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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Nov 16, 2025

nobody wants to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits more than me.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Nov 16, 2025

You look at our record, and you tell me what you've done to protect the healthcare of Americans, and it's not even close to what we've done.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Nov 16, 2025

We can work together, we can extend the credits, but we probably can't implement significant reforms that Sen. Cassidy was talking about in the time frame that we've got.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Nov 16, 2025

We need as a party to stay laser focused on health care and to remind voters who's really to blame for this mess that we're in, because it's not Democrats. It is Donald Trump, and it is Speaker Johnson – and the Republican majorities in the House and Senate.

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Mike Braun
@mikebraun· Republican · IN· Nov 16, 2025

Our state senators need to do the right thing and show up to vote for fair maps.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Nov 16, 2025

I don’t need to freelance opinions about House leadership.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Nov 16, 2025

Frankly, I viewed the situation last weekend as we had no path, none, to a health care fix until we reopened government.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Nov 16, 2025

Don’t ask me to assume failure on the effort that we’re undertaking.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Nov 16, 2025

If they don’t take it up, I’ll give you a prediction: The November 2026 elections are going to look a whole lot worse for Republicans than the November 2025 elections did.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Nov 16, 2025

I have criticized Secretary of State Marco Rubio for paying $7.5 million to the government of Equatorial Guinea.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Nov 16, 2025

So we need to look both in the short term and in the long term for how we address the cost of health care.

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Joe Manchin
@joemanchin· Democratic · WV· Nov 15, 2025

There’s a lot of young, aggressive, good people with good intentions that love the country and have the youth and vigor to do it, and I’m going to be looking for those people.

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Joe Manchin
@joemanchin· Democratic · WV· Nov 15, 2025

There’s a lot of good people out here that are looking for a pathway forward.

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Joe Manchin
@joemanchin· Democratic · WV· Nov 15, 2025

Listen, this is not normal. Nothing like this has ever happened before. And we shouldn’t be hating each other.

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William Warren
@williamwarren· Democratic · MA· Nov 14, 2025

This is another example of Bill Pulte weaponizing his role to do Donald Trump’s bidding, instead of working to lower costs amidst a housing crisis.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Nov 14, 2025

This is not justice — it’s revenge. Every American — and court of law — should soundly reject this alarming lurch into authoritarianism and President Trump’s clear decision to use the Justice Department as his own partisan attack dog.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Nov 14, 2025

The President's behavior, like that of the Crown during the colonial era, is intended to suppress dissent, to punish those who challenge his authority, and thereby to chill participation in the political process by other officials and voters alike.

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