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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 29, 2026

They want affordable healthcare, childcare, housing, education & nutrition assistance — all of which you have massively cut in order to pay for your $1 trillion tax break to the top 1%.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 29, 2026

The American people don’t want to rename Lake Ontario Lake America.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Aug 29, 2026

While Rochester families deal with the impacts of a trade war he started, President Trump is playing games with a map.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Aug 29, 2026

From the rocky coasts of Acadia to the breathtaking canyons of Zion, America’s national parks hold some of our nation’s most treasured landscapes and inspire people from around the world by the majesty and vision of America’s best idea,

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Richard Blumenthal
@richardblumenthal· Democratic · CT· Aug 29, 2026

Today we mourn the lives lost to overdoses this year and commit to honoring them with action.

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Tim Sheehy
@timsheehy· MT· Aug 29, 2026

The immense size of the Ninth Circuit has created unnecessary delays, inconsistent decisions, and a court that is increasingly disconnected from the communities it serves. Montanans deserve a responsive and predictable federal appellate…

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Aug 29, 2026

Idahoans have endured a Ninth Circuit dominated by California’s values for far too long. The Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act would restructure the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits to create a more efficient judicial system…

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Steve Daines
@stevedaines· MT· Aug 29, 2026

Our judicial system was designed to be deliberative but not completely obstructive. The 9th Circuit Court faces a significant backlog that hinders the administration of justice throughout the West. Montanans deserve better. I’m proud to…

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 29, 2026

The Ninth Circuit has become dominated by judges who place their personal beliefs ahead of their constitutional duty, while the circuit itself has been weighed down by its unwieldy size, all of which has undermined the fair and efficient…

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Raphael Warnock
@raphaelwarnock· Democratic · GA· Aug 29, 2026

Data center developers across the country are not operating in partnership with communities, and that’s why everyday citizens on both sides of the aisle are rightly and equally concerned about this.

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Raphael Warnock
@raphaelwarnock· Democratic · GA· Aug 29, 2026

The lack of transparency here in Effingham County and in counties across our state and across the country is unacceptable, and that’s why today I’m calling for a moratorium on data centers.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 29, 2026

Extending this constitutional protection to private individuals — who hold no official government position, take no oath to support the Constitution, and are exempt from federal ethics and record-keeping laws — fundamentally distorts the…

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 29, 2026

This is a failed war from a failed president. American service members deserve better and the American people deserve better.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 29, 2026

Six months into Donald Trump’s unauthorized war against Iran, American families are less safe and paying the price through rising costs and their taxpayer dollars funding Trump’s reckless whims.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Aug 29, 2026

Since Sarah and Chase Gibson took over the frozen yogurt shop in 2021, Grooveberries has become a family favorite in the Coeur d’Alene community.

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Mark R. Warner
@markrwarner· VA· Aug 29, 2026

We’ll keep fighting every day to lower the cost of putting food on the table, filling up your car at the pump, and keeping the lights on.

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Mark R. Warner
@markrwarner· VA· Aug 29, 2026

At a time when settler violence — including violence against Palestinian Americans — is reaching unprecedented levels in the West Bank and severe restrictions continue to constrain Palestinian movement and the Palestinian economy, moving…

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Mark R. Warner
@markrwarner· VA· Aug 29, 2026

Construction in the E1 area would sever East Jerusalem from major Palestinian population centers and make a viable contiguous Palestinian state under a two-state solution far harder to achieve.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Aug 29, 2026

I want to say, from the bottom of my heart, as somebody who truly believes in the value and the importance of public lands and wilderness: thank you all for protecting this very special place.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Aug 29, 2026

To put a mine where we went this week just seems insane to me. It would put at risk one of the last great wilderness areas in North America — not just the Boundary Waters, but the Boundary Waters, Quetico and Voyageurs.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Aug 29, 2026

I come from a mining family. I'm not against every mine everywhere. My dad worked for Anaconda Copper, and my grandfather was a gold miner. But I learned, negotiating with big companies over natural resource damages, that there are smart…

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