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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Oct 28, 2025

So the votes are about tariffs, and they're about the economic destruction of tariffs, but they are also really about, how much will we let a president get away with?

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Oct 28, 2025

I’ve been invited to no briefing, but a briefing is not enough to overcome the Constitution.

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Josh Hawley
@joshhawley· Republican · MO· Oct 28, 2025

Congress hasn’t acted on this issue because of money. It’s because of the power of the tech companies.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Oct 28, 2025

Every American who wakes up in the morning to get a cup of java is paying a price for Donald Trump’s reckless, ridiculous, and almost childish tariffs.

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Josh Hawley
@joshhawley· Republican · MO· Oct 28, 2025

AI chatbots pose a serious threat to our kids.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Oct 28, 2025

Tariffs are a tax on American consumers. Tariffs are a tax on American businesses. And they are a tax that is imposed by a single person: Donald J. Trump.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Oct 28, 2025

Emergencies are like war, famine, tornado. Not liking someone’s tariffs is not an emergency. It’s an abuse of the emergency power. And it’s Congress abdicating their traditional role in taxes.

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Mike Braun
@mikebraun· Republican · IN· Oct 27, 2025

calling a special legislative session to protect Hoosiers from efforts in other states that seek to diminish their voice in Washington and ensure their representation in Congress is fair.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Oct 27, 2025

Let me tell you something else. At a moment when Americans are extremely distressed about where we are as a nation, economically and politically, a victory here in New York will give hope and inspiration to people throughout our country…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Oct 27, 2025

This election is taking place when we have an administration in Washington which every day is moving us toward an authoritarian society, undermining our Constitution and the rule of law.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Oct 27, 2025

Please do everything you can to work with Zohran to make him and his administration the best in the history of New York.

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Oct 26, 2025

We're going to blow them up and kill the people that want to poison America.

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Ruben Gallego
@rubengallego· AZ· Oct 26, 2025

I think she would be a strong candidate also in 2028, and that’s going to be left up to the primary voter to decide.

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Ruben Gallego
@rubengallego· AZ· Oct 26, 2025

I was just telling you earlier, first I got to take care of these three kids and and deal with getting us through 2026, bringing back inflation down, making sure that 24 million Americans do not have their insurance rates doubled starting…

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Ruben Gallego
@rubengallego· AZ· Oct 26, 2025

It’s very dangerous what he’s doing both to our international relations, to our friends down in South America, and to these men and women that have to make these calls for a president who has zero understanding about the responsibility…

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Oct 26, 2025

I'm just really glad he's doing this and Mr. President, keep it up.

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Oct 26, 2025

More Americans have died from cocaine and fentanyl poisoning than any terrorist group in the world.

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