There is no reason that somebody should go to work full time in this country and not be able to pay their bills.
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Former senators
The defense department would help search and rescue teams deploy to the affected region after Venezuela’s main gateway was badly damaged.
Had there been an agreement, there would have been an end to the war, and that’s been the fundamental problem.
We are prepared to step forward and play a constructive role, if there’s one for us to play, in bringing the parties together and bringing that war to an end.
The United States, while committed to this process, wants to make — will make sure that none of the agreements that are made, none of the things that are agreed to will in any way be counter to the interest of any of the nations…
What we’re interested in is not their press conferences. What we’re interested in is whether or not ships are moving.
We need to protect the integrity of the voting rolls. We need to protect the separation of elections from federal government and ensure that our state and local governments are the one administering their own elections.
Status quo establishment policies are not enough. We must be bold. We must take on Oligarchy. We must represent working families and create a government that works for all, not just the few.
If Democrats regain control of Congress next year, they must listen to the people who put them in office.
When working people stand together, organize, and fight back, they can defeat establishment politicians and enormous amounts of money and political influence.
Working people delivered a powerful message: the era of status quo politics is over.
We have a great unified party, and we're going to stop Trump.
We ought to pass legislation right now that would require these tech companies to turn over the data on how many jobs they're creating or how many they're destroying.
(High school seniors) were saying that they can't find jobs. Saying that 30 to 40 percent of them are unemployed and they blame AI for this.
Kids have outsourced critical thinking. Have outsourced friendship. Have even outsourced moral advice to AI.
I mean it makes a better deal, and I don’t know why they would want to take it out," Rounds said.
We’re working with the stakeholder community and our members on both sides to figure out if that’s something we can execute on and get done," Thune said.
America’s small refiners are unsung heroes of affordable American energy. Washington D.C., often overlooks them. Working families depend on them," Barrasso said on the Senate floor earlier this week.
It seems designed to repel Democratic votes," Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said. "They’re clearly not trying to pass this.
We just need to show people that what we care about is an economy where if you work hard and play by the rules, you get ahead, and your kids do better.
When you prioritize everything, no one knows what you actually stand for.
That's why I believe we need significant new leadership. The old models are no longer working, and that includes the Democratic Party.
Every day there’s a debate within the party about the path forward.





