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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Sep 21, 2026

“You can now lose your primary, not because of your position on abortion or immigration or trade, but because you’re viewed as not sufficiently hostile to the other side,” he said.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Sep 21, 2026

“But I have such respect for Hannah. She has a rare combination of competence, toughness, intellect, and caring.”

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Sep 21, 2026

“We’re going to have some challenges, and that’s one of the reasons I’m supporting you, because I think you’re the person to confront them,”

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Sep 21, 2026

W(ith) diesel $6.57 in Iowa why doesn’t Pres Trump put an embargo on diesel exports like presidents in the 70s put embargoes on (agricultural) products bc food prices were inflated. High diesel prices ARE KILLING FARMERS INCOME

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Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Sep 20, 2026

One is too many, but the fact that we have 300,000 cases we’re looking into right now and 1,620 cases that are under investigation, and 151 arrests is unacceptable.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2026

If the American people feel as if there is a message coming out which is not good for the health of the United States and which is confusing people, I can tell you it probably does hurt.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2026

The president should be saying, 'Be vaccinated. It is safe and effective.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2026

We should have a common voice of radical honesty of- of trying to help the American people understand what is safe.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2026

We need to actually pay attention to our national debt, and I can tell you that if we can control our debt, that will be a stimulus to somebody.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2026

It's absolutely inflationary. If Joe Biden had proposed that, conservatives would have been all against it.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2026

If Joe Biden had proposed that, conservatives would have been all against it.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2026

Repaying the funds does make a difference. Any time someone gives a $250,000 gift and they have strong ties to the Kremlin, that's – that's wrong.

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Jon Husted
@jonhusted· OH· Sep 19, 2026

What we should do is protect the ratepayers from bearing the burden of the cost of building the electricity those data centers use.

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John Barrasso
@johnbarrasso· Republican · WY· Sep 19, 2026

What we do see, a number of the Democrats who are running this year, they want to end all of this stuff.

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Roger Marshall
@rogermarshall· Republican · KS· Sep 18, 2026

I don’t think anybody in Kansas would hold it against somebody for wanting to go visit their grandchildren.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 18, 2026

“This seems to be the last issue that Congress should be dealing with, and I think it shows how out of touch Republicans are.”

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Maria Cantwell
@mariacantwell· Democratic · WA· Sep 18, 2026

“bring some reason to the craziness that has basically been plaguing the most important aspects of college sports.”

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