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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Nov 9, 2025

This shutdown is not about health care. This shutdown was really about Democrats saying they want to show their resistance to President Trump.

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Nov 9, 2025

Stop sending money just to insurance companies and hope it gets better. Give Americans freedom of choice.

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Josh Hawley
@joshhawley· Republican · MO· Nov 9, 2025

Americans deserve a tax rebate after four years of [Joe] Biden [White House] policies that have devastated families’ savings and livelihoods.

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William Warren
@williamwarren· Democratic · MA· Nov 9, 2025

just a Republican bait-and-switch to repeal Obamacare for the 70th time.

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Nov 9, 2025

it absolutely needs to – it needs to open today if we can get it open

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 9, 2025

showed growing opposition to Trumpism and his efforts to decimate the already-broken American health care system

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Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Nov 9, 2025

It’s one thing if the federal government is going to continue its level of appeal through the courts to say, no, this can’t be done.

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Nov 9, 2025

I think we’ll have a breakthrough today.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Nov 9, 2025

There are some significant theological disagreements between Christians and Jews. My attitude is let's have those conversations, let's have those disagreements when we have them. But if there are shared areas of interest, we ought to be…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 9, 2025

The Democrats’ proposal is just more of the same, masking rising premiums and padding insurance companies’ profits with more taxpayer dollars.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Nov 9, 2025

I believe in the Christian gospel, and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way. But if she doesn't, then God says everybody has free will. And so, that doesn't cause a problem for me.

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