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on our defense of Black people, of trans kids, of immigrants — instead of their own lack of guts and gumption.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Mar 31, 2025

They don't have the well-being of the American people at their heart. What I would love to hear from the Senator from New Jersey is, would you agree that what we should be doing right now is not attacking farmers and cutting commodity…

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Danny Davis
@dannydavis· Democratic · IL· Mar 31, 2025

I have no further requests for time so I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1152 is a narrowly targeted bill that can provide meaningful help and assurance to taxpayers. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support it, and I yield…

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Raja Krishnamoorthi
@rajakrishnamoorthi· Democratic · IL· Mar 27, 2025

I welcome the opportunity to celebrate Larry Huggins' incredible contributions to Illinois and Chicago. Larry is a trailblazer. At a time when Black people were discouraged from construction jobs, Larry founded a construction company that…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 25, 2025

I believe Gabbard and Ratcliffe intentionally misled Congress yesterday.

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Raja Krishnamoorthi
@rajakrishnamoorthi· Democratic · IL· Mar 25, 2025

Applying the executive order as well as the DOD manual to this fact pattern, we clearly have weapon systems that have been identified.

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Brad Schneider
@bradschneider· Democratic · IL· Mar 24, 2025

I was unable to be in Washington, D.C. today due to a family medical event. Had I been present, I would have voted: YEA on Roll Call No. 72 and YEA on Roll Call No. 73. ____________________

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Mar 23, 2025

By contrast, Pritzker raised alarms about Trump’s regime alluding to the rise of Nazism in Germany.

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2025

They should try actually fighting for once. They should try to actually be the opposition party.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 18, 2025

Courts determine whether people have broken the law.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 18, 2025

Deporting immigrants without due process, based solely on their nationality.

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Mar 18, 2025

No, I mean, look, when you talk about somebody specifically being Black in the military, all we have to do is look at history, the things these people had to overcome when Black people weren't welcomed or they were segregated, or we talk…

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Raja Krishnamoorthi
@rajakrishnamoorthi· Democratic · IL· Mar 16, 2025

They absolutely see him as an asset to them in any kind of negotiations.

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Mar 16, 2025

Hey Trump, bring it on, dude. You weak, whiny, tiny man.

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