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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Sep 2, 2025

The Supreme Court will hear a case about gay marriage.

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John Barrasso
@johnbarrasso· Republican · WY· Sep 2, 2025

Senate Republicans are determined to confirm Mr. Trump’s qualified nominees one way or another.

nbcnews.com
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 2, 2025

I hope that the process will continue in a bipartisan way as we move toward the September deadline.

nypost.com
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 2, 2025

Senate Republicans must decide: stand up for the legislative branch or enable Trump’s slide toward authoritarianism.

nypost.com
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 2, 2025

Historically bad nominees deserve a historic level of scrutiny by Senate Democrats.

nbcnews.com
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 2, 2025

As the country stares down next month’s government funding deadline on September 30th, it is clear neither President Trump nor Congressional Republicans have any plan to avoid a painful and entirely unnecessary shutdown.

nbcnews.com
Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 2, 2025

the destruction of the CDC was unfolding in real time

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 2, 2025

And there's allegations that that health is being endangered.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 2, 2025

people are going to get killed because of what is happening this week at the CDC

breitbart.com
Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Sep 2, 2025

Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.

nbcnews.com
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 2, 2025

We got to get to the bottom of it, and it'll take radical transparency.

cbsnews.com
Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 2, 2025

Those people are going to be replaced by lunatic right-wing conspiracy theorists

breitbart.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 2, 2025

Well, I think we've got some news for them. Not only can we stop them, not only will we stop them, but for the future of this country and in fact the world, we must, must stop them today.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 2, 2025

We have been to 15 states—and now I can say from Maine to California and a lot of states in between. And we've talked to over 300,000 people.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 1, 2025

We should be honest about the success of Operation Warp Speed.

nbcnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 1, 2025

together, we will create an economy and government that work for all, not just the 1%

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